Ella Cinders
(1926) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6540 feet
Directed by Alfred E. Green

Cast: Colleen Moore [Ella Cinders], Lloyd Hughes [Waite Lifter], Vera Lewis [Ma Cinders], Doris Baker [Lotta Pill], Emily Gerdes [Prissy Pill], Mike Donlin [studio security guard], Jed Prouty [the mayor], Jack Duffy [the fire chief], Harry Allen [the photographer], D’Arcy Corrigan [the editor], Alfred E. Green [the director], Harry Langdon [himself], E.H. Calvert, Chief Yowlachie, Russell Hopton

John McCormick Productions production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Alfred E. Green. Scenario by Frank Griffin and Mervyn LeRoy, from the comic strip “Cinderella in the Movies” by William Connselman and Charles Plumb. Art direction by E.J. Shulter. Cinematography by Arthur Martinelli. Intertitles by George Marion Jr. Edited by Robert J. Klein. Presented by John McCormick. / © 27 May 1926 by John McCormick Productions [LP22779]. Released 6 June 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Langdon has a cameo appearance; according to Moore, Frank Capra was involved in the filming of the cameo.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Keywords: Actors: Movies - Animals: Dogs, Horses - Cameras: Motion-Picture - Movies: Studios (Cameras, Lights, Security guards, Sets, Stages) - Transportation: Automobiles - USA: California: Hollywood

Listing updated: 4 March 2007.

References: Baer-Film p. 76; Drew-Speaking pp. 162, 177, 282; Edelman-Baseball pp. 28-29; Higashi-Virgins pp. 103, 104; Limbacher-Feature p. 71; Maltin-Guide p. 366; McBride-Capra p. 722; Schelly-Langdon pp. 87, 220-221; Shipman-Cinema p. 93; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 139-140: Website-AFI.

Home Video: DVD.