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1914Thanhouser CompanyOne reelComedy

Mr. Cinderella

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The story

“Jimmy was called Mr. Cinderella because his life was just as unhappy as that of the poor little girl in the fairy tale. He lived with his stepmother and two bulky [sic] stepbrothers whom the mother believed to be all that was fine and glorious in the world. The stepbrothers did everything that they could to make Jimmy’s daily lot miserable, and so worked upon their mother that when the county fair came round, he was made to stay home and chop wood, while they went to the fair and enjoyed themselves. Now Jimmy had a fairy godfather, a jovial old gentleman, who was always wandering along, smoking a cigar, and looking sharply at all the little boys he met. He pitied Jimmy, so he changed his ragged clothes into a brilliant uniform, and Jimmy went off to the fair in great shape. There he met the Queen of the Popcorn Trust—and the rest of the story—well, it turns out just the way you would want it to.”

Summary from Reel Life · 10 October 1914

What the papers said

1 review

“A fanciful light comedy, telling in modernized form, the story of a masculine Cinderella—the fairy prince being exchanged in this version for the fair daughter of an American sausage king! It is all very pleasantly presented, and some additional charm is derived from the various pictures of a country fair introduced in the course of the tale. A pathetic interest …

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“A fanciful light comedy, telling in modernized form, the story of a masculine Cinderella—the fairy prince being exchanged in this version for the fair daughter of an American sausage king! It is all very pleasantly presented, and some additional charm is derived from the various pictures of a country fair introduced in the course of the tale. A pathetic interest attaches to this film in the fact that the very promising young actor, Mr. Nolan Gane, who appears in the title role, has since died. Those who know will sincerely regret his loss to the art of the screen.”

The Bioscope · 11 March 1915

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Cast and crew

Director
Eugene Moore
Cast
Fan Bourke as stepmother
J. Alan Turner
J.E. Myers as stepbrother
J. Turner as stepbrother
John E. Myers
Mildred Heller as Queen of the Popcorn Trust
Nolan Gane as Jimmy, alias Mr. Cinderella
Riley Chamberlin as fairy godfather
Writer
Lloyd F. Lonergan

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More about this film

Filmed in
Westchester County (New York) Fair
Bowers’ notes
  1. J. Turner is listed as “E. Turner” in a Thanhouser advertisement in The Moving Picture World, October 24, 1914. Reel Life, October 10, 1914, lists J. Turner and is the source of the above cast data. 2. One credit listing gives a role to “E. Myers.” It is believed that J.E. Myers was intended.

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1914 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Mr. Cinderella”. thanhouser.org/films/mr-cinderella/

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