The white dress that Cinderella wears to the ball was so heavy that after 12 hours of shooting, Lesley Ann Warren was unable to move her shoulders and had to be injected with a muscle relaxant.
Shot on videotape, this production introduced Lesley Ann Warren to television and film audiences. This was the television movie debut for 18-year-old Lesley Ann Warren as well as her first starring role.
Lesley Ann Warren owns her princess crown from this role. It was for sale at a Vermont costume shop and her husband bought it for her on eBay.
This production features rare on-camera appearance by two notable movie musical dubbers, who appear as a couple. Betty Noyes, credited in this film as Mother, dubbed Debbie Reynolds' singing voice in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Bill Lee, credited as Father, dubbed for John Kerr in South Pacific (1958) and for Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music (1965). The couple sings briefly about their daughter.
The production was rehearsed for 10 days and shot on tape in three days. All of the singing was live and was not dubbed in later.