The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

British director Bryan Forbes gave the fairy-tale form a try with The Slipper and the Rose (subtitled The Story of Cinderella). This may be one of the few versions of the old Cinderella legend where the prince (Richard Chamberlain) is better looking than Cinderella (Gemma Craven). Songs are provided by Richard and Robert Sherman, the sibling tunesmiths responsible for the score of Mary Poppins. The singers include several British luminaries not usually associated with vocalizing, notably Margaret Lockwood, Kenneth More and Dame Edith Evans., In this tuneful version of the Cinderella tale, a prince searches for a mysterious beauty who left behind a glass slipper at a royal ball., Prince Edward of Euphrania is being forced to marry a princess in order to form an alliance between his and the princess’s countries to stave off an impending war. Enter Cinderella, who, after being granted one night of happiness by her fairy godmother, meets and falls in love with the prince at a ball, but, of course, has to leave before midnight, leaving the prince with only a glass slipper as a clue to his new love’s identity., A modern, musical version of the Cinderella tale, in which a young servant girl wins the heart of the handsome yet unhappy Prince Edward. Featuring songs by Richard and Robert Sherman.