SnoopyStyle In an European town, the folks eagerly await the return of the Duke's favorite son, Prince Charles (Michael Wilding). On the other hand, everybody dislikes Ella (Leslie Caron). She's dirty from cleaning soot and is derided as Cinder-Ella. She claims to one day live in the palace which only embitters the town. She lives under the rule of her stepmother Widow Sonder with her mean-spirited stepsisters Birdina and Serafina. She is befriended by Mrs. Toquet. Next, she encounters Prince Charles and his friend Kovin (Keenan Wynn) but he tells her a false identity as the palace cook's son. Charles is taken with her and invites her to the ball. With help from Toquet, she goes to the ball expecting to meet the son of the cook.With Leslie Caron as the star, there should be more dancing right from the start. It's almost an hour before Charles is teaching Cinderella how to dance. It's also odd that the dancing are mostly ballets done in dreamscape. Caron should just dance in the story itself. She should be dancing in the town, at the pond, or at home. Charles should be enchanted by her dancing. It's a missed opportunity.Another problem is that Ella is a slightly unpleasant character. She should probably be more demure. Most of the other adaptations are fair although it would be nice to have more humor. In the end, this pales in comparison to the Disney animated classic from five years earlier.

Panamint I hope that each successive generation of viewers can continue to discover and experience Leslie Caron's magic. This film, The Glass Slipper, is not very good but watching it you get what you might say is the "Leslie Caron Experience".Anytime you are downcast or blue you can watch a Leslie Caron film from that era and immediately be mood-enhanced and lifted up by her. So, do I recommend you watch this film? You bet I do. You will see what a transcendent film star really is.Michael Wilding is handsome. And pleasant. That's about it, but thats all he is supposed to be.I don't care for the choreography, except for when Ms. Caron is doing ballet alone- of course, it is truly magic. Her scene alone in front of a closed door as she drapes herself down the steps is classic and simply beautiful.The main musical score is excellent.

Charles Herold (cherold) The musical numbers drag on and the movie gets pretty dumb by the end, but this movie has so much pure charm it just doesn't matter. The bulk of that charm is supplied by Leslie Caron, who you have to fall in love with within the first 15 seconds she's on screen, but there's also a lot of charm from Estelle Winwood and the movie itself is so genial and pleasant and yes, charming, that you can't help but enjoy it.Of course, everyone knows the story of Cinderella, and this alternate version sometimes uses that to its advantage, but at times the differences between this story and the original are just kind of annoying, replacing a simple, very ingenious fairy tale with something that is a bit more Hollywood-contrived, but as I say, this movie is so charming it gets away with it.

phillindholm "The Glass Slipper" is a modern interpretation of the classic fairy tale. And it's a good one. Leslie Caron is cast as Ella, a girl almost destroyed by the death of her mother and the lack of understanding shown her by her insensitive stepmother (Elsa Lanchester) and haughty stepsisters ("Gunsmoke's" Amanda Blake, and Lisa Daniels.) The local villagers are likewise indifferent to her, and (as narrator Walter Pigeon dryly observes), her spirit is in danger of being broken as a result. Enter local "madwoman/kleptomaniac" Estelle Winwood, who, simply by reaching out to the defiant girl, gives her confidence and hope. Yes, she's the film's equivalent of the fairy godmother, and she is wonderful in the part. Although the prince (a mature Michael Wilding) leaves a bit to be desired in the ''Charming''department, he is perfectly all right otherwise. Keenan Wynn is wasted as his companion, but Barry Jones is amusing as the prince's father, and Miss Lanchester makes a suitably nasty stepmother. what of Leslie Caron? Well, she goes from neglected little spitfire to luminous princess effortlessly, and her appearance at the ball is a treat. The ballet sequences do tend to slow the film down, but Miss Caron did begin her career as a dancer, and she has a grace few others could match. The music by Bronislau Kaper perfectly enhances the mood, as does the modest but tasteful production. Strangely enough, this could be called the original "Ever After", because, except for a delightful twist at the end, the tale is told as if it could have happened. All in all, a captivating version of "Cinderella", and one which will linger in your memory.