''A Kiss for Cinderella'' is a 1925 American silent fantasy film taken from the 1916 stage play by James M. Barrie. The film stars

Betty Bronson Elizabeth Ada Bronson (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American film and television actress who began her career during the silent film era. Early years Bronson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronso ...

and Tom Moore and was made at

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's Astoria Studios in

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. The play had starred stage actress

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in the Bronson role. The film was directed by

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...

who had also directed the 1924 film version of Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', which also starred Bronson. Tom Moore had previously costarred in ''The Cinderella Man'' for Goldwyn in 1917 alongside

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Jane, a house slavey who dreams of a Prince Charming, is named Cinderella by an artist whose studio she cleans because she always talks of wonderful things that will one day befall her. A policeman who at first suspects her of some mischief falls in love with her, and, after she recovers from an illness caused by exposure, he proposes and is accepted.

Cast

Preservation

Prints of ''A Kiss for Cinderella'' are preserved at the

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, New York,

George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...

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, and the foreign archive

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(Brussels).The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''A Kiss for Cinderella''
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1925 films Paramount Pictures films American silent feature films 1920s fantasy drama films American black-and-white films Films based on works by J. M. Barrie Films set in London Films set in the 1910s Films directed by Herbert Brenon American fantasy drama films Films shot at Astoria Studios Surviving American silent films 1925 drama films American films based on plays 1920s American films Silent American drama films {{fantasy-film-stub