| Prince Charming | |
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 The Prince meeting Cinderella. | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
Unknown |
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Original Publisher |
Folklore |
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Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
Prince Charming is a stock character appearing in a number of fairy tales. He is the prince who comes to the rescue of the damsel in distress and, stereotypically, engages in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of traditional folk tales, such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, etc.
These characters are often handsome, romantic, and seldom deeply characterized, or even distinguishable from other such men named in later variations.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of Prince Charming from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
Appearances as Cinderella's Prince:[]
Literary appearances[]
- Cendrillon; ou, La petite pantoufle de verre, by Charles Perrault (1697)
- Aschenputtel, by the Brothers Grimm (1812)
Theatrical and musical appearances[]
- Cinderella; or, Harlequin and the Magic Pumpkin, and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper (pantomime), by the Brothers Grinn (1864)
Movie Appearances[]
- Cinderella (1899) by Georges Méliès
- Cinderella (1911)
- Cinderella (1914)
- Ella Cinders (1926): a film adaptation of the contemporary