Revisiting Cinderella (1950) at the El Capitan Theatre

This evening I headed back to the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood for a screening of Disney's classic CINDERELLA (1950).

Almost exactly a month ago I was at the El Capitan for SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959), and tonight was another wonderful evening at the theater enjoying CINDERELLA, which like SLEEPING BEAUTY was shown as part of the theater's current series of animated Disney classics.

Cinderella herself was on hand to greet children in the lobby before the film:

It was quite delightful watching her interact with the little ones.

Cinderella also did a short dance to "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" on stage just before the movie started; here she is near the end, as confetti rained down on the audience!

More confetti!

The El Capitan is always such a fun experience, with some real old-fashioned showmanship in the presentation of the films. All that was missing tonight was the organist, but at least we got to hear him play an extra-long concert last month!

It had been nearly seven years since I first saw CINDERELLA at the El Capitan in 2012, and my memories had faded enough that tonight's viewing was very fresh. I deeply appreciated the Mary Blair art and the animal animation all over again! The comedy bits with the animals are just delightful.

The enthusiastic audience laughed appreciatively all the way through the movie and applauded both when Cinderella produced the matching glass slipper and again at the end.

For more of my thoughts on CINDERELLA, please visit my 2012 review.

It was an absolutely lovely night! I can't recommend seeing Disney films at the El Capitan highly enough.

Previously: Tonight's Movie: Lady and the Tramp (1955) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Cinderella (1950) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Peter Pan (1953) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Mulan (1998) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: The Little Mermaid (1989) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Mary Poppins (1964) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Sleeping Beauty (1959) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: Alice in Wonderland (1951) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: The AristoCats (1970) at the El Capitan Theatre; Tonight's Movie: The Incredibles (2004) at the El Capitan Theatre; Revisiting Enchanted (2007) at the El Capitan Theatre; Revisiting Sleeping Beauty (1959) at the El Capitan Theatre; plus Tonight's Movie: The Jungle Book (1967) at the TCM Classic Film Festival.