Such a gentle and humble lady. Perfectly casted. Someone like Ms. Warren would make all the other great characters fall into place in this great production. She pulls at my heartstrings like I've never experienced.
I was a little girl (born in '58) when this movie came out. I watched it so many times in my life (I'm 65 now) watched it a week ago and I have the same admiration for that I did as a child. Celeste Holmes made the most perfect fairy god mother, the pumpkin stagecoach, and Leslie's cinder spots on her cheeks as she sang 🎶'in my own little corner'🎶. I would cry as I watched that part. Leslie was the most beautiful Cinderella and always will be. She and Stuart were the perfect Prince and Princess.
I saw Cinderella for the 1st time when I was 6 on TV with my 5 year old sister. We were both enchanted by Lesley Ann Warren as Cinderella the moment we saw her. She was the best Cinderella ever, the music was wonderful, casting perfect. Thank you for posting this wonderful interview.
On a snowy weekend in NYC, we "binged" on this over & over. My friend described Lesley's beautiful neck in her Cinderella dress as the most exquisite neck he'd ever seen. She was/still is stunning.
This movie is shown free on UA-cam now and I have watched it in the last month or so at least 25 times. I’ll always be nine years old again and head over heels in love with Stuart Damon each and every time I see it. Thank you Lesley. You are and will always be the only Cinderella!
The 1957 version is wonderful, but there is a brilliance to this. Magic like this doesn't happen very often. It really is a beautiful, timeless, well acted and wow, the singing! It really should be seen.
I think what makes this production so special is that it seems to be an actual book that you are reading and that is because the set design is so simple and really takes a second chair to the actors and the music.. As you're watching it it appears that you are literally turning pages in a book.. Because the set designs are not reality-based you really feel like you're in a fairy tale.. As a kid , we would watch it in our family and we all were completely enchanted by lesley anne warren. And of course the wonderful celeste holme who just really had this enchanting effect and everything she was in. And it's really odd to look back and think of stuart damon being that young beautiful prince but that's who he was.. What a beautiful voice he had. The story about jo van Fleet not liking.Leslie hand is really funny. I mean it's awful but it's kinda funny because you could easily see how an aging actress could be envious of such a beautiful young girl who was just starting out.
As a child in the 60’s you only got to see this once a year so it was a BIG deal for me and my grandma would make the day very special I’d even wear my mothers wedding dress which had a crown veil.
I was 5 when this was on CBS, we watched it and fell in love with the movie. Every year was a planned event with my sister and friends, I remember my mom saying how pretty Lesley Ann was! Stuart Damon was the perfect pairing as Prince Charming! I wonder if Lesley had a little crush on Stuart; being 18, playing Cinderella, wow! Lesley and Stuart were perfect for the roles, the singing is timeless! I purchased the movie digitally, so I can show my young students.
I'm glad they picked Lesley Ann. She was just perfect for that roll of Cinderella. So preety and her acting was perfect. I also loved every one of the characters that worked in Cinderella.
As an audience member says, Lesley Ann Warren is MY Cinderella and she is the standard by which all other Cinderellas are measured. I watched this on the day The Prince, Stuart Damon died, before I knew he had passed.
The almost one minute of silence when Cinderella walks into the ballroom = PRICELESS! Real men demand THE SLIPPER and wear tights...Stuart was AMAZING!
Totally agree. Nowadays they’d have blared a soundtrack but the silence made the scene sublime. I saw it as a 6 year old boy in 1965. I’m 65 and Saw it last night and Ms Warren’s performance brought tears to my eyes - she was so authentic.
Stuart Damon was the perfect prince I wish he could see these comments and see how many women had crushes on him as their prince including me l m. 67 he was my first crush I was 12. When this came out
This movie needs to be re-released. It embodies so much beauty and many people of all ages need to see this for many many reasons. Yes Lesley is still stunning. I must have been eight, if I saw it the first year. I don't know how early I saw it. I was spellbound and wanted to be her so much!
Thank you Lesley Ann , I still love your Cinderella. I still watch it and I love the Happiest Millionaire equally. Thank you for your divine talent. :-)
Outside of Disney, Brandy used to be my favorite Cinderella, but that was way back when. Lesley as Cinderella belongs in my household now! Lesley, my mom watched you when she was little, and thanks to UA-cam, I finally found your version at last! I've seen many girls play Cinderella, but you are the true Cinderella in my book! I will play your version of Cinderella in my house and your adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version will be the one that I play for my children and grandchildren over and over again! You are my number one favorite Cinderella in the whole world! After a rough day at school, or in general or what I'm just relaxing, I put your version of Cinderella on and hearing your voice helps me relax when I hear you sing! I was in an acting camp one summer, and the production they chose that year was Rodgers and Hammerstein's version of Cinderella! We even made up a character that was an assistant to the fairy godmother! She had several of them, I played one called Giggles that would laugh a lot! I also played one of the stepsisters. I wanted to play Cinderella like you, but that never happened to the music we used in our production was from your production! You're the best Cinderella out there! I will check out some of your other movies too! You are blessed with a gift and true talent from God. !I love you! I hope to meet you someday! God Bless! From your newest fan, Dara
The remaster is lovely on DVD. The first DVD release is very faded, though true to the original broadcast. But the remaster out now is excellent, and usually around $10.
I watched Cinderella everytime Hallmark Hall of Fame showed it. I saw the Julia Andrews version much later but the Leslie Ann Warren is the one I love.
Richard Skipper in another interview suggests that in the public consciousness Cinderella is not Julie Andrews or Brandy. I agree. But to go back to the very beginning, for me, as a little boy, nothing can ever top the beautiful Walt Disney grafics of the annimated Cinderella of 1950. Today, she still takes my breath away. Then along came Lesley Ann Warren in the Rogers and Hammerstein CBS production that we all gravitated to. All it took was a little readjusting to a whole new different visual concept for the story. Brunette LAW was immediatedly loved nd excepted with her doe eyes charm and a golden ballgown trimed in ermine over the pale icy blue confection in the move. Oh, Lesley Ann Warren, The Farmer's Daughter Motel! I looked for Inger Stevens there when mom would take me to The Farmer's Market. Grown up, I worked as a CBS page and marveled at it every day. Last I looked it was still there. Jo Van Fleet was jealous of Lesley AW's charm and beauty so she kept her as a scullery maid. That is priceless! And dropping this shocker here on Lesley for the first time is worth the price of admission! HA! What do you think of that, LAW??? I am spellbound with my mouth agape over your Cinderella's crown/ ebay story. Now in its rightful place in Sherman Oaks, CA. Where I was raised and still live! LA, I can well imagine you crying at the sight and purity of Cinderela after all these years. Me too. Eveybody too.
It would seem Stuart Damon appearing in The Boys from Syracuse in 1963 would have had something to do with his being cast in this production. Also, he was likely already cast or in rehearsal for Do I Hear a Waltz at the time of the taping.
I think some of these shows and movies get caught up in ownership conflicts that prevent them from becoming commercially available. Try finding the original Stepford Wives movie. It's not available on DVD, Blu ray, streaming or as a digital copy. What the heck ?
it wasnt that they didnt like the first version the original version had been staged in london and in other local theater and was extremely popular the original version, because it was shown live and only kinescoped, could not really be reshown....so they decided to make a second version...this time on videotape recast and tweaked some thing and then you got the 65 version...which i watched throughout my childhood to be honest, lesley doesnt have the strongest voice...but physically, she was perfect for the role
It is so disappointing that Dubin saw fit to trash the 1957 and 1997 TV productions of "CINDERELLA". And why in the world would he mention to Lesley Ann Warren that Jo Van Fleet was jealous of her and hated her.
