The Magic Shoes

The Magic Shoes
Directed by Claude Flemming
Written by Peggy Graham
Based on the fairy tale Cinderella
Starring Peter Finch
Cinematography Mel Nichols
Release dates
1935
Country Australia
Language English

The Magic Shoes is a 1935 Australian short film based on the fairy tale Cinderella. It features the first screen performance by Peter Finch and Helen Hughes, daughter of former Prime Minister William Hughes and was the first dramatised movie to be shot at the National Studios, built to make The Flying Doctor (1936).

Today The Magic Shoes is considered a lost film.[1] However 33 production and publicity stills relating to the film were discovered in 2006.[2][3]

Cast

Production

The crew included future war photographer Damien Parer and among the cast were Phil Smith, father of actor Mona Barrie, and a number of children who were students at an acting school run by director Claude Flemming with Frank Harvey.[4]

Reception

The film failed to find a distributor and was not a financial success.

See also

References

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