Disney has retold the story of Cinderella multiple times over the years, but most people are most familiar with its 1950 animated classic. The picture is so beloved that, for many, the story of Cinderella is simply synonymous with Disney. Who doesn't automatically think of the Cinderella Castle when they think of Walt Disney World? And who doesn't picture that iconic blue ball gown when they imagine the princess? Article continues below advertisementBut although many think that Disney owns the rights to Cinderella's tale, her history starts centuries before the 1950s. Who owns Cinderella? Well, it's hard to know where to start. Although we associate Cinderella with Disney and may be surprised that Amazon Prime Video could have their own version of the story, Cinderella has been around long before she got her Prince Charming and fairy godmother. Source: DisneyArticle continues below advertisementDoes Disney own Cinderella? Despite the 1950 classic film, Disney does not own Cinderella. The company owns the rights to its version of her. That blue ball gown, the blonde updo, Jaq and Gus — those are all parts of the story that are Disney's. But it doesn't outright own the heroine. Although the Brothers Grimm are often misattributed as being the creators of the original tale, the version of Cinderella that most closely resembles Disney's animated film was written over a hundred years earlier than the Brothers Grimm's dark (and torturous) tale. Cendrillon was written by Charles Perrault in 1697, and the story features a lot of the classic symbols we've come to associate with Cinderella. He added the pumpkin, the fairy godmother, and the glass slippers. Article continues below advertisementBut it's worth noting that 1697 was far from the first year the world met Cinderella, and Perrault was far from the first person to write about her. "La Gatta Cenerentola," which appears in Giambattista Basile's 1634 work Il Pentamerone, is considered the first European story of Cinderella, and Perrault took inspiration from Basile for his Cendrillon.
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