It's a testament to Disney's branding that mainstream audiences don't necessarily know who directed or starred in some of their better-known movies. Although many have seen the studio's 1950 animated feature "Cinderella," most audiences wouldn't be able to tell you that Ilene Woods played the title character, or that Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi directed the film. Disney's "Aladdin" changed that with the casting of Robin Williams as the Genie. And the trend of hiring known screen celebrities, often not voice actors, to sell an animated feature to a broad audience went to a whole other level in the wake of DreamWorks' "Shrek." The advent of the internet also helped certain actresses become known among Disney fans. Nowadays, many adults know the names of the actresses who played characters like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, or Ariel the Mermaid.
By Disney's own selection, there are thirteen "official" Disney Princesses: Snow White,...
By Disney's own selection, there are thirteen "official" Disney Princesses: Snow White,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The upcoming American animated musical fantasy film ‘Wish’ is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Asha who senses a darkness in the kingdom of Rosas which nobody else can sense and makes a passionate wish to the stars.
Ariana DeBose will give voice to the character of Asha in the movie. It is set to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on November 22, 2023.
Following is a list of other animated fantasy films that you might want to give a try if you like Wish.
Also Read: Love Lies Bleeding Starring Kristen Stewart Official Trailer Released!
Top 10 Films Like Animated Disney Movie Wish!
Raya and The Last Dragon (2021)- ComingSoon.net
Carlos López Estrada and Don Hall directed the American computer-animated fantasy action adventure movie the plot of which revolves around a warrior named Raya who embarks upon a journey of tracking down a dragon called Sisu that once transferred...
Ariana DeBose will give voice to the character of Asha in the movie. It is set to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on November 22, 2023.
Following is a list of other animated fantasy films that you might want to give a try if you like Wish.
Also Read: Love Lies Bleeding Starring Kristen Stewart Official Trailer Released!
Top 10 Films Like Animated Disney Movie Wish!
Raya and The Last Dragon (2021)- ComingSoon.net
Carlos López Estrada and Don Hall directed the American computer-animated fantasy action adventure movie the plot of which revolves around a warrior named Raya who embarks upon a journey of tracking down a dragon called Sisu that once transferred...
- 12/21/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
In Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara, longtime Rolling Stone contributor Emily Zemler takes a deep dive into how various beloved princesses became the cultural icons they are today, from Snow White’s lasting reign to newer, inspiring royalty like Moana.
The book weaves interviews with historians and those who helped shape the characters, including directors and voice talent, alongside concept art and memorabilia, and breaks down important themes integral to how the princesses serve as inspirations.
Music, of course, is a key element to the storytelling and what makes the characters resonate for decades,...
The book weaves interviews with historians and those who helped shape the characters, including directors and voice talent, alongside concept art and memorabilia, and breaks down important themes integral to how the princesses serve as inspirations.
Music, of course, is a key element to the storytelling and what makes the characters resonate for decades,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
After five years of combining animated short subjects, and a combo live-action/animation feature, Disney dove into full feature animation fantasy again with the most basic of Fairy Tales. Just because he learned to create animation for a price doesn’t mean that the quality slacked off — the wondrous design and animation is augmented by terrific songs. Yes, half the picture is about cute mice and birds and other critters … which are done so well, the show is worth seeing multiple times. This handsome Signature Collection release follows earlier Diamond and Platinum releases … and don’t ask me to decode that classification system.
Cinderella
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code
Walt Disney
1950 / Color / 1:37 Academy / 75 min. / The Signature Collection / Street Date June 25, 2019 / 39.99
Voice Actors: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Lucille Bliss, Rhoda Williams, Verna Felton.
Songs: Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
Directing Animators: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Norm Ferguson, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl,...
Cinderella
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code
Walt Disney
1950 / Color / 1:37 Academy / 75 min. / The Signature Collection / Street Date June 25, 2019 / 39.99
Voice Actors: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Lucille Bliss, Rhoda Williams, Verna Felton.
Songs: Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
Directing Animators: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Norm Ferguson, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl,...
