Product: The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 5.0
The Slipper and the Rose
The Slipper and the Rose, is a timeless classic. With music and lyrics composed by the award winning (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) duo the Sherman Brothers. Fans of the popular British comedy, One Foot in the Grave, will love Annette Crosby as Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Any fans of any of the old black and white classic British War films will most certainly enjoy seeing Kennith Moore in the very comedic role of the Lord Chamberlain. Michael Horden is marvelous as the senile old King and Margaret Lockwood is the perfect (evil) wicked stepmother.Having searched through more than a thouand candidates for Cinderella, Gemma Craven was eventually cast. Anyone who sees Slipper and the Rose will understand immediately why. She is the absolute model of beauty, grace and kindness everything Cinderella ought to be. Last but not least, after you have seen this musical version of Cinderalla you will never be able to envision anyone but the extremely talented Richard Chamberlain as anyones' Prince Charming.Slipper and the Rose will make you laugh, cry, and want to sing along with the marvelous characters in this wonderful adaptation of the Grimm Brothers most famous of fairy stories.It will become a classic that you will want to own forever and pass down to your children and grand-children.Enjoy!