Smithsonian Magazine

Disney Was in Distress During the Late 1940s. Then ‘Cinderella’ Came to the Rescue and Saved the Company From Financial Disaster

But with the 1940s came World War II and workers’ strikes, and Disney lost its foreign markets, most of its box office sales ...
BFI

Object of the week: Lotte Reiniger’s cut-out figures and backgrounds for Cinderella

These original cut-out creations for her film Cinderella reveal the painstaking craft behind Lotte Reiniger’s distinctive animation style.