Cinderella (1950)

Verna Felton: Fairy Godmother

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Quotes 

• [after creating a coach, horses, a coachman, and a footman for Cinderella] 

  Fairy Godmother : Well, hop in my, dear. We can't waste time.

  Cinderella : But, uh...

  Fairy Godmother : Uh, uh, now, now, now, don't-don't try to thank me.

  Cinderella : Oh, I wasn't... I mean, I do, but-but don't you think my dress...

  Fairy Godmother : Yes, it's lovely, dear, lov...

  [realizing] 

  Fairy Godmother : Good Heavens, child! You can't go in that.

• Cinderella : [Cinderella sobs as the chorus sings A Dream is a Wish in the background]  Oh, no. No, it isn't true. It's just no use. No use at all. I can't believe. Not anymore. There's nothing left to believe in. Nothing.

  [Fairy Godmother appears, holding Cinderella's head in her lap] 

  Fairy Godmother : Nothing, my dear? Oh, now you don't really mean that.

  Cinderella : Oh, but I do!

  Fairy Godmother : Nonsense, child! If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here. And here I am!

  [Cinderella looks up and gasps; Fairy Godmother raises her to her feet] 

  Fairy Godmother : Oh, come now, dry those tears. You can't go to the ball looking like that!

  Cinderella : The ball? Oh, but I'm not...

  Fairy Godmother : Of course you are! But we have to hurry, because even miracles take a little time.

  Cinderella : Miracles?

  Fairy Godmother : Uh-huh! Watch.

• Fairy Godmother : What in the world did I do with that magic wand? I-I was sure I...

  Cinderella : Magic wand?

  Fairy Godmother : That's strange. I-I always...

  Cinderella : Why, then you must be...

  Fairy Godmother : Your Fairy Godmother? Of course. Now, where is that wand? I- Oh! I forgot. I put it away.

  [Literally pulls the wand from thin air] 

• [as the Fairy Godmother casts her spell] 

  Fairy Godmother : [singing]  Salaga-doola, menchika-boola, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Put them together, and what have you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Salaga-doola, menchika-boola, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. It will do magic, believe it or not, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Now, "Salagadoola" means, "A-Menchika-boola-roo," but the the thingamabob, that does the job, is "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."

• Cinderella : Why, it's like a dream. A wonderful dream come true.

  Fairy Godmother : Yes, my child, but like all dreams, well, I'm afraid this can't last forever. You'll have only 'til midnight, and then...

  Cinderella : Midnight? Oh, thank you.

  Fairy Godmother : Oh, now, now, now, now, now, just a minute. You must understand, my dear: On the stroke of twelve, the spell will be broken, and everything will be as it was before.

  Cinderella : Oh, I understand, but... it's more than I ever hoped for.