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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792193203
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792193202
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 30298
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1960
Editorial Review:
Description:
In CINDERFELLA, Lewis plays Fella, a good natured klutz left to take care of his stepmother and her two spoiled sons in a fabulous mansion. Fantasy provides Fella with a way of coping with his life until the day his fairy godmother appears and helps him win the heart of a beautiful princess.
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The team of Jerry Lewis and director Frank Tashlin (The Geisha Boy) were at the peak of their hit-making prowess with Cinderfella, a klutzy take on the fairy tale. Jerry is the stepson in a snooty family, dominated by wicked stepmother Judith Anderson and lounge-lizard brothers Henry Silva and Robert Hutton. Fairy godfather Ed Wynn turns up one day, not only promising 'Fella' a happy-ever-after but basically accusing the old fairy tale of ruining the lives of countless married couples by raising unrealistic expectations of Prince Charmings in every home. (Tashlin always had a nose for psychoanalytic explanations along with the pratfalls.) The movie's very slow--especially whenever Ed Wynn is around--and has a strange taste for 'interior monologue' songs, emphasizing the mawkish side of Lewis's personality. The good comic scenes are worth it, especially a lengthy sequence at an elongated dinner table, which Lewis must navigate repeatedly. His physical skills are showcased in a musical mime to Count Basie's 'Cute' (Basie and his orchestra also appear in the big ballroom scene) and some violently geeky dancing. This one is unlikely to win over non-Jerry fans, but the already initiated will be fine with it. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - cute Jerry Lewis comedy favourite
Made primarily as a Christmas attraction for family audiences, CINDERFELLA (1960) stars Jerry Lewis in a gender-bending spin on everyone's favourite fairytale, co-starring Judith Anderson and Ed Wynn.
Fella (Jerry Lewis) lives with his overbearing stepmother (Judith Anderson) and two stepbrothers (Henry Silva and Robert Hutton) in his dead father's Beverly Hills mansion, where he's treated like a servant--and a klutzy one at that! Forbidden to attend a party being held in honour of ... Read More
Rating:  - I love Jerry Lewis comedy films, however...
Cinderfella is painful to watch. This film is a complete, unabashed challenge to enjoy, and it's basically impossible for me. Every time I give it a new chance, it fails miserably to entertain. I usually enjoy Jerry Lewis. I love "The Ladies Man", "The Bellboy"... and even "The Nutty Professor" (which slowly sinks into a very somber, depressing mood). But "Cinderfella" just makes me scratch my head, wondering what the appeal is. It boggles the mind how people can love this awful film.
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Rating:  - oldie but goodie
I can never get enough of this movie! I love it! And I got it so promptly!
Rating: - Jerry Lewis Is A Legend, and the standard for COMIC excellence!!!
Jerry Lewis is sooooo funny!!! I Am twenty three years old, and i grew up on wonderful musicals, and classic movies, Laurel & Hardy...singing in the rain Oklahoma!!! sound of music, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers!!! this film is played to all my little family members age 3 to 30...and everyone loves it!!! I Know this movie will win over any fan of true comedy, and let me tell you, Jerry Lewis is credited for influencing comic icons like Jim Carey...when you watch this film you will see comic ... Read More
Rating:  - Why did I use to like this?
In the 1970s, Jerry Lewis movies were sporadically shown at 8 p.m. on New York station WNEW. At the time, I enjoyed these prime time showings, like this movie, "That's My Boy," and "Don't Give Up the Ship." How times have changed. Watching some of these movies today is downright painful. (Actually, all of them probably are; I just haven't seen them all recently.)
Cinderfella in particular struck me as a complete Jerry Lewis vanity project, probably no less than "The Nutty Professor." ... Read More
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