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1978 American TV series or program

Cindy
Genre	Musical
Written by	James L. Brooks Stan Daniels David Davis Ed. Weinberger
Directed by	William A. Graham
Starring	Charlayne Woodard Mae Mercer Nell Carter Alaina Reed Hall Scoey Mitchell Clifton Davis
Music by	Stan Daniels
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	James L. Brooks Stan Daniels David Davis Ed. Weinberger
Cinematography	Larry Boelens
Editors	Vince Humphrey Kenneth R. Koch
Running time	98 minutes
Production companies	John-Charles-Walters Productions Paramount Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 24, 1978 (1978-03-24)

Cindy is a 1978 American musical television movie, shot on videotape and first broadcast on the ABC television network, with an entirely African-American cast. Directed by William A. Graham, the film is an urbanized retelling of Cinderella.

Plot

After World War II, Cindy (Woodard) has moved from the south to live in Harlem with her newly blended family. She finds herself constantly abused by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her father (Mitchell) provides some comfort but cannot prevent the abuse entirely. One night, she meets Captain Joe Prince (Davis) and is swept off her feet. A romance soon ensues.

Cast

Charlayne Woodard as Cindy
Cleavant Derricks as Michael Simpson
Mae Mercer as Sara Hayes
Nell Carter as Olive
Alaina Reed Hall as Venus
Scoey Mitchell as Cindy's Father
Clifton Davis as Captain Joe Prince
W. Benson Terry as Miles Archer

Musical numbers

All songs are composed by Stan Daniels, unless otherwise noted.

"Jesus, Lover of My Soul" (Charles Wesley)—Cindy and Cast
"Sugar Hill Ball"—Olive, Venus, and Cindy
"Your Feet's Too Big" (Fred Fisher, Ada Benson)—Fats Waller
"Men's Room Attendant"—Cindy's Father and Male Chorus
"When It Happens"—Joe, Cindy, Olive, Venus, and Sara
"Love Is the Magic"—Cindy

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1978	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for Music-Variety	Sandra Stewart	Nominated

External links

"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm

Universe

Characters	Buttons Cinderella Ugly sisters Fairy godmother Wicked stepmother Prince Charming
National variation	Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian) Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese) Chūjō-hime (Japanese) Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish) Finette Cendron (French) The Green Knight (Danish) Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian) Kongjwi and Patjwi (Korean) Maria (Philippines) Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese) "Rhodopis" (Greek) Rushen Coatie (Scottish) The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish) The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese) Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese) The True Bride (German) The Wonderful Birch (Russian) Ye Xian (Chinese)
Related	Jacinda Vidrio Catskin Into the Woods Into the Woods (2014 film) Politically Correct Bedtime Stories Disney's characters Stop! Look! and Laugh! Waltz Suite Black Cinderella Two Goes East Cinderella's Stepsister Cinderella (sports) Lying to Be Perfect Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009) Cinderella's Eyes (2011) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Male versions	Askeladden or Boots (Norwegian) Fire Boy (Japanese)

Media

Films

Cinderella (1899)
Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
Cinderella (1914)
A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
Ella Cinders (1926)
The Magic Shoes (1935)
First Love (1939)
Princess Cinderella (1941)
Cinderella (1947)
The Glass Slipper (1955)
Cinderella (1955)
Cinderfella (1960)
Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
More Than a Miracle (1967)
Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973)
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Cinderella (1979)
Cinderella '80 (1984)
Maid to Order (1987)
Lua de Cristal (1990)
If the Shoe Fits (1990)
Ever After (1998)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Cinderella (2006)
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
Rags (2012)
Cinderella (2021)
Sneakerella (2022)

A Cinderella Story series	A Cinderella Story (2004) Another Cinderella Story (2008) Once Upon a Song (2011) If the Shoe Fits (2016) Christmas Wish (2019) Starstruck (2021)
Disney's Cinderella	Cinderella (1950) Dreams Come True (2002) A Twist in Time (2007) Cinderella (2015)
Animation	Cinderella Blues (1931) Poor Cinderella (1934) Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) Ancient Fistory (1953) Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964) Cinderella (1979) The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) The Magic Riddle (1991) Happily N'Ever After (2007) Year of the Fish (2008) Cinderella the Cat (2017) Charming (2018) Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)