- 6/15/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
We never get tired of the story of Cinderella, and whether we know it or not, the version we never get tired of is the one put forth by Walt Disney 65 years ago. The 1950 animated feature, released 65 years ago this week (on February 15, 1950) was an instant classic, and its this version we think of when we imagine all the visual details of the story -- the slipper, the pumpkin, the fairy godmother, the mice, and Cinderella and Prince Charming dancing all over the palace grounds.
Still, as many times as we've heard the story or seen the cartoon, there's still more to be mined from the 17th-century fairy tale. (Indeed, Disney is releasing a new live-action retelling next month.) As many times as you've seen the 1950 classic, there's plenty you may not know about it -- how the actress who played Cinderella landed the part without even knowing she'd auditioned,...
Still, as many times as we've heard the story or seen the cartoon, there's still more to be mined from the 17th-century fairy tale. (Indeed, Disney is releasing a new live-action retelling next month.) As many times as you've seen the 1950 classic, there's plenty you may not know about it -- how the actress who played Cinderella landed the part without even knowing she'd auditioned,...
- 2/15/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre releases for October.
Cinderella (1950) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray and DVD Available Now
The Walt Disney classic finally makes it high definition debut. Though it was made over half a century ago, Cinderella remains a timeless work of animation. Part of its lasting appeal can be attributed to the amazing concept art of Mary Blair, whose gorgeous backgrounds and unique color palettes help to define its iconic visual style. Though she was only credited with color and styling, her influence in the look and feel of the finished product cannot be denied. Another aspect that is often overlooked is the lovely vocal contribution by actress Ilene Woods. She brings a measured confidence to the beloved heroine and her singing voice is as gorgeous as the animation.
Special Features:
• Tangled Ever After Animated Short
• Behind the Magic: A New Disney Princess Fantasyland...
Cinderella (1950) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray and DVD Available Now
The Walt Disney classic finally makes it high definition debut. Though it was made over half a century ago, Cinderella remains a timeless work of animation. Part of its lasting appeal can be attributed to the amazing concept art of Mary Blair, whose gorgeous backgrounds and unique color palettes help to define its iconic visual style. Though she was only credited with color and styling, her influence in the look and feel of the finished product cannot be denied. Another aspect that is often overlooked is the lovely vocal contribution by actress Ilene Woods. She brings a measured confidence to the beloved heroine and her singing voice is as gorgeous as the animation.
Special Features:
• Tangled Ever After Animated Short
• Behind the Magic: A New Disney Princess Fantasyland...
- 10/19/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Over sixty years have passed since Disney’s Cinderella first screened to mass audiences. Yet, the film is as poignant today as it was over a half century ago.
The storybook tale of a young girl and her mice friends is filled with a heartfelt abundance of laughs and toe-tapping music. Whether you’re listening to a group of mice singing “The Work Song” or Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother casting magical enchantments to the tune of “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”, it’s hard not to instantly fall in love with Cinderella’s soundtrack. The humor holds up surprisingly well. Watching Gus and Jaques (both voiced by James MacDonald) face off against Lady Tremaine’s cat Lucifer never gets old.
The new Diamond Blu-ray release features a crisp 1080p HD picture, presented in a 1:33:1 aspect ratio. The sound has been remastered to optimize all the music tracks. Listening to Ilene Woods, who voiced Cinderella,...
The storybook tale of a young girl and her mice friends is filled with a heartfelt abundance of laughs and toe-tapping music. Whether you’re listening to a group of mice singing “The Work Song” or Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother casting magical enchantments to the tune of “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”, it’s hard not to instantly fall in love with Cinderella’s soundtrack. The humor holds up surprisingly well. Watching Gus and Jaques (both voiced by James MacDonald) face off against Lady Tremaine’s cat Lucifer never gets old.
The new Diamond Blu-ray release features a crisp 1080p HD picture, presented in a 1:33:1 aspect ratio. The sound has been remastered to optimize all the music tracks. Listening to Ilene Woods, who voiced Cinderella,...
- 10/3/2012
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
Child radio star and the voice of Disney's heroine Cinderella
For the American singer Ilene Woods, it was a job of no particular consequence: to record, as a favour to friends, a few demo tapes of songs they were writing for a Walt Disney cartoon film. But the session would lead to her voice being forever associated with one of Disney's enduring heroines, Cinderella.
In 1948, Mack David and Jerry Livingstone asked Woods to record the songs they were writing for a planned animated feature based on the fairytale Cinderella. Woods recorded the Fairy Godmother's magic song, Bibbidi-bobbiddi-boo and Cinderella's songs, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and So This Is Love.
Disney had been auditioning actors to voice his new screen heroine and had rejected between 300 and 400 applicants. When he heard Woods's tapes, he declared Cinderella to have been found and offered her the role. Woods, who...
For the American singer Ilene Woods, it was a job of no particular consequence: to record, as a favour to friends, a few demo tapes of songs they were writing for a Walt Disney cartoon film. But the session would lead to her voice being forever associated with one of Disney's enduring heroines, Cinderella.
In 1948, Mack David and Jerry Livingstone asked Woods to record the songs they were writing for a planned animated feature based on the fairytale Cinderella. Woods recorded the Fairy Godmother's magic song, Bibbidi-bobbiddi-boo and Cinderella's songs, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and So This Is Love.
Disney had been auditioning actors to voice his new screen heroine and had rejected between 300 and 400 applicants. When he heard Woods's tapes, he declared Cinderella to have been found and offered her the role. Woods, who...
- 7/19/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
The actress/singer who voiced Cinderella in Disney's animated classic has died, aged 81. Ilene Woods died on Thursday, July 1 from causes related to Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Canoga Park, Los Angeles.
Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when she recorded a demo for the then-upcoming Disney feature in 1948. Days later, she was auditioned by Walt Disney himself, and went on to voice the title character's speaking and singing parts for the 1950 film based on the popular fairytale.
In 2003, she was awarded a Disney Legends award for her voicework on the classic. She also sang on Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey's U.S. TV shows in the 1950s before retiring from showbusiness in the early 1970s.
She is survived by her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, their son, a daughter from her first marriage, and three grandchildren.
Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when she recorded a demo for the then-upcoming Disney feature in 1948. Days later, she was auditioned by Walt Disney himself, and went on to voice the title character's speaking and singing parts for the 1950 film based on the popular fairytale.
In 2003, she was awarded a Disney Legends award for her voicework on the classic. She also sang on Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey's U.S. TV shows in the 1950s before retiring from showbusiness in the early 1970s.
She is survived by her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, their son, a daughter from her first marriage, and three grandchildren.
- 7/5/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The actress/singer who voiced Cinderella in Disney's animated classic has died, aged 81.
Ilene Woods died on Thursday from causes related to Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Canoga Park, Los Angeles.
Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when she recorded a demo for the then-upcoming Disney feature in 1948.
Days later, she was auditioned by Walt Disney himself, and went on to voice the title character's speaking and singing parts for the 1950 film based on the popular fairytale.
In 2003, she was awarded a Disney Legends award for her voicework on the classic.
She also sang on Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey's U.S. TV shows in the 1950s before retiring from showbusiness in the early 1970s.
She is survived by her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, their son, a daughter from her first marriage, and three grandchildren.
Ilene Woods died on Thursday from causes related to Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Canoga Park, Los Angeles.
Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when she recorded a demo for the then-upcoming Disney feature in 1948.
Days later, she was auditioned by Walt Disney himself, and went on to voice the title character's speaking and singing parts for the 1950 film based on the popular fairytale.
In 2003, she was awarded a Disney Legends award for her voicework on the classic.
She also sang on Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey's U.S. TV shows in the 1950s before retiring from showbusiness in the early 1970s.
She is survived by her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, their son, a daughter from her first marriage, and three grandchildren.
- 7/5/2010
- WENN
Disney Legend Ilene Woods, who voiced Cinderella in the 1950 classic, has passed away at the age of 81. Woods was born on May 5, 1929 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A. and was both a singer and actress. Woods started acting at two years old. When she was 14, she was given her own radio show on the new station called The Blue Network on ABC Radio during the summer of 1944. A lot of songwriters came on the show to present their music to her, which is how she became friends with Mack David and Jerry Livingston. David and Livingston asked her to record a few of their most recent written songs for a movie. They also wanted her not just to record them, but to sing them. Soon the songs were presented to Walt Disney so it could be used in the animated Cinderella . She won the role...
- 7/2/2010
- Comingsoon.net
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