A Modern Cinderella (1911)
This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements — a selfish step-sister, a put-upon 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 Cinderella’s elder sister preens for a dance. The new clothes transform the unassuming maiden into the toast of the ball. Finding Cinderella’s missing shoe, a dashing young man follows the clue to his grandmother, Cinderella’s friend at the boarding house, who works her magic to reunite the couple.
Director: J. Searle Dawley
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Mary Fuller as A Modern Cinderella |
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Darwin Karr as A Modern Prince Charming |
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Mabel Trunnelle as |
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Sydney Booth as |
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Harold M. Shaw as |
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Walter Edwin as |
| Directing | J. Searle Dawley | Director |
| Writing | Bannister Merwin | Writer |
