DVD
Ella Cinders
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
Silent, with music and English intertitles.
Performers
Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis, Emily Gerdes, Doris Baker.
Publication Information
Narberth, PA : Alpha Home Entertainment, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (52 minutes) : silent, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Ella Cinders is a slave to the demands of her stepmother and stepsisters, cleaning up after them and servicing their every need. An announcement for a contest in search of Hollywood's newest star inspires Ella to try out. To the horror of her family members, Ella wins the contest. But when she arrives in Hollywood, she's told the contest was a complete hoax. Still determined to score a film role, Ella shows Tinseltown she's not about to abandon her dreams of stardom.
Notes
Title from container.
Adapted from the comic strip Ella Cinders / by William M. Conselman and Charles Plumb.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1926.