A Modern Cinderella

A Modern Cinderella (1911) blends Drama and Romance elements. Top cast includes Mary Fuller, Darwin Karr, and Mabel Trunnelle. Family dynamics play a central role in how the story evolves.

Actor: Mary Fuller • Genre: Drama movies • Provider: Prime Video

This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements — a selfish step-sister, a put-upon beauty, a Prince Charming, and, of course, a lost slipper — but shifts the action to a contemporary boarding house. Cinderella, played by Mary Fuller, befriends an elderly resident, who buys a party outfit for her favorite when Cinderella’s elder sister preens for a dance. The new clothes transform the unassuming maiden into the toast of the ball. Finding Cinderella’s missing shoe, a dashing young man follows the clue to his grandmother, Cinderella’s friend at the boarding house, who works her magic to reunite the couple.