 cinderella is a 1950 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney and released by rko radio pictures. based on the fairy tale "cendrillon" by charles perrault, it is twelfth in the walt disney animated classics series, and was released on february 15, 1950. directing credits go to clyde geronimi, hamilton luske and wilfred jackson. songs were written by mack david, jerry livingston, and al hoffman. songs in the film include "a dream is a wish your heart makes", "bibbidi-bobbidi-boo", "so this is love", "sing sweet nightingale", "the work song", and "cinderella". at the time, walt disney productions had suffered from losing connections to the european film markets due the outbreak of world war ii, suffering from embarrassing box office disasters like pinocchio, fantasia, and bambi, all of which would later become more successful with several re-releases in theaters and on home video. the studio was over $4 million in 
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