With the newCinderellamovie come out next workweek , you might be tempt to equate it to the exalt variant from 1950 .   Here are a handful of facts you may not know about the classic princess motion picture to impress your Quaker .

1.A song called “ dance on a Cloud ” was cut from the movie . you could hear it here :

2.A dreaming episode redolent ofThe Sorcerer ’s Apprentice- Cinderella imagines multiple Cindys attacking the chore list — was storyboarded but ultimately did n’t make it . you may see still of the storyboards and hear the song below , though it ’s a new transcription . The original was miss .

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3.Cinderella herself , Ilene Woods , revealed in this interview that Walt Disney was in all likelihood the first someone to use threefold track vocal , where the singer records herself singing both the melody and the harmony . The vocals were then fuse together , create a seamless effect .

4.The moment when the Fairy Godmothertransforms Cinderella ’s torn dressinto a beautiful gown fit for a princess is said to be Walt Disney ’s favorite part of spiritedness ever . It was drawn by Marc Davis , one of Disney ’s Nine Old Men .

5.Mike Douglas , as inThe Mike Douglas Show , was Prince Charming ’s singing phonation . The speaking voice , however , was leave by player William Phipps .

6.If some of the Disney woman from the fifty and 60 reckon likewise graceful and lanky , there ’s a reason for it : Helene Stanley , the unrecorded - activity mannequin for Cinderella , was also the alive - activity theoretical account for Princess Aurora and Anita in101Dalmatians . Here she is doing her “ Once Upon a ambition ” affair forSleeping Beauty .

7.Eleanor Audley , the vocalism of Lady Tremaine ( aka the malign stepmother ) , was also the voice of Maleficent inSleeping Beautyand — my favorite — Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyworld and Disneyland .

8.Similarly , Verna Felton , the Fairy Godmother , provided the voice for a bunch of other famous Disney character . She was also Mrs. Jumbo inDumbo , the queen regnant of Hearts inAlice in Wonderland , Aunt Sarah inLady and the Tramp , and both Flora and the Queen inSleeping Beauty .

9.The Sung dynasty “ Bibbidi - Bobbidi - Boo ” was democratic in mainstream music thanks to a version by Perry Como and the Fontane sisters .

This post originally appeared in 2013 .