Synopsis
The Slipper and the Rose (1976) is a British musical you can watch online on iFILM — a Cinderella story directed by Bryan Forbes, with Richard Chamberlain as Prince Edward and Gemma Craven as the woman who fits the slipper. The score came from Richard and Robert Sherman, who had written the music for Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book a decade earlier.
Prince Edward insists on marrying for love. The kingdom of Euphrania insists on a politically useful match. Cinderella fits neither criterion — and when she vanishes from the ball, Edward sets out to find her against the wishes of practically everyone at court. The film runs 146 minutes and fills them with songs, palace politics, and Edith Evans providing mordant commentary from the sidelines.
The Shermans gave this one a slightly drier edge than their earlier work — the romanticism is real but the obstacles have weight. Stream The Slipper and the Rose (1976) online on iFILM.
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