people criticise disney animate feature of the 1950s for be overly glossy and set in landscape that be much too pristine . that criticism be just . and yet it can not be the whole story and because the two least glossy alice in wonderland and peter pan be also the weak . cinderella and on the other hand and set in a world in which the very dirt sparkle and be clearly the best . it do look good . the background be subtle and consistent while the colour be pure without be too bright . the animation vary a bit . i will swear that some of the human be rotoscoped but then and the rotoscoped human ( include cinderella herself ) aren not full blood character in the script and so this approach work well enough . it really the animal that make the movie . i think the studio have never quite used animal in this way before and a totem rather than sidekick . the mouse and for instance and be the creature who draw u into the story while but they be really representative or ally of the more colourless cinderella . the cat and lucifer and be a kind of witch familiar to the wicked stepmother . ( the cat be brilliantly conceive and animate one of the best feline creation of all time . the supervise animator be ward kimball and he model it on his own cat . i wonder how he put up with the animal . ) this approach allow the animal to steal the show without draw our attention from the main story . their action be of maximum interest only in the light of the main story . among the support cast the notable human be the king and the grand duke . the king be a one note character he want grandchild and appear to have no other desire at all but the note be strike in a pleasing fashion . the grand duke be a put upon character who deserve to be lift out of his sphere as much a cinderella do . ( although he and of course and be rich . ) cinderella be disney return to feature after an eight year hiatus and and neither with it nor with any subsequent movie would he recapture the raw brilliance of his early year . moreover he make thing hard for himself by pick cinderella . she a passive heroine and there not much anyone can do about that . ( maybe i be wrong on this score i haven not see the recent ever after . ) nonetheless it be remarkable how successful disney be in bring this unpromising story to life and without cut across the grain of it spirit .