Celebrate 75 Years of “Cinderella” with Original Animated Classic and Retellings on Disney+

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A special clip debuted reminding us that 2025 is the 75th anniversary of Walt Disney’s animated classic, Cinderella, and a number of retellings that have come thereafter.

What’s Happening:

  • A new video from Disney+ reminds us of the 75-year legacy of the classic animated feature, Cinderella, and its many retellings over the years.
  • When it debuted in 1950, the film received critical acclaim and was a box office success, making it Disney's biggest hit since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and helping reverse the studio's fortunes after the war and a number of lesser-received package features. It also received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Sound Recording, and Best Original Song for "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".
  • Plus, Walt Disney’s Cinderella is arguably the most popular retelling of "Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper," a folk tale with thousands of variants that has been told throughout the world. The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who suddenly finds herself in a fantastical situation being pursued by royalty (in a good way) that will allow her to live happily ever after.
  • The animated classic also paved the way for a number of live action adaptations from Disney, including Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which featured an all-star cast including Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg and Pop sensation Brandy, who stars as the beautiful Cinderella.
  • In 2015, another live-action adaptation more akin to the animated classic debuted, starring Lily James and Helena Bonham Carter.

  • Hey, and what better way to celebrate the anniversary than to watch the classic and those two adaptations, all of which are streaming on Disney+!
  • In 2018, the original animated Cinderella was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," something that only a handful of films from Walt Disney Animation Studios have been selected for.

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Tony Betti
Originally from California where he studied a dying artform (hand-drawn animation), Tony has spent most of his adult life in the theme parks of Orlando. When he’s not writing for LP, he’s usually watching and studying something animated or arguing about “the good ole’ days” at the parks.
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