Television

Hey, Cinderella! (1968)
Cindy (1978)
Cinderella Monogatari (1996)
Cinderella (1997)
CinderElmo (1999)
Cinderella (2000)
I Was a Rat/Cinderella and Me (2001)
La Cenicienta (2003)
Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004)
Floricienta (2004)
Floribella (2005 Brazil)
Floribella (2006 Portugal)
Grazilda (2010)
Rags (2012)
Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012)
Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)

Literary
adaptations

Celestina (1791)
Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954)
Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
The Coachman Rat (1989)
Witches Abroad (1991)
Ella Enchanted (1997)
I Was a Rat!: or, The Scarlet Slippers (1999)
Just Ella (1999)
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
Chinese Cinderella (1999)
The Fairy Godmother (2004)
Phoenix and Ashes (2004)
Bella at Midnight (2006)
Ash (2009)
Princess of Glass (2010)
Cinder (2012)

Opera

Cendrillon (1810 Isouard)
La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini)
Cendrillon (1899 Massenet)
Cendrillon (1904 Viardot)
La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)
Cinderella (2016 Deutscher)

Ballet

Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell)
Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer)
Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev)
Cinderella (1948 Ashton)

Musicals

Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904)
A Stubborn Cinderella (1909)
Mr. Cinders (1929)
Cinderella (1957)
Cindy (1964)
The Penny Friend (1966)
The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
Into the Woods (1987)
Soho Cinders (2008)
Cinderella (2013)
Cinderella (2020)

Other

Plays
- A Kiss for Cinderella (1916)
Comics
- Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
- Cinderalla
- Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
Games
- Cinders
Pantomime
- Sinderella

Songs

"Spread a Little Happiness" (1929)
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1949)
"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950)
"Cinderella" (1987)
"Hey Cinderella" (1993)
"It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996)
"Cinderella" (2001)
"Cinderella" (2002)
"Cinderella" (2003)
"Stealing Cinderella" (2007)
"Cinderella" (2007)
"C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)
"Bad Cinderella" (2020)
"Million to One" (2021)

Albums

A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack)
Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)
Cinderella (2013 cast album)
Cinderella (2015 soundtrack)
Cinderella (2021 soundtrack)

Sociology

Commercials

Adult

Category

v t e Films directed by William Graham
The Doomsday Flight (1966) Waterhole No. 3 (1967) Submarine X-1 (1968) Trial Run (1969) Change of Habit (1969) The Intruders (1970) Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971) Honky (1971) Cry for Me, Billy (1972) Birds of Prey (1973) Where the Lilies Bloom (1974) Larry (1974) Together Brothers (1974) Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974) Shark Kill (1976) Part 2, Sounder (1976) 21 Hours at Munich (1976) The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) Contract on Cherry Street (1977) Cindy (1978) One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978) Orphan Train (1979) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982) Women of San Quentin (1983) Calendar Girl Murders (1984) Secrets of a Married Man (1984) Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986) Street of Dreams (1988) Billy the Kid (1989) Montana (1990) Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) Bed of Lies (1992) A Friend to Die For (1994) The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) Dying to Belong (1997) Sleeping with the Devil (1997) The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999) Blood Crime (2002)

Films directed by William Graham

The Doomsday Flight (1966)
Waterhole No. 3 (1967)
Submarine X-1 (1968)
Trial Run (1969)
Change of Habit (1969)
The Intruders (1970)
Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)
Honky (1971)
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Birds of Prey (1973)
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
Larry (1974)
Together Brothers (1974)
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
Shark Kill (1976)
Part 2, Sounder (1976)
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Cindy (1978)
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)
Orphan Train (1979)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982)
Women of San Quentin (1983)
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Secrets of a Married Man (1984)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986)
Street of Dreams (1988)
Billy the Kid (1989)
Montana (1990)
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
Bed of Lies (1992)
A Friend to Die For (1994)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996)
Dying to Belong (1997)
Sleeping with the Devil (1997)
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Blood Crime (2002)

James L. Brooks

Awards and nominations