Show Notes on Dream a Little Deeper: Cinderella
Cinderella marks an artistic and financial comeback for the Walt Disney Animation Studios. After spending the greater part of the 1940s churning out lesser quality shorts strung together into feature-length films, Walt decides to risk everything to try and redeem his company’s reputation, to become the number 1 animation studio in the United States. Cinderella had a fairly short production schedule and a restrictive budget. However, the film made nearly 8 million dollars, which allowed the studios to complete the two feature length animated films that it had been working on for decades - Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
Below you can find all the resources consulted, videos watched, and pictures referenced for our episode on Cinderella.
Books
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation and its Golden Age by Michael Barrier (1999)
Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks by David Koenig (1997)
Articles
“Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains in Disney Films” by Amanda Putman in the book Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender Sexuality and Disability
“What men and women should be, shouldn’t be, are allowed to be, and don’t have to be: the concept of prescriptive gender stereotypes” by Deborah A Prentice and Erica Carranza, Psychology of Women Quarterly (2002).
Primary Sources
Cinderella, dir by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (1950).
Films/Short Films
“Cinderella” dir by Laugh-O-Gram Studio, (1922).
Videos
The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (Part 3) - Animation Lookback by ElectricDragon505
Documentaries
Websites
Acoustic Music.org - Tin Pan Alley
Moviefone - Disney's 'Cinderella': 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Beloved Fairy Tale Classic
Psychology Today - Magical Thinking
The Walt Disney Family Museum - Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation
Wikipedia - Cinderella (1950 FIlm)
Wikipedia - Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Screen Shots
Laugh-O-Gram Tuesday Friday the 13th
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Step Mom Smiling at Death Bed
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Light From Window Creating a Jail Cell Shadow
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Colors of the Music Room Matches Stepsisters’ Outfits
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Mice Perspective
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The Step Sisters Assault Cinderella
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Prince Being Bored at the Ball
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Step Mom’s Glare
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Interviews
Manish Mathur
Manish is a writer and podcaster living in New York. He hosts the romance podcast It Pod to Be You and Queer and Now for Talk Film Society. When he's not fooling around on Twitter or Letterboxd,, Manish likes to write about international cinema, queer movies, and classic Hollywood.
You can follow Manish on Twitter @TheManish89
Lindsey Boulden
Lindsey is an Oklahoma native who works in television production. She’s been interested in storytelling since she was young, and loves watching anime and other types of dramatic storytelling with animation that captures the eye.
You can follow Lindsey on Twitter and Instagram @animequeen95
Morgan Edwards
Morgan is a newscast producer in Tulsa Oklahoma, and worked in Disneyland as a photographer for three years. She is passionate about movies in general, especially disney movies. If she’s not watching Disney movies, she’s watching indie movies, like Donnie Darko.
You can find Morgan @modayne on Instagram
Olivia Fitzgerald
Olivia currently lives in Los Angeles and works in the Entertainment Industry. She has previously worked in a writer’s room at Warner Brothers. If anybody asks her, she says she prefers Pixar films over Disney Animation Studios Films.
You can follow Olivia on Instagram @livvyfitzgerald
*Olivia’s views do not represent those of any past or future employer.
Diana Williams-Pohl
Diana is a theatrical technician in Tulsa Oklahoma. Currently trying to build her freelancing business, she spends most of her time technical directing for Blackjack Rewrite Company and working on and off with the Tulsa Ballet. She has a strange passion for books and stories, which is what drew her to theatre in the first place, but spends a lot of her downtime reading and writing her own stories and scripts.
You can follow Diana’s journey on Instagram (@dianeeyhu) and support Blackjack Rewrite Company on Facebook and Instagram.
Emily Ash
Emily is a teacher in Tulsa and is passionate about education. She really likes cats - both the animal and the musical (stage show and movie).
You can follow Emily on Twitter @emily_machelle.
