Movie Details
Theatrical Release:November 7th, 1911
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Edison Studios
Cast & Crew
J
J. Searle Dawley
Director
B
Bannister Merwin
Writer
A Modern Cinderella (1911)
Audience Score
Plot
This 20thcentury retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements a selfish stepsister a putupon beauty a Prince Charming and of course a lost slipper but shifts the action to a contemporary boarding house Cinderella played by Mary Fuller befriends an elderly resident who buys a party outfit for her favorite when Cinderellas elder sister preens for a dance The new clothes transform the unassuming maiden into the toast of the ball Finding Cinderellas missing shoe a dashing young man follows the clue to his grandmother Cinderellas friend at the boarding house who works her magic to reunite the couple
