Product: The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 5.0
An Absolute Gem
20 years ago I got this musical on Beta video tape. When we couldn't play the Beta any longer, I thought I'd never see this musical again. I found it on HBO at 3:00 one morning by complete accident (who's usually up at 3:00?) and slapped a VHS tape in the recorder just as it was starting. I cannot tell you how elated I was only to later learn that the video ran out before the musical was over. I called every video place in my city and the surrounding area. Finally, someone from one of the stores told me to try Amazon.com. Here I am. This is one of those rare productions that is worth all that trouble and care. It is a mature, uplifting yet touching, beautifully realized production with excellent casting and a lovely, lovely musical score. I am profoundly grateful this gem has been reborn in the only format worthy of it -- wide-screen DVD and full-length, in this new millenium. And Amazon.com had it; I should have known to try here first.