It’s infallayble. Policeman. It’s at A. C. Celeste’s . But the policeman discovers, to his great delight, that Cinderella\'s secret acts are merely the good deeds that she does for the sick and destitute. To track her when she leaves here. But he cannot leave well alone.). Policeman. I dunno. (He goes cunningly to the pantry door and speaks in a loud voice.) The only other relatives she seems to have mentioned are two sisters of unprepossessing appearance. Very likely to keep things in. Cinderella (with some pride). The swells think of nothing else. What’s the German for ‘six months hard’? No, not yet. That’s a poor way to polish a belt. Bodie. Policeman (stoutly). Desc: A Kiss for Cinderella is a play by J. M. Barrie. Written or Published Around February 22, 2017 : J. M. Barrie – The Old Lady Shows Her Medals Play, ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – LINKS WITH HEAVEN POEM, Jane Austen – Sense and Sensibility Volume I, Bram Stoker – Under the Sunset and Other Stories, Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: The Angel’s Story Poem, J. M. Barrie – The Twelve-Pound Look Play, Free Public Domain Books from the Classic Literature Library. Bodie. Bodie. For walKing uninvited into the abode of a law-abiding London citizen, with whom I have not the pleasure of being acquainted. (She lifts the bowl and discovers the helmet. Cinderella (not realising yet that she has given herself away). No, sir, I don’t know. It couldn’t have been Eve this time, officer. Remember: Abuse of the TV.com image system may result in you being banned from uploading images or from the entire site – so, play nice and respect the rules! Subjects: Comedy. You mind that chop you gave me? Bodie. There must have been more in the story than that, but I forget the rest. I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face. But that only adds to the mystery. I believe you are right, officer. Policeman (sagaciously). Cinderella (with passionate arms). Policeman. Is she on the premises? Now be cautious. She asked me lately how one could send a letter to Germany without Lord Haig knowing. Policeman. I won’t be far away. I forgot. (Nodding and winking, he goes off with heavy steps, taKing with him the reluctant Mr. Bodie, who like one mesmerised also departs stamping. Cinderella (huskily, as if it made all the difference to her). I find, however, that she has lately been telling the housekeeper quite a different story. What is it? But what things? It was seldom a war-record; more frequently it was something on the magazine page, such as a symposium by the learned on ‘Do you Believe in Love at First Sight?’ Though reticent in many matters he would face this problem openly; with the guns cracKing all around, he would ask for our views wistfully; he spoke of love without a blush, as something recognised officially at Scotland Yard. Policeman. Believed that this was all he could say about his first impression. Not that, sir; not at all. Now, very likely you wrapped the money up in a screw of paper. A Kiss For Cinderella Play Act I Well, that don’t help us much. She lives in Bond Street? She has them on the brain. I seem to remember vaguely her telling me that her parents when alive were very humble persons indeed. Policeman. She has reminded him of Badgery!). That was a day. Cinderella (gleaming). Cinderella (after hesitating). (He produces his note book. After running into some minor trouble with a young policeman, she has quite a romantic dream. Bodie (who is evidently fond of the child). That was in Badgery, where I was born. Mr. Bodie, if you wanted to get into BucKingham Palace on the dodge, how would you slip by the Policeman? Bodie (flinching). I don’t like . You sit also? She? What’s all this about a ball? A witness! Bodie (reluctantly). As you are here, officer, there is something I want to say to you. These studios are looked after by a housekeeper, who employs this girl to do the work. Add to lists. You know quite well I allow no one to touch her. There is no spirited bidding to acquire Mr. Bodie’s canvases: he loves them at first sight himself, and has often got up in the night to see how they are faring; but ultimately he has turned cold to them, and has even been known to offer them, in lieu of alms, to beggars, who departed cursing. Bodie. Cinderella (knitting her lips). Now that I think of it, I believe the name was given to her by the very woman we are talKing about. I think she lives at Celeste’s. She is the glory of glories. If you go I’ll miss you. London : Hodder and Stoughton, limited, [©1920]. Then I’ll be very happy to walk part of the way with you. Application for the right of performing this play must be made to Charles Frohman, Inc., Empire Theatre, New York. He insisted on knowing what had made us put forward this