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Ella Cinders (1926)

Directed by Alfred E. Green · 75 min · Romance, Comedy

11.1 TOPICAL score · #5,477 of 6,776 films

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Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.

Ella Cinders (1926, directed by Alfred E. Green) has a TOPICAL score of 11.1 - ranked 5,477 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (22 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 10 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

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Awards0
Historical impact24
Lasting engagement11
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Starring: Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis, Doris Baker

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