A Cinderella Day

Impossible!

Impossible things are happening every day!

- Fairy Godmother,

Rogers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella'



artist John Everett Millais, www.paintinghere.com

Michael and I watched the 1957 TV movie spectacular

'Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' last night.

It only aired one night - March 31, 1957

and was a LIVE telecast.

That means if mistakes are made, then everyone sees them,

as there are NO re-takes, do-overs or repeats!!

The history of this broadcasting is really quite fascinating.

Fortunately, the DVD has a really nice insert with lots of history, facts and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

                 

These are vintage Cinderella graphics, source unknown, copyright free.

The live telecast starred Julie Andrews.

At the time she was in a successful Broadway musical "My Fair Lady"

and managed to do 8 shows a week during most of the rehearsals for 'Cinderella'.

Here is a great paper doll by Tom Tierney (paper doll head-guru)

 with Julie Andrews, from her movie "Victor/Victoria".

One of my favorites, co-starring James Garner.

I like pretty much anything he is in!! - and also anything Julie Andrews is in!!

Victor/Victoria also stars Leslie Anne Warren, who played Cinderella in the 1967 re-make version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella! 

Cinderella, by Edward Dulac, 1910

Here is a great vintage paper doll set of Cinderella -

again, a HUGE thank you to origamibears for her generous sharing -

Now I'm just guessing here, but I think that's Cinderella, Prince Charming and the 2 wicked stepsisters, with the little figure as the Fairy Godmother.

This next page is somehow copied really small, so first is the original copy:

and here it is 100% enlarged, but I think a bit fuzzy:

I think I might print out 2 of the 'yellow' undergarments doll,

and make them the 2 wicked stepsisters.

Then the remaining 'pink' undergarment doll could be the wicked stepmother,

or the fairy godmother.

Fantastic costumes!

I really enjoyed 'googling' Cinderella painting.

I just mention this as you might enjoy it also.

Here is a Cinderella painting I found on google:

painting is done by Kelsey117,

http://www.deviantart.com/

Well, looks like I had too much fun researching for Cinderella,

and have run out of time!

My friend Maura is coming over to bead for a couple of hours

and I still need to clear off the table!

There's more Cinderella in me,

but that will be for another day!

Meanwhile,

I'll be in my

"Own Little Corner"

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A Mary Poppins kind of day

Hello!
We have had several days of rainy and grey all day long.
A good, soaking kind of rain.
Our grass in the front is loving it!

A rainy day is a good day to stay inside, and play...

I think it just might be a Mary Poppins kind of day!


We sat down as a family last week and watched "Mary Poppins".

I never get tired of that movie.

Makes me smile just thinking about it -

I mean, come on - talking parrot head umbrella?

a mirror image that sings better than you do?

Chim Chim Cheree Chim Cheroo -

they just don't have quality words like that in today's music....

Oh wait,

I think every generation has said that about their kid's music!!!

Dick Van Dyke

With all the new fangled machines we have now, like a gas burning furnace...
I think perhaps we have forgotten a very important lesson:

It's good luck when you shake hands
with a chimney sweep!

Better get out those yellow pages,

unless you happen to know a chimney sweep already!

The roof top dance sequence is really quite amazing!

Every time I see Mary Poppins powder her face with coal dust, I laugh!

When I was little, no matter how many times we had seen the movie, I always had to point out to the whole family -

 "Look! She's powdering her nose with black!!"

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you've imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Oh Bert, it's really quite simple..."

Bert, Mary, Jane and Michael by Barbie

"Don't live down to expectations.

Go out there and do something remarkable."

- Wendy Wasserstein

Time for a little penguin love...

Looking toward more sunny skies....

Have a super-cali-fragilistic kind of day!

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