The Glass Slipper [SEP] director
The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper (1955) is a musical film adaptation of "Cinderella", made by MGM, directed by Charles Walters and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch. The music score is by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Arthur E. Arling, the art direction by Daniel B. Cathcart and Cedric Gibbons and costume design by Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose.
The film stars Leslie Caron as Cinderella, and Michael Wilding as the Prince, with Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood, Elsa
Charles' father)
- Mrs. Toquet — Estelle Winwood
- Kovin — Keenan Wynn
- Cousin Lulu — Lurene Tuttle
Production.
Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon had written a 1944 play about Cinderella, "The Glass Slipper". MGM bought the film rights in 1953 as a vehicle for Leslie Caron.
Caron had just had a big hit at the studio in "Lili" so MGM reunited her with that film's producer and director for "Glass Slipper". Anatole de Grunwald was assigned to write the