Cinderella

Movie poster art.

The 70's were such a special age for movies, hundreds of films were made sharing the same main idea of merely adding a plot to a story filled with skin on whatever the runtime of the flick was. Also, most of the stories were strongly based on imitating some Hollywood certified blockbuster but, there were enough limitations that kept them away from being considered blockbusters themselves, and when I say limitations I mean no legal stuff, I mean lame directing, lame acting & poor budget but, honestly if you are on this blog is because you don't care about masterpieces, you only want to have fun for a while and enjoy an easy to follow movie.

So, it was 1977 when Michael Pataki set his mind on following the pattern established by many great blockbusters based also on great blockbuster books, as time was short Mr. Pataki decided to take a closer look to our childhood's tales adding a spicy exploitation formula.

Pataki didn't discover a gold mine though, several directors and movie producers were already making either straight porn parodies of fairy tales, or softcore sex parodies like this one.

The main role is played by Cheryl Smith, and as most movie experts state, this was probably her best leading role of her career.

Innocent? I don't think so.

Cinderella's Family want in.

"Where's my magic bra?"

Using the well-known rags-to-riches story of Cinderella as its base, this film creates a surprisingly effective result in both softcore porn and satire. The momentum of the film is suitably id-based; that is, every time a situation arises in which ribaldry might occur, it most certainly does. Cinderella's stepsisters prance around half-naked and demand Cinderella to run a cleverly devised spinning wheel for their pleasure. The Lord Chamberlain delivers invitations for the great ball to the lovely women of the village, acquitting himself at every opportunity. And of course, the prince finally must go to every hovel and reveal which fair maiden had been the best "fit" the night of his blindfolded orgy. The material basically writes itself.

But what sets this film apart is its wry take on the whole situation. It never forgets that this is a revisionist telling of the tale, and other earmarks besides the sex appear in the form of vaudevillian dialogue and references to the swinging disco lifestyle that was popular at the time. The music of the film is now dated and, had the subject matter been toned down a bit, could have easily overtaken "Le Freak" on the pop charts (hahaha). And certainly we cannot forget Sy Richardson's hilarious performance (later retread for "Fairytales") as the Fairy Godmother with an attitude strictly from black exploitation films of the 70's.

"Let me check your Beaver a little"

"Nice hair sis"

Some party!

The producers of this film made a wise decision to keep its sexual level strictly softcore, a decision with which the makers of the earlier "Alice in Wonderland" seemed to have great difficulty. Full pornography would have caused the film to lose its fun-loving heart, which ultimately is its most redeeming feature.

Cinderella's secret.

Oh boy.

Tempting out of print DVD cover.

I found no trailers online but, I was succesful at finding some interesting movie excerpts:

See you soon and thanks for dropping by and as an extra I give a couple of hotter scenes from this flick: