Cinderella 1950 Aired on ABC (March 2002) Part 1


 * Chorus: Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name. Cinderella, you're a sunset in a frame.
 * Woman: Though you're dressed in rags, you'll wear an air of queenly grace. Anyone can see your throne would be your proper place.
 * Chorus: Cinderella, if you give your heart a chance. It will lead you to the kingdom of romance, there you'll see your dreams unfold. Cinderella, Cinderella. In the sweetest story ever warned.
 * (A book's opened and the narrator reads)
 * Narrator: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a tiny kingdom, peaceful, prosperous and rich in romance and tradition. Here in a stately chateau, there lived a widowed gentleman and his little daughter Cinderella. Although he was a kind and devoted father and gave his beloved child every luxury and comfort, yet he felt she needed a mother's care. And so, he married again choosing for his second wife; a woman of good family with two daughters just Cinderella's age by name; Anastasia and Drizella. It was upon the untimely death of this good man, however, that the stepmother's true nature was revealed. Cold, cruel and bitterly jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty, she was grimly determined to forward the interests of her own two awkward daughters. Thus, as time went by, the chateau fell into disrepair, for the family fortunes were squandered upon the vain and selfish stepsisters while Cinderella was abused, humiliated and eventually forced to become a servant in her own house. And yet through it all, Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind for with each dawn, she found new hope that someday her dreams of happiness would come true.