CINDERELLA 57

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• Release Year: 1957
• Genre: Musical
• Plot: A Golden Moment from the Golden Age of Television; ; In 1957, Broadway's reigning songwriters and Broadway's brightest new star joined forces to create a new musical version of CINDERELLA; it's one-night-only broadcast on CBS-TV was viewed by more than 115 million people - one of the largest audiences in television history - and an instant legend was born. ; ; Julie Andrews, the toast of Broadway for her performance in My Fair Lady, played the title role, joined by a stellar cast of Broadway all-stars. Providing a new take on the timeless tale as well and a bounty of beautiful ballads, comedy numbers and waltzes were the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, already at the top of their game, thanks to such musicals as Oklahoma!, South Pacific and The King and I.; ; Though Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA has gone through several TV remakes and hundreds of stage productions, the original, magical version vanished after its initial broadcast, never to be seen again...until now.; ; So take a journey back in time to a special moment in television history, and see it as it happened - live. Many fans thought they would never get the chance but, as the Fairy Godmother says, 'Impossible things are happening every day!'
• Cast: Julie Andrews, Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney, Ilka Chase, Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley, Edie Adams, Jon Cypher, David F. Perkins, Eleanor Phelps, Charles Aschmann, Herbert Banke, Donald Barton, Julius J. Bloom, Hank Brunjes, Robert Burland, John Call, Jean Caples, Alexander Clark, Jean Coates, Jerome Collamore, Sally Crane, Richard Crowley, William Damian, Grace Dorian, Debbie Douglas, Jose Falcion, Pat Finch, Marvin Goodis, Martha Greenhouse, George Hall, Gloria Hamilton, Dorothy Hill, Stuart Hodes, Diana Hunter, Kathy Kelly, Joseph Layton, Karen Lock, Leland Mayforth, Margot Moser, Giselle Orkin, Jacquelyn Paige, Hazel Patterson, Robert Penn, Alex Polermo, Earl Rogers, John Smolko, Tao Strong, Johnny Towsen, Jayne Turner, Karen Waters, Iggie Wolfington, Ralph Nelson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
• Director: Ralph Nelson
• Runtime: 1:17
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie