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A Modern Cinderella

A Modern Cinderella

1932Short⏱️ 17m
ComedyMusicalShort
5.6
IMDB Rating
189 votes

Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute. The snobbish customer doesn't like the design at first, but agrees to let Anita model it for her to decide whether to k...

Director
Roy Mack
Writers
A. Dorian Otvos, Burnet Hershey
Stars
Ruth Etting, Adrian Rosley, Barbara Child
Release Date
November 5, 1932
Language
English, Italian
Country
United States
💬 13
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting
as Anita Ragusa
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Adrian Rosley
as Mr. Ragusa
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Barbara Child
as Carolyn Belmont
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
as Charlie - the Chauffeur
Lee Dixon
Lee Dixon
as Male Dancer
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Al Downing
Robert Light
Robert Light
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Al Sumpter

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

broadway brevitycostumecostume ballservantwhistling

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicalShort

⭐ Featured Review

Decent Etting short
by Michael_Elliott2009-08-03

"Modern Cinderella, A (1932) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Warner short has Ruth Etting playing a poor shop owner's daughter who is sent to a lavish party so that she can deliver a dress to a rich girl. The stuck up one doesn't like the dress so she has Etting put it on who eventually gets mistaken for "one of them" and is asked to sing. When Etting's name is brought up today it's usually because someone is mentioning Doris Day who played her in the classic LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME. This here was my second or third short with Etting and I'm pretty much in the middle. There&..."

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📖 Synopsis

Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute. The snobbish customer doesn't like the design at first, but agrees to let Anita model it for her to decide whether to k...