Ella Cinders is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Colleen Moore, produced by her husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and co-starring Moore's most popular co-star, Lloyd Hughes. The film is based on the syndicated comic strip of the same name by William M. Conselman and Charles Plumb, which in turn was based upon the millennia-old folk tale of Cinderella. In 2013, Ella Cinders was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" Cast Colleen Moore - Ella Cinders Lloyd Hughes - Waite Lifter Vera Lewis - Ma Cinders Doris Baker - Lotta Pill Emily Gerdes - Prissy Pill Mike Donlin - Film Studio Gateman Jed Prouty - Mayor Jack Duffy - Fire Chief Harry Allen - Photographer Alfred E. Green - Director D'Arcy Corrigan - Editor E.H. Calvert - Studio Actor (uncredited) Russell Hopton - Studio Actor (uncredited) Harry Langdon - Harry Langdon (uncredited) Chief Yowlachie - Indian (uncredited)
Ella Cinders is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Colleen Moore, produced by her husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and co-starring Moore's most popular co-star, Lloyd Hughes. The film is based on the syndicated comic strip of the same name by William M. Conselman and Charles Plumb, which in turn was based upon the millennia-old folk tale of Cinderella. In 2013, Ella Cinders was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" Cast Colleen Moore - Ella Cinders Lloyd Hughes - Waite Lifter Vera Lewis - Ma Cinders Doris Baker - Lotta Pill Emily Gerdes - Prissy Pill Mike Donlin - Film Studio Gateman Jed Prouty - Mayor Jack Duffy - Fire Chief Harry Allen - Photographer Alfred E. Green - Director D'Arcy Corrigan - Editor E.H. Calvert - Studio Actor (uncredited) Russell Hopton - Studio Actor (uncredited) Harry Langdon - Harry Langdon (uncredited) Chief Yowlachie - Indian (uncredited)