extraordinary suggestion; he would indeed scarcely leave our company that night, and discussed the possibility with us very much as if it were a police case. What is the Censor? We had hankered after giving Mr. Bodie many rows of books, but were well aware that he would get only blocks of wood so cleverly painted to look like books that they would deceive everyone except the audience. I’m standing up. Performance forbidden and right of representation reserved. I’ve tried. I like you, you know. Bodie (ignorant of what he is letting himself in for). I may have to adopt a disguise. Twelve p.m. Fishy! Our Policeman is no bookman; we who write happen to have it from himself that he had not bought a book since he squeezed through the sixth standard: very tight was his waist that day, he told us, and he had to let out every button. The penny? (The word makes her shudder. If I may say so, you have impressed me most deeply. Now I looked up Celeste et Cie. in the telephone book, and I find they are in Bond Street. You are right. Policeman (frowning). Cinderella. Willis Goldbeck, Townsend Martin (Play: J M. Barrie) Music (Silent Movie) Cinematography. It will do. Learn more ››. Who is Lord Times?—she has heard people here talKing of that paper and its proprietor, and has mixed them up in the quaintest way; then again—when a tailor measures a gentleman’s legs what does he mean when he says—26, 4—32, 11? He barks at her.). I never thought of that. But the policeman discovers, to his great delight, that Cinderella's secret acts are merely the good deeds that she does for the sick and destitute. Policeman (stamping about the floor with the exaggerated tread of the Law). Bodie (miserably). Cinderella (with awful intensity). Charles Perrault’s timeless tale of the cinderwench is retold by Amy Ehrlich. After the girl in the story-book, you know. According to the tome mentioned (to which we must return him before morning), Mr. Bodie is sixty-three, has exhibited in the Royal Academy, and is at present unmarried. She is appalled.). Our Policeman, as he has told us under the arches, was watching her through the keyhole, but his first impressions have been so coloured by subsequent events that it is questionable whether they would be accepted in any court of law. Cinderella’s father remarried and her stepmother and two stepsisters treated her poorly and made her work all day. No, sir, here. Nevertheless it was literature of a sort that first brought him into our ken. I didn’t eat it all myself. She will have difficulty in answering questions; she is so used to asKing them. Movie ; Image gallery ; Rate this movie. I see nothing you can prove by that. Cinderella (with shy happiness). It is the first meeting of these two, but, though a man who can come to the boil, he is as little moved by her as she by him. Cinderella (plucKing up courage). Please enter the subject. The stove has been brought forward so that he can rest his feet on it, which ever of his easy chairs he is sitting in, and he also falls over it at times when stepping back to consider his latest failure. Policeman (with melancholy satisfaction). Cinderella. A party in the neighbouring skylight complains. What kind of questions? Policeman. Summary: This is the famously winsome fantasy which was such a perennial favourite with Maude Adams and her audience. Bodie. Bodie. Policeman. Cinderella (hotly). Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. Cinderella, it’s—it’s just a form. This is evidently to be a very swagger function at which something momentous is to occur, the culminating moment being at midnight. What a spill! Some people think there was once a baby in her arms. Herbert Brenon . Everything may be real on the stage except the books. It seems that she has reason to believe that some very remarkable change may take place in her circumstances at an early date, at a ball for which her Godmother is to get her what she calls an invite. The Gods at last pity her, and advise an examination of her rival’s foot. We’ve had some good times here, Cinderella, haven’t we? Aired Wednesday 9:00 PM Oct 15, 1952 on NBC. Finally, alas, she produces the fatal packet from her pocket. The tears have been disposed of with a lick of the palm. WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. So there are only a few magazines in the studio (and very likely when the curtain rings up it will be found that they are painted too). Policeman. Godmother. We fell into the way of chatting with him and giving him the evening papers we had bought to read as we crossed the streets. The story begins with Cinderella wishing to have a better life, away from her evil stepsisters. Celest A. C.? (Cinderella leaves him and gazes in irritation at the statue.). Rating: (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.