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Cinderella is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written for television. It was originally broadcast live in color on CBS on March 31, 1957, as a vehicle for Julie Andrews, who played the title role. The broadcast was viewed by more than 100 million people. It was subsequently remade for television twice, in 1965 and 1997.
Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress, singer and dancer.. She made her Broadway debut in 110 in the Shade in 1963. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical production of Cinderella.
She also appeared on camera in several movies and television series, including regular appearances on The Dinah Shore Show and an episode of I Love Lucy, titled "Lucy Goes to Scotland." She appeared as a mother who sings a brief solo in the 1965 television movie Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, [2] along with fellow dubber Bill Lee.
Stuart Damon, as the Prince; Lesley Ann Warren, as Cinderella (1965) The original 1957 broadcast starred Julie Andrews as Cinderella and Jon Cypher as the Prince. [1] More than 107 million viewers saw the broadcast. [2] [3] Its extraordinary popularity led to consideration of a Broadway adaptation as soon as early 1958, but none materialized. [4]
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.
Initial critical response to the film was mixed, but it was a major commercial success, becoming the number-one box office film after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, The Sound of Music had become the highest-grossing film of all-time, surpassing Gone with the Wind, and it held that distinction for five years ...
It also screened at the inaugural edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1951, where it won the Golden Bear for Best Music Film. [74] Cinderella was re-released in 1957, 1965, 1973, 1981 and 1987. [3] Cinderella also played a limited engagement in select Cinemark Theatres from February 16–18, 2013. [75]
5.6 1965. 5.7 1966. 5.8 1967. 5.9 ... A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven ... (television film) Another Cinderella ...