Ella Cinders

This review is for the Alpha Home Entertainment / oldies.com DVD release. If you've been wanting to see this film and buying it is the only way, I would recommend this purchase. Don't let the cheesy cover and its poor screen shots make you think this is an awful copy--the quality of the film is actually very good (though it has not been restored). The contrast is very good, and the film itself (plot, acting) is entertaining.My only complaint is the score. This is a lighthearted, fun movie with several comic parts (i.e. Colleen doing the psuedo-puppet routine by dressing in small clothes). Yet, the score is solemn and slow. It doesn't seem to take into account the action on screen at all. It sounds like music you'd hear in church before services begin.This film deserves a full restoration and proper film score, but until that time, this edition will definitely suffice!

This is a well known comedy of the silent era starring Collenn Moore. It you haven't figured it out, Ella CInders is a modern Cinderella story. The main character through a phony beauty contest gets a ticket to Hollywood to become a star, only to find out that the role she was promised does not exist. Yet she manages slowly and accidentally to get ahead. In other words, it is a satire of Hollywoodd (90 years ago but in msny ways of Hollywood ever since) and the glamour surrounding it. It is easy to see that it was no accident that Colleen Moore became a star

Old school silent comedy perfection. Colleen Moore is a forgotten gem that has to be seen to be respected. Here you get a fantastic example of her work. I highly recommend you experience her beauty and mastery of cinema with this product.

I love the silent movies. What a wonderful, cute little movie based loosely on the Cinderella story. Thank you.

No spoilers, just a chance to see Colleen Moore in her madcap element. Her beauty contest photo is hilarious, as are her backlot adventures.

Enjoyable movie and fine actress, who wrote the piano music ? The music alone is worth the price of the DVD !

So-so movie, but the disc is a DVD-R, not a pressed DVD, so some people may experience quality issues.

Very satisfied with merchandise.

Colleen Moore, best known as an iconic "flapper era" vamp, proves here that she was just as delightful as a spry young comedienne in this witty 1920's satire of (surprise) Cinderella. The print quality is fine and the comedy is sharp enough to ambush even the most hardened anti-silent movie hold-out. A real treat at a great price.