The Slipper and the Rose

This book is a wonderful adaption of the 1976 version of the Cinderella. The book gives details not revealed in the movie, and is full of beautiful color and black and white images from the movie, along with promotional shots not found anywhere else. It's a great investment of any fan of the film. The story of "The Slipper and the Rose" is the one of Cinderella, but with a unique twist -- it's done from the Prince's point of view. The film starts out with Prince Edward (Played by Richard Chamberlian) returning from a neighboring kingdom frustrated because the woman he was sent to consider for marriage wasn't at all like he desired. He then informs his parents "When I marry, as indeed I must, it shall be for the convience of love and not for the convince of convince." The rest of the movie then follows him as he longs for the woman to whom he can give his heart, while at the same time letting you get to know Cinderella as well (Played by Gemma Craven). Her story is the usual story -- her father dies at the beginning of the film, leaving her to be a servant to her step mother and two not-so-ugly step sisters. She however is a simple girl who only longs for the days when she was happy, and doesn't exactly want to go to the ball. ("Me? Go to the ball?"..."Not wishing [to go] exactly. More wondering what it must be like.") They are joined by a cast of wonderful characters, such as a fairy godmother who sometimes wishes they had never been invented, and a king who subtly hints he regrets marrying the Queen, and only says about his son's future wife "Well make sure she has teeth. He has an obsession with them having teeth." The story is the great classic with enough of a twist to make it refreshing. The music was written by the amazing Sherman Brothers (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins), and won an academy award, as well as being selected for the royal film performance of 1976, which was attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

This book is a wonderful adaption of the 1976 version of the Cinderella. The book gives details not revealed in the movie, and is full of beautiful color and black and white images from the movie, along with promotional shots not found anywhere else. It's a great investment of any fan of the film. The story of "The Slipper and the Rose" is the one of Cinderella, but with a unique twist -- it's done from the Prince's point of view. The film starts out with Prince Edward (Played by Richard Chamberlian) returning from a neighboring kingdom frustrated because the woman he was sent to consider for marriage wasn't at all like he desired. He then informs his parents "When I marry, as indeed I must, it shall be for the convience of love and not for the convince of convince." The rest of the movie then follows him as he longs for the woman to whom he can give his heart, while at the same time letting you get to know Cinderella as well (Played by Gemma Craven). Her story is the usual story -- her father dies at the beginning of the film, leaving her to be a servant to her step mother and two not-so-ugly step sisters. She however is a simple girl who only longs for the days when she was happy, and doesn't exactly want to go to the ball. ("Me? Go to the ball?"..."Not wishing [to go] exactly. More wondering what it must be like.") They are joined by a cast of wonderful characters, such as a fairy godmother who sometimes wishes they had never been invented, and a king who subtly hints he regrets marrying the Queen, and only says about his son's future wife "Well make sure she has teeth. He has an obsession with them having teeth." The story is the great classic with enough of a twist to make it refreshing. The music was written by the amazing Sherman Brothers (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins), and won an academy award, as well as being selected for the royal film performance of 1976, which was attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

This is my favorite and in my opinion the best cinderella story and the only one worth reading or watching. Prince Edward actually has name and his life is an important part of the story. Cinderella loses her slipper of course, but when Edward finds her, they find out that love cannot always have its way. The fairy godmother is hilarious. One scene you see her house and she had souveneirs from Robin and Maid Marian, William Tell, the ugly duckling, and other legendary characters. I also love this movie because its adult humor is clean and funny. The music score was written by the Sherman brothers who did a fantastic job! If you are a Richard Chamberlain fan you like it even better - he's the prince. The book is full of pictures from the movie. It is a great shame thats its no longer in print.