Cinderella Adaptations There are over 300 adaptations of Cinderella in this list, from 1898 to 2024 (the present year) and there's no way I'm going to be able to cover them all in one post individually! This post is going to be an overview by decade highlighting a few things for each one, and including… Continue reading Cinders in Cinema 1898-2024
Fairytale and Folklore Catch up on the whole series of these here. There are A LOT of retellings and reimaginings of Cinderella. The tale is essentially a wish-fulfillment rags-to-riches story that gives poor, downtrodden people the hope that they might be raised above their station and find a measure of affluence and good fortune and… Continue reading Cinders and Glass (Book Edition)
I was hoping to find some silent film versions of this fairytale, and very curious as to how they might have staged it. The first filmed version seems to be Oskar Messter's short film in 1897, and although I can't find it online, there's a German documentary (in German) on the director, here. It's been… Continue reading Rapunzel in Cinema 1897-2024
Rapunzel Stories I was so excited to see how the Italians get cannibalism into this story, and I was not disappointed. The witch in 'Angiola' is going to eat the girl who steals from her garden, and of course gets the thief's firstborn child instead as compensation (which she also threatens to eat). Yay! I… Continue reading (Books about) Escaping the Tower
Skip to the very bottom of this post to vote for the next tale! I'll be doing Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and Rapunzel - but you tell me the order you want them in. Hold on to your little red hats, there are a lot of Red Riding Hood films. I don't usually include all… Continue reading Red Riding Hood in Films 1901-2024
