The Magic Shoes (1935 film)

1935 Australian short film

The Magic Shoes

Directed by| Claude Flemming
Written by| Peggy Graham
Based on| the fairy tale Cinderella
Produced by| Frederick Davies
Starring| Peter Finch
Cinematography| Mel Nichols

Production
company

Pacific Productions

Release date

* 1935 (1935)

Country| Australia
Language| English

The Magic Shoes is a 1935 Australian short film based on the fairy tale Cinderella. It features the first screen performance by Peter Finch and Helen Hughes, daughter of former Prime Minister William Hughes and was the first dramatised movie to be shot at the National Studios, built to make The Flying Doctor (1936).

Today The Magic Shoes is considered a lost film.[1] However 33 production and publicity stills relating to the film were discovered in 2006.[2][3][when?]

## Premise

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A "pantomine fantasy".[4]

## Cast

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* Peter Finch as Prince Charming
* Gloria Gotch
* Helen Hughes
* Norman French
* Sheilah Parry as The Fairy Princess
* Andrew Higginson as The Policeman
* Phil Smith
* Peter Dawson as The Equerry[5]
* Bertie Wright as The Jester[6]
* George Hurt
* Carleton Stuart

## Production

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It was the first production from Pacific Productions.[4] This was a new company capitalised at £10,000 headed by George Wirth, a wealthy circus personality, which wanted to focus on making shorts.[7]

The crew included future war photographer Damien Parer and among the cast were Phil Smith, father of actor Mona Barrie; Peter Dawson, a New Zealand comedian, dancer and eccentric dancer; Helen Hughes, daughter of Billy Hughe; Peter Finch; and a number of children who were students at an acting school run by director Claude Flemming with Frank Harvey.[8]

Filming finished by November 1935.[9] It was originally scheduled for 11 days and finished in eight.[10]

Editing was completed the following month.[4]

## Reception

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The film failed to find a distributor and was not a financial success.[citation needed]

## See also

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* List of lost films

## References

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1. ^ "Australia's 'Lost' Films at National Film and Sound Archive". Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. ^ 'Film Find Snap for an Intern' ANU Newsletter 24 May 2006
3. ^ 'Lost Treasure Trove Discovered' AFC website
4. ^ a b c "Advertising". Everyones. 11 December 1935. p. 45.
5. ^ "Pantomime at Pagewood". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 17 November 1935. p. 18. Retrieved 16 April 2020 - via Trove.
6. ^ "Untitled". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 1 December 1935. p. 26. Retrieved 16 April 2020 - via Trove.
7. ^ "Influential Business Leaders". Everyones. 13 November 1935. p. 4.
8. ^ "Face Value". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 1936. p. 9 Supplement: Women's Supplement. Retrieved 14 February 2012 - via National Library of Australia.
9. ^ ""Magic Shoes" Completed at National Studios". Everyones. 27 November 1935. p. 8.
10. ^ "Magic Shoes Production Speed". Everyones. 11 December 1935. p. 24.

## External links

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* The Magic Shoes at IMDb
* The Magic Shoes at National Film and Sound Archive – includes copies of stills
* Images from film

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"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm

Universe

| Characters|

* Cinderella
* Ugly sisters
* Fairy godmother
* Wicked stepmother
* Prince Charming
* Buttons

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National
variation|

* Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian)
* Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese)
* Chūjō-hime (Japanese)
* Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish)
* Finette Cendron (French)
* The Green Knight (Danish)
* Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian)
* Kongjwi and Patjwi (Korean)
* Maria (Philippines)
* Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese)
* "Rhodopis" (Greek)
* Rushen Coatie (Scottish)
* The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish)
* The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese)
* Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese)
* The True Bride (German)
* The Wonderful Birch (Russian)
* Ye Xian (Chinese)

Related|

* Jacinda Vidrio
* Catskin
* Into the Woods
* Into the Woods (2014 film)
* Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
* Disney's characters
* Stop! Look! and Laugh!
* Waltz Suite
* Black Cinderella Two Goes East
* Cinderella's Stepsister
* Cinderella (sports)
* Lying to Be Perfect
* Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
* Cinderella's Eyes (2011)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Male
versions|

* Askeladden or Boots (Norwegian)
* Fire Boy (Japanese)

Media

| Films|

* Cinderella (1899)
* Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
* Cinderella (1914)
* A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
* A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
* Ella Cinders (1926)
* The Magic Shoes (1935)
* First Love (1939)
* Princess Cinderella (1941)
* Cinderella (1947)
* The Glass Slipper (1955)
* Cinderella (1955)
* Cinderfella (1960)
* Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
* More Than a Miracle (1967)
* Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
* The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
* Cinderella (1979)
* Cinderella '80 (1984)
* Maid to Order (1987)
* Lua de Cristal (1990)
* If the Shoe Fits (1990)
* Ever After (1998)
* Ella Enchanted (2004)
* Cinderella (2006)
* Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
* Rags (2012)
* Cinderella (2021)
* Sneakerella (2022)
* Once upon a Crime (2023)
* Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)

| A Cinderella Story series|

* A Cinderella Story (2004)
* Another Cinderella Story (2008)
* Once Upon a Song (2011)
* If the Shoe Fits (2016)
* Christmas Wish (2019)
* Starstruck (2021)

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Disney's Cinderella|

* Cinderella (1950)
* Dreams Come True (2002)
* A Twist in Time (2007)
* Cinderella (2015)

Animation|

* Cinderella Blues (1931)
* Poor Cinderella (1934)
* Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)
* Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
* Ancient Fistory (1953)
* Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
* Cinderella (1979)
* The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981)
* The Magic Riddle (1991)
* Happily N'Ever After (2007)
* Year of the Fish (2008)
* Cinderella the Cat (2017)
* Charming (2018)
* Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)

Television|

* Hey, Cinderella! (1968)
* Cindy (1978)
* Cinderella Monogatari (1996)
* Cinderella (1997)
* CinderElmo (1999)
* Cinderella (2000)
* I Was a Rat/Cinderella and Me (2001)
* La Cenicienta (2003)
* Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004)
* Floricienta (2004)
* Floribella (2005 Brazil)
* Floribella (2006 Portugal)
* Grazilda (2010)
* Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012)

Literary
adaptations|

* Celestina (1791)
* Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
* Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954)
* Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
* The Coachman Rat (1989)
* Witches Abroad (1991)
* Ella Enchanted (1997)
* I Was a Rat!: or, The Scarlet Slippers (1999)
* Just Ella (1999)
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
* Chinese Cinderella (1999)
* The Fairy Godmother (2004)
* Phoenix and Ashes (2004)
* Bella at Midnight (2006)
* Ash (2009)
* Princess of Glass (2010)
* Cinder (2012)

Opera|

* Cendrillon (1810 Isouard)
* La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini)
* Cendrillon (1899 Massenet)
* Cendrillon (1904 Viardot)
* La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)
* Cinderella (2016 Deutscher)

Ballet|

* Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell)
* Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer)
* Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev)
* Cinderella (1948 Ashton)

Musicals|

* Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904)
* A Stubborn Cinderella (1909)
* Mr. Cinders (1929)
* Cinderella (1957)
* Cindy (1964)
* The Penny Friend (1966)
* The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
* Into the Woods (1987)
* Soho Cinders (2008)
* Cinderella (2013)
* Cinderella (2020)

Other|

* Paintings
* Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire (1843)
* Plays
* A Kiss for Cinderella (1916)
* Comics
* Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
* Cinderalla
* Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
* Games
* Cinders
* Pantomime
* Sinderella

Songs|

* "Spread a Little Happiness" (1929)
* "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1949)
* "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950)
* "Cinderella" (1987)
* "Hey Cinderella" (1993)
* "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996)
* "Cinderella" (2001)
* "Cinderella" (2002)
* "Cinderella" (2003)
* "Stealing Cinderella" (2007)
* "Cinderella" (2007)
* "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)
* "Bad Cinderella" (2020)
* "Million to One" (2021)

Albums|

* Cinderella (1957 original television cast recording)
* A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack)
* Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)
* Cinderella (2013 cast album)
* Cinderella (2015 soundtrack)
* Cinderella (2021 soundtrack)

Sociology|

* Cinderella complex
* Cinderella effect
* The Cinderella Movement

Commercials|

* A Coach for Cinderella
* A Ride for Cinderella

Adult|

* Cinder Ellen up too Late
* Cinderella (1977)
* Naughty Cinderella

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