Charles Dubin must be out of his mind! The 1957 Live "Cinderella" is neither "jazzy or modernized." It is set during the Regency Period, and Cinderella certainly is more empowered and has more agency in Hammerstein's 1957 teleplay than in the revised script poor Lesley Ann Warren and cast were given. Perhaps Rodgers did not like the 1957 telecast for personal reasons, but Lesley Ann Warren is forced by the script to play Cinderella as a total victim. Hammerstein never would have allowed this had he still been alive. People have a fondness for the 1965 version because it was videotaped and shown every year for a decade, but the 1957 (available now as a kinescope since 2004) and 1997 versions are far superior. Lesley Ann Warren is, however, a lovely person in every way. I doubt Dubin ever saw the 1957 original version. Lesley Ann Warren's version looks like it is set during the Renaissance period; 14th Century or something; the same period where Disney set his 1959 animated film "SLEEPING BEAUTY".
Such a gentle and humble lady. Perfectly casted. Someone like Ms. Warren would make all the other great characters fall into place in this great production. She pulls at my heartstrings like I've never experienced.
I was a little girl (born in '58) when this movie came out. I watched it so many times in my life (I'm 65 now) watched it a week ago and I have the same admiration for that I did as a child.
Celeste Holmes made the most perfect fairy god mother, the pumpkin stagecoach, and Leslie's cinder spots on her cheeks as she sang 🎶'in my own little corner'🎶. I would cry as I watched that part.
Leslie was the most beautiful Cinderella and always will be.
She and Stuart were the perfect Prince and Princess.
Yes!! In my own little corner was my favorite Cinderella song. Those were the days!! 😊❤
Me too! Oh girl! And we watched it on our black & white TV!
Leslie, you will always be my Cinderella. You and Stuart brought so many little girls so much happiness and enchantment.
Waited every year for this to come on TV. I never knew it was in color until I was 62 because we had a black and white TV. Still warms my heart!
This is the best Cinderella ever and always will be! The cast was incredible!
Lesley Ann Warren will always be Cinderella to me.
AGREED!!
I saw Cinderella for the 1st time when I was 6 on TV with my 5 year old sister. We were both enchanted by Lesley Ann Warren as Cinderella the moment we saw her. She was the best Cinderella ever, the music was wonderful, casting perfect. Thank you for posting this wonderful interview.
On a snowy weekend in NYC, we "binged" on this over & over.
My friend described Lesley's beautiful neck in her Cinderella dress as the most exquisite neck he'd ever seen. She was/still is stunning.
My Mom still comments on her slim and beautiful neck every time!
This movie is shown free on UA-cam now and I have watched it in the last month or so at least 25 times. I’ll always be nine years old again and head over heels in love with Stuart Damon each and every time I see it. Thank you Lesley. You are and will always be the only Cinderella!
I wish Stuart Damon was with Leslie Warren in this interview
The 1957 version is wonderful, but there is a brilliance to this. Magic like this doesn't happen very often. It really is a beautiful, timeless, well acted and wow, the singing! It really should be seen.
I love Julie Andrews but she just didn't fit the part as Leslie Ann did!
I think what makes this production so special is that it seems to be an actual book that you are reading and that is because the set design is so simple and really takes a second chair to the actors and the music..
As you're watching it it appears that you are literally turning pages in a book.. Because the set
designs are not reality-based you really feel like you're in a fairy tale..
As a kid , we would watch it in our family and we all were completely enchanted by lesley anne warren. And of course the wonderful celeste holme who just really had this enchanting effect and everything she was in.
And it's really odd to look back and think of stuart damon being that young beautiful prince but that's who he was.. What a beautiful voice he had.
The story about jo van Fleet not liking.Leslie hand is really funny. I mean it's awful but it's kinda funny because you could easily see how an aging actress could be envious of such a beautiful young girl who was just starting out.
As a child in the 60’s you only
got to see this once a year so it was
a BIG deal for me and my grandma would make the day very special I’d even wear my mothers wedding dress which had a crown veil.
Lesley Ann Warren is beautiful charming and highly underrated
I was 5 when this was on CBS, we watched it and fell in love with the movie. Every year was a planned event with my sister and friends, I remember my mom saying how pretty Lesley Ann was! Stuart Damon was the perfect pairing as Prince Charming! I wonder if Lesley had a little crush on Stuart; being 18, playing Cinderella, wow! Lesley and Stuart were perfect for the roles, the singing is timeless! I purchased the movie digitally, so I can show my young students.
I was in 1st grade and it touched my heart and soul...I still have the VHS video and play it often! Incredible story for a little girl's dreams!
I was 9 when I saw this for the first time and was completely enchanted by the production!
I'm glad they picked Lesley Ann. She was just perfect for that roll of Cinderella. So preety and her acting was perfect. I also loved every one of the characters that worked in Cinderella.
As an audience member says, Lesley Ann Warren is MY Cinderella and she is the standard by which all other Cinderellas are measured. I watched this on the day The Prince, Stuart Damon died, before I knew he had passed.
I loved it as a child….but even a critic as a 9 year old - I felt Lesley Ann was too ‘old’ for the part….sorry.🥴
@@davisholman8149 she was 19.
The almost one minute of silence when Cinderella walks into the ballroom = PRICELESS! Real men demand THE SLIPPER and wear tights...Stuart was AMAZING!
Totally agree. Nowadays they’d have blared a soundtrack but the silence made the scene sublime. I saw it as a 6 year old boy in 1965. I’m 65 and Saw it last night and Ms Warren’s performance brought tears to my eyes - she was so authentic.
Agree!
It was magical to watch the gates open in the beginning. I watched it every year.
Stuart Damon was the perfect prince I wish he could see these comments and see how many women had crushes on him as their prince including me l m. 67 he was my first crush I was 12. When this came out
We would got to my Grammas house to see it in color every year it was released❤
I was born in 1957, so didn't see that one, but I was 8 when the other one came out, loved it as a child.
This movie needs to be re-released. It embodies so much beauty and many people of all ages need to see this for many many reasons. Yes Lesley is still stunning. I must have been eight, if I saw it the first year. I don't know how early I saw it. I was spellbound and wanted to be her so much!
A remastered dvd was released a while ago.
Thank you Lesley Ann , I still love your Cinderella. I still watch it and I love the Happiest Millionaire equally. Thank you for your divine talent. :-)
I wish I had been there. I was happy to hear that she cried when watching it....as do I.
I remember watching this version when I was around 7-8 years old in 1972-3. Has always been my favorite versions ever
Lesley Ann Warren was/is lovely.
Staurt Damon 😭🙏🏿🕯️🕊️🕊️🕊️🌼🌼🕯️🌹🕯️ was a wonderful singer 🎵🎵🎶🎶 Amen 💜 may he rest and heaven 😭🙏🏿🕯️🕊️🌼🌼🕯️🌹🕯️🕊️ 🌼🌷🌹🕯️
Leslie you are so classy and beautiful . Im thrilled I got to grow up with you playing cinderella .
Jo Van Fleet was a very fine character actress. She portrayed the Stepmother as more comic than villainous.
I didn't care for Brandy, but Julie Andrews and Lesley Ann Warren are both outstanding!
Outside of Disney, Brandy used to be my favorite Cinderella, but that was way back when. Lesley as Cinderella belongs in my household now! Lesley, my mom watched you when she was little, and thanks to UA-cam, I finally found your version at last! I've seen many girls play Cinderella, but you are the true Cinderella in my book! I will play your version of Cinderella in my house and your adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version will be the one that I play for my children and grandchildren over and over again! You are my number one favorite Cinderella in the whole world! After a rough day at school, or in general or what I'm just relaxing, I put your version of Cinderella on and hearing your voice helps me relax when I hear you sing! I was in an acting camp one summer, and the production they chose that year was Rodgers and Hammerstein's version of Cinderella! We even made up a character that was an assistant to the fairy godmother! She had several of them, I played one called Giggles that would laugh a lot! I also played one of the stepsisters. I wanted to play Cinderella like you, but that never happened to the music we used in our production was from your production! You're the best Cinderella out there! I will check out some of your other movies too! You are blessed with a gift and true talent from God. !I love you! I hope to meet you someday! God Bless!
From your newest fan,
Dara
The remaster is lovely on DVD. The first DVD release is very faded, though true to the original broadcast. But the remaster out now is excellent, and usually around $10.
I watched Cinderella everytime Hallmark Hall of Fame showed it. I saw the Julia Andrews version much later but the Leslie Ann Warren is the one I love.
Richard Skipper in another interview suggests that in the public consciousness Cinderella is not Julie Andrews or Brandy. I agree. But to go back to the very beginning, for me, as a little boy, nothing can ever top the beautiful Walt Disney grafics of the annimated Cinderella of 1950. Today, she still takes my breath away. Then along came Lesley Ann Warren in the Rogers and Hammerstein CBS production that we all gravitated to. All it took was a little readjusting to a whole new different visual concept for the story. Brunette LAW was immediatedly loved nd excepted with her doe eyes charm and a golden ballgown trimed in ermine over the pale icy blue confection in the move.
Oh, Lesley Ann Warren, The Farmer's Daughter Motel! I looked for Inger Stevens there when mom would take me to The Farmer's Market. Grown up, I worked as a CBS page and marveled at it every day. Last I looked it was still there.
Jo Van Fleet was jealous of Lesley AW's charm and beauty so she kept her as a scullery maid. That is priceless! And dropping this shocker here on Lesley for the first time is worth the price of admission! HA! What do you think of that, LAW???
I am spellbound with my mouth agape over your Cinderella's crown/ ebay story. Now in its rightful place in Sherman Oaks, CA. Where I was raised and still live!
LA, I can well imagine you crying at the sight and purity of Cinderela after all these years. Me too. Eveybody too.
Luckily the DVD is available on Amazon for 9.99. The price may vary at times.
Oscar Hammerstein died August 23, 1960, and was not around for the second TV production with Lesley Ann Warren.
It would seem Stuart Damon appearing in The Boys from Syracuse in 1963 would have had something to do with his being cast in this production. Also, he was likely already cast or in rehearsal for Do I Hear a Waltz at the time of the taping.
Leslie I think the world of you.
I did your profile in Jail!
You're a big part of my life. In your Eye's. 😅😊 ✨👑🕯️✨🕊️❤️🕊️
I think some of these shows and movies get caught up in ownership conflicts that prevent them from becoming commercially available. Try finding the original Stepford Wives movie. It's not available on DVD, Blu ray, streaming or as a digital copy. What the heck ?
it wasnt that they didnt like the first version
the original version had been staged in london and in other local theater and was extremely popular
the original version, because it was shown live and only kinescoped, could not really be reshown....so they decided to make a second version...this time on videotape
recast and tweaked some thing and then you got the 65 version...which i watched throughout my childhood
to be honest, lesley doesnt have the strongest voice...but physically, she was perfect for the role
It is so disappointing that Dubin saw fit to trash the 1957 and 1997 TV productions of "CINDERELLA". And why in the world would he mention to Lesley Ann Warren that Jo Van Fleet was jealous of her and hated her.
R&H Cinderella turned me gay!
jack jones wouldve made for an amazing prince charming
Charles Dubin must be out of his mind! The 1957 Live "Cinderella" is neither "jazzy or modernized." It is set during the Regency Period, and Cinderella certainly is more empowered and has more agency in Hammerstein's 1957 teleplay than in the revised script poor Lesley Ann Warren and cast were given. Perhaps Rodgers did not like the 1957 telecast for personal reasons, but Lesley Ann Warren is forced by the script to play Cinderella as a total victim. Hammerstein never would have allowed this had he still been alive. People have a fondness for the 1965 version because it was videotaped and shown every year for a decade, but the 1957 (available now as a kinescope since 2004) and 1997 versions are far superior. Lesley Ann Warren is, however, a lovely person in every way. I doubt Dubin ever saw the 1957 original version. Lesley Ann Warren's version looks like it is set during the Renaissance period; 14th Century or something; the same period where Disney set his 1959 animated film "SLEEPING BEAUTY".
Jo Van Fleet is bashed for all time. I wish Dubin could have hold off in saying that Van Fleet hating anyone. That was fair. Bad form!