Line #33 Trivia/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein


1	!!The 1957 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
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3	* ActorInspiredElement: Edie Adams' baton-twirling skills resulted in the Fairy Godmother twirling her magic wand to cast her spells.
4	* {{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 and even cried TearsOfRemorse in his dressing room over the mistake.
5	* FollowTheLeader: CBS hired Rodgers and Hammerstein to help them compete against NBC's televised presentations of ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan\|1954}}'' by writing a work in which Creator/JulieAndrews would go from RagsToRiches in a manner similar to [[Theatre/MyFairLady her most popular role at the time.]]
6	* 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.
7	* MissingEpisode: People living on the East Coast saw the musical live in color, while those in the west saw a black-and-white kinescope. The DVD only contains the latter version.
8	* 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]] would also reunite Julie Andrews and Richard Rodgers.
9	* RealLifeRelative: Howard Lindsay and his wife Dorothy Stickney portrayed King Maximilian and Queen Constantina.
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11	!!The 1965 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:
12	* 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 all later [=DVDs=] and the digital copy[[/note]] gave Warren fourth place, by leaving off Damon's name.
13	* TheCastShowoff:
14	** Famous dancer Ginger Rogers, then in her fifties, plays the Queen. When the King suggests a dance after she remains seated for most of the ball sequence, she all but winks at the viewer while commenting that she thought he'd never ask.
15	** "A Lovely Night" had the step-family's part and the melancholy portion replaced with an upbeat instrumental, allowing Lesley Ann Warren to demonstrate her ballet talents.
16	* ChannelHop:
17	** After CBS stopped showing this musical, it resurfaced on some cable channels, such as The Creator/DisneyChannel[[note]]who naturally replaced it with the ''Wonderful World of Disney'' version years later[[/note]] and Hallmark Channel.
18	** 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]], 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]].
19	* EditedForSyndication: The first DVD was sourced from a tape containing some trims, especially during Cinderella's and Prince Christopher's first meeting. The second DVD, sourced from the master tapes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGKcSoGT4SY put all the edited footage back in]].
20	* 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 the first R&H ''Cinderella'' available for digital download and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xkQjuwihYI streaming]].
21	* MilestoneCelebration: The 2014 cast of the Broadway version, headlined by Music/KekePalmer, celebrated the '65 remake's 50th anniversary by inviting Lesley Ann Warren to join the CurtainCall, where she led them in a performance of "It's Possible".
22	* ProductionPosse:
23	** Before Celeste Holm became Cinderella's fairy godmother, she appeared in the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', as Broadway's original Ado Annie.
24	** Barbara Ruick played Carrie in the film version of R&H's ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'' before playing Esmeralda.
25	** The "dreamy-eyed" peasant girl's father, Bill Lee, also sang in the movie versions of ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' and ''The Sound of Music'', dubbing over John Kerr and Christopher Plummer.
26	** After Stuart Damon played Prince Christopher, he eventually reunited with Richard Rodgers for the original Broadway production of ''Do I Hear a Waltz?''
27	* 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.
28	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
29	** CBS originally cast Jack Jones as the prince, but replaced him with Stuart Damon when they realized Jones' singing voice sounded more appropriate for pop music.

Context Trivia / CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein