With an extremely different look and inserted in another cultural context; see what was the first version of ‘Cinderella’ released by Walt Disney
The story of Cinderella has been known for centuries, as it became popular when a version was written by the French author Charles Perrault in the work “Tales of Mamãe Gansa”, released in 1697. Still, there is another person responsible for keeping the plot alive for so many years, since, in 1950, Disney released the animated version of the plot, which has since been followed by several generations of children through the small screen.
In the animation, Cinderella is a young orphan who, after the death of her father, lives under the orders of her two half-sisters and her stepmother, being forced to do all the household chores alone, even having her freedom imprisoned. No matter how difficult a reality it is, the girl never gives up believing in better days, and finds the possibility of changing her life when Prince Phillip announces a ball, where all the maidens in the kingdom must attend, as it will be on this occasion that he will choose his future wife.
Forbidden from going by her stepmother, it is with the help of her fairy godmother that she manages to attend the event, even though she had to leave the place in a hurry at the stroke of midnight. With luck, the time spent with Phillip becomes enough to awaken a strong passion in both hearts, causing the prince, who could not even discover Cinderella’s name, to begin a journey, traveling throughout the kingdom until he finds her, making her the owner of her ‘and they lived happily ever after’.
However, what some may not imagine is that, before founding the Disney with your brother Roy, Walt Disney created an animation company called Laugh-O-Gram, where he made a series of seven modernized versions of fairy tales and among them was the story of Cinderella.
Walt’s pre-Disney version of ‘Cinderella’
Produced in 1922, the Laugh-O-Gram version of Cinderella had the elements used in all the studio’s productions at the time, since, in addition to being in black and white and containing several satirical jokes, the plot featured the classic characters inserted in circumstances completely different from their traditional versions.
This is because, in the animation, the cultural context of the time in which it was released can be noted, as the 1920s became known as the “Jazz Age” and, as a result, jazz is widely represented, whether through scenes where the characters dance and play this style of music, or through the characters’ clothes and haircuts, as happens with Cinderella, who wears her locks short and, to go to the ball, has her work clothes transformed not into a dress pompous, but in a top and a flapper skirt (short fringed skirt).
Still, the main elements of the story are there: she has two loose half-sisters, she is helped by her fairy godmother, she dances with the prince at the ball, she loses her slipper (which here is not glass), and is found by the prince, with whom he lives the rest of his days. Look:
Source: Recreio
