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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD and the digital copy[[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD all later [=DVDs=] and the digital copy[[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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** Home video rights have shifted from CBS/Fox Video[[note]]who also released Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox's big-screen Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals[[/note]], to Hallmark Home Entertainment, to Sony Pictures[[note]]likely because Sony Records distributes the 1957 and 1965 soundtracks, although the '57 musical's DVD came from Image Entertainment[[/note]].
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** Home video rights have shifted from CBS/Fox Video[[note]]who also released Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox's big-screen Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals[[/note]], to Hallmark Home Entertainment, to Sony Pictures[[note]]likely because Sony Records distributes the 1957 and 1965 soundtracks, although the '57 musical's DVD came from Image Entertainment[[/note]].Entertainment[[/note]], to Samuel Goldwyn Films[[note]]as part of a deal that also gave them home video rights to the 1950s movie adaptations of ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}'' and ''Film/SouthPacific'', as well as the former's 1998 FilmedStageProduction[[/note]].
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* ProductionPosse: King Maximilian's actor, Howard Lindsay, also co-wrote[[note]]along with Russell Crouse[[/note]] the libretto for the final Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''; its movie adaptation would also reunite Julie Andrews and Richard Rodgers.
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* ProductionPosse: King Maximilian's actor, Howard Lindsay, also co-wrote[[note]]along with Russell Crouse[[/note]] the libretto for the final Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''; [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic its movie adaptation adaptation]] would also reunite Julie Andrews and Richard Rodgers.
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* PlayingGertrude: The stepsisters' actresses, Pat Carroll (Prunella) and Barbara Ruick (Esmeralda), were only 12-15 years younger than their mother's actress, Jo Van Fleet.
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** Lesley Ann Warren almost lost the role of Cinderella, when the large number of crew members watching her audition intimidated her into delivering a weak performance. After Charles S. Dubin convinced Rodgers to give Warren another chance, Rodgers privately coached her to sing "My Funny Valentine", and she impressed him enough to secure the part of Cinderella.
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")
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** Lesley Ann Warren almost lost the role of Cinderella, when the large number of crew members watching her audition intimidated her into delivering a weak performance. After Charles S. Dubin convinced Rodgers to give Warren another chance, Rodgers privately coached her to sing "My Funny Valentine", and she impressed him enough to secure the part of Cinderella.
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")Cinderella.
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")
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!!The 1997 remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein version contains examples of:
* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/WhoopiGoldberg insisted that Queen Constantina wear real Harry Winston jewelry, as opposed to the fake jewelry the costume department originally provided for her.
* AllStarCast: This version stars Music/{{Brandy}}, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/BernadettePeters, Creator/VictorGarber, and Music/WhitneyHouston.
* BillingDisplacement: Brandy's name is last in the credits (among the leads). Music/WhitneyHouston, Creator/JasonAlexander, and Bernadette Peters come first. Although the opening credits start with Brandy's name and go through the rest in alphabetical order.
* TheCastShowoff:
** The fairy godmother usually only sings "Impossible/It's Possible" and one line at Cinderella's wedding (the same line which ends those songs), but Whitney Houston closes this remake with another song, "There's Music in You." It originally came from an obscure MGM musical titled, ''Main Street to Broadway''. She also gets an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance before the main titles roll.
** Creator/WhoopiGoldberg also gets to do more singing than either of the queens before her. She starts off "The Prince is Giving a Ball", and replaces Prince Christopher as the performer of the reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (presumably renamed, "Do You Love Her Because She's Beautiful?").
* ChannelHop: Originally pitched as CBS' follow-up to 1993's highly-rated ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' MadeForTVMovie. However, after some new CBS executives expressed disinterest in another ''Cinderella'', the producers accepted an offer from Disney CEO/''Wonderful World of Disney'' host Michael Eisner to air it on ABC instead.
* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but by the time the project {{Channel Hop}}ped to ABC, she deemed herself too old for the part.
* DescendedCreator: Executive Producer Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold. However, a rip of an unreleased CD has made its way to the Internet.
* MilestoneCelebration: Twenty years after this remake first aired, Creator/{{Shonda| Rhimes}}land reunited cast and crew to share [[https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a13138172/brandy-whitney-houston-oral-history-cinderella/ an oral history]] of the production.
* PlayingAgainstType: Downplayed. Jason Alexander insisted that Lionel have a different sense of humor than [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]]. He's still a ButtMonkey like George, however.
* RoleReprise: Paolo Montalban would later play Prince Christopher again in a 2001 touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project was first pitched in 1993, with the prospect of Whitney Houston playing Cinderella. But production was delayed until 1996, by which point Houston felt she was too old to play Cinderella and recommended Brandy instead.
** An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as a MagicalNegro.
** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg, but her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters took the part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter; the final film cast Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as the stepsisters as a reminder to the viewers.
** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
** The film earned a standing ovation at its Mann's Chinese Theatre premiere, so Disney tested giving it a wider theatrical release. However, a test screening in Pasadena didn't prove successful enough to justify it.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.
* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/WhoopiGoldberg insisted that Queen Constantina wear real Harry Winston jewelry, as opposed to the fake jewelry the costume department originally provided for her.
* AllStarCast: This version stars Music/{{Brandy}}, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/BernadettePeters, Creator/VictorGarber, and Music/WhitneyHouston.
* BillingDisplacement: Brandy's name is last in the credits (among the leads). Music/WhitneyHouston, Creator/JasonAlexander, and Bernadette Peters come first. Although the opening credits start with Brandy's name and go through the rest in alphabetical order.
* TheCastShowoff:
** The fairy godmother usually only sings "Impossible/It's Possible" and one line at Cinderella's wedding (the same line which ends those songs), but Whitney Houston closes this remake with another song, "There's Music in You." It originally came from an obscure MGM musical titled, ''Main Street to Broadway''. She also gets an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance before the main titles roll.
** Creator/WhoopiGoldberg also gets to do more singing than either of the queens before her. She starts off "The Prince is Giving a Ball", and replaces Prince Christopher as the performer of the reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (presumably renamed, "Do You Love Her Because She's Beautiful?").
* ChannelHop: Originally pitched as CBS' follow-up to 1993's highly-rated ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' MadeForTVMovie. However, after some new CBS executives expressed disinterest in another ''Cinderella'', the producers accepted an offer from Disney CEO/''Wonderful World of Disney'' host Michael Eisner to air it on ABC instead.
* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but by the time the project {{Channel Hop}}ped to ABC, she deemed herself too old for the part.
* DescendedCreator: Executive Producer Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold. However, a rip of an unreleased CD has made its way to the Internet.
* MilestoneCelebration: Twenty years after this remake first aired, Creator/{{Shonda| Rhimes}}land reunited cast and crew to share [[https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a13138172/brandy-whitney-houston-oral-history-cinderella/ an oral history]] of the production.
* PlayingAgainstType: Downplayed. Jason Alexander insisted that Lionel have a different sense of humor than [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]]. He's still a ButtMonkey like George, however.
* RoleReprise: Paolo Montalban would later play Prince Christopher again in a 2001 touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project was first pitched in 1993, with the prospect of Whitney Houston playing Cinderella. But production was delayed until 1996, by which point Houston felt she was too old to play Cinderella and recommended Brandy instead.
** An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as a MagicalNegro.
** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg, but her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters took the part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter; the final film cast Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as the stepsisters as a reminder to the viewers.
** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
** The film earned a standing ovation at its Mann's Chinese Theatre premiere, so Disney tested giving it a wider theatrical release. However, a test screening in Pasadena didn't prove successful enough to justify it.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/WhoopiGoldberg insisted that Queen Constantina wear real Harry Winston jewelry, as opposed to the fake jewelry the costume department originally provided for her.
* AllStarCast: This version stars Music/{{Brandy}}, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/BernadettePeters, Creator/VictorGarber, and Music/WhitneyHouston.
* BillingDisplacement: Brandy's name is last in the credits (among the leads). Music/WhitneyHouston, Creator/JasonAlexander, and Bernadette Peters come first. Although the opening credits start with Brandy's name and go through the rest in alphabetical order.
* TheCastShowoff:
** The fairy godmother usually only sings "Impossible/It's Possible" and one line at Cinderella's wedding (the same line which ends those songs), but Whitney Houston closes this remake with another song, "There's Music in You." It originally came from an obscure MGM musical titled, ''Main Street to Broadway''. She also gets an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance before the main titles roll.
** Creator/WhoopiGoldberg also gets to do more singing than either of the queens before her. She starts off "The Prince is Giving a Ball", and replaces Prince Christopher as the performer of the reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (presumably renamed, "Do You Love Her Because She's Beautiful?").
* ChannelHop: Originally pitched as CBS' follow-up to 1993's highly-rated ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' MadeForTVMovie. However, after some new CBS executives expressed disinterest in another ''Cinderella'', the producers accepted an offer from Disney CEO/''Wonderful World of Disney'' host Michael Eisner to air it on ABC instead.
* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but by the time the project {{Channel Hop}}ped to ABC, she deemed herself too old for the part.
* DescendedCreator: Executive Producer Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold. However, a rip of an unreleased CD has made its way to the Internet.
* MilestoneCelebration: Twenty years after this remake first aired, Creator/{{Shonda| Rhimes}}land reunited cast and crew to share [[https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a13138172/brandy-whitney-houston-oral-history-cinderella/ an oral history]] of the production.
* PlayingAgainstType: Downplayed. Jason Alexander insisted that Lionel have a different sense of humor than [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]]. He's still a ButtMonkey like George, however.
* RoleReprise: Paolo Montalban would later play Prince Christopher again in a 2001 touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project was first pitched in 1993, with the prospect of Whitney Houston playing Cinderella. But production was delayed until 1996, by which point Houston felt she was too old to play Cinderella and recommended Brandy instead.
** An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as a MagicalNegro.
** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg, but her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters took the part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter; the final film cast Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as the stepsisters as a reminder to the viewers.
** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
** The film earned a standing ovation at its Mann's Chinese Theatre premiere, so Disney tested giving it a wider theatrical release. However, a test screening in Pasadena didn't prove successful enough to justify it.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.
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* {{Blooper}}: During a reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?", the camera closes up on Queen Constantina preparing to sing a line, but Prince Christopher interrupts. Jon Cypher apologized to Dorothy Stickney later that night.
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* {{Blooper}}: During a reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?", the camera closes up on Queen Constantina preparing to sing a line, but Prince Christopher interrupts. Jon Cypher apologized to Dorothy Stickney later that night.night and even cried TearsOfRemorse in his dressing room over the mistake.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.performances.
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")
!!The 2013 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
* OlderThanTheyThink: The name "Charlotte" for the meaner of the two stepsisters was originally used by Andrew Lang in his translation of Charles Perrault's classic version of the tale in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889. (Her name in Perrault's French text is "Javotte.")
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** The project was first pitched in 1993, with the prospect of Whitney Houston playing Cinderella. But production was delayed until 1996, by which point Houston felt she was too old to play Cinderella and recommended Brandy instead.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Jason Alexander insisted that Lionel have a different sense of humor than [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: Downplayed. Jason Alexander insisted that Lionel have a different sense of humor than [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]].Costanza]]. He's still a ButtMonkey like George, however.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The DVD has gone out of print, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization has no plans as of February 2021 to post the kinescope online.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Sony-owned Creator/ColumbiaPictures released a DVD in 2002, but pulled it out of print after a few years. Creator/ShoutFactory[[note]]which brings a lot of Sony-owned TV shows to DVD[[/note]] subverted this in 2014, re-releasing the special on DVD; years later, they also made it available for digital download and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI streaming]] (formats not yet provided for the other two ''Cinderella'' specials).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Sony-owned Creator/ColumbiaPictures released a DVD in 2002, but pulled it out of print after a few years. Creator/ShoutFactory[[note]]which brings a lot of Sony-owned TV shows to DVD[[/note]] subverted this in 2014, re-releasing the special on DVD; years DVD. Years later, they also made it the first R&H ''Cinderella'' available for digital download and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI streaming]] (formats not yet provided for the other two ''Cinderella'' specials).streaming]].
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* MilestoneCelebration: Twenty years after this remake first aired, Creator/{{Shonda| Rhimes}}land reunited cast and crew to share [[https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a13138172/brandy-whitney-houston-oral-history-cinderella/ an oral history]] of the production.
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** The film earned a standing ovation at its Mann's Chinese Theatre premiere, so Disney tested giving it a wider theatrical release. However, a test screening in Pasadena didn't prove successful enough to justify it.
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* RoleReprisal: Paolo Montalban would later play Prince Christopher again in a 2001 touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella''.
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* RoleReprisal: RoleReprise: Paolo Montalban would later play Prince Christopher again in a 2001 touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold.uphold. However, a rip of an unreleased CD has made its way to the Internet.
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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI the digital copy]][[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI the digital copy]][[/note]] copy[[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Sony-owned Creator/ColumbiaPictures released a DVD in 2002, but pulled it out of print after a few years. Creator/ShoutFactory[[note]]which brings a lot of Sony-owned TV shows to DVD[[/note]] subverted this in 2014, re-releasing the special on DVD.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Sony-owned Creator/ColumbiaPictures released a DVD in 2002, but pulled it out of print after a few years. Creator/ShoutFactory[[note]]which brings a lot of Sony-owned TV shows to DVD[[/note]] subverted this in 2014, re-releasing the special on DVD.DVD; years later, they also made it available for digital download and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI streaming]] (formats not yet provided for the other two ''Cinderella'' specials).
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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD and the digital copy[[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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* BillingDisplacement: The opening and end credits both give Creator/GingerRogers (Queen Constantina) top billing, while relegating Creator/LesleyAnnWarren to eighth place. The 1987 Playhouse Video VHS cover bumped Warren up to fifth place, with the names of Creator/WalterPidgeon (King Maximilian), Celeste Holm (the Fairy Godmother), and Stuart Damon (Prince Christopher) in between those of Rogers and Warren. The 2002 Columbia/Tristar DVD cover[[note]]recycled for the 2014 Shout! Factory DVD and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI the digital copy[[/note]] copy]][[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
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* RealitySubtext: According to director Charles S. Dubin, Jo Van Fleet developed a real-life jealousy for Lesley Ann Warren's beauty while portraying the stepmother.
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** Lesley Ann Warren almost lost the role of Cinderella, when the large number of crew members watching her audition intimidated her into delivering a weak performance. After director Charles S. Dubin convinced Rodgers to give Warren another chance, Rodgers privately coached her to sing "My Funny Valentine", and she impressed him enough to secure the part of Cinderella.
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** Lesley Ann Warren almost lost the role of Cinderella, when the large number of crew members watching her audition intimidated her into delivering a weak performance. After director Charles S. Dubin convinced Rodgers to give Warren another chance, Rodgers privately coached her to sing "My Funny Valentine", and she impressed him enough to secure the part of Cinderella.
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** CBS originally cast Jack Jones as the prince, but replaced him with Stuart Damon at the last minute.
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** CBS originally cast Jack Jones as the prince, but replaced him with Stuart Damon at the last minute.when they realized Jones' singing voice sounded more appropriate for pop music.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but she deemed herself too old for the part.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximillian.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximillian.Maximilian, and admit that this headcanon influenced their performances.
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** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
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** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.role.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximillian.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber speculate in the DVD bonus features that Queen Constantina had her own RagsToRoyalty story when she fell in love with King Maximillian.
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** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg, but her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters took the part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter.
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** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg, but her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters took the part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter.matter; the final film cast Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as the stepsisters as a reminder to the viewers.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted when producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but she deemed herself too old for the part.
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* ChannelHop: Originally pitched as CBS' follow-up to 1993's highly-rated ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' MadeForTVMovie. However, after some new CBS executives expressed disinterest in another ''Cinderella'', the producers accepted an offer from Disney CEO/''Wonderful World of Disney'' host Michael Eisner to air it on ABC instead.
* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but she deemed herself too old for the part.
* DawsonCasting: Averted when the producers asked Music/WhitneyHouston if she wanted to play Cinderella, but she deemed herself too old for the part.
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** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters accepted the role because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter.
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** The producers first pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], Goldberg, but Goldberg's her schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler role. The offer went next to Music/BetteMidler[[note]]star of the 1993 ''Gypsy'' TV movie[[/note]], but she feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters accepted took the role part because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter.
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** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image.
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** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image. Bernadette Peters accepted the role because she didn't believe fairy tale characters' skin tones should matter.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/AtlanticRecords stopped Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack, deeming it too contradictory to the "Urban" image they wanted Brandy and her music to uphold.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Conflicts between Brandy's and Whitney Houston's respective record contracts prevented Disney from commercially releasing the soundtrack.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/WhoopiGoldberg insisted that Queen Constantina wear real Harry Winston jewelry, as opposed to the fake jewelry the costume department originally provided for her.
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** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image.
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** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image.image.
** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
** The producers planned a RemakeCameo for Julie Andrews, when she became their first choice to play Queen Constantina. Unfortunately, the botched surgery of her vocal cords left her unable to accept the role.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as a MagicalNegro.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as aMagicalNegro.MagicalNegro.
** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image.
** An executive wary on the marketability of an African-American Cinderella suggested casting Jewel instead, but the producers never asked her, likely to avoid depicting Whitney Houston as a
** The producers pitched the role of the stepmother to Whoopi Goldberg and Music/BetteMidler[[note]]who had recently headlined the producers' highly-rated MadeForTVMovie of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''[[/note]], but Goldberg's schedule wouldn't allow her to accept the role, and Midler feared that abusing an African-American Cinderella on TV would ruin her public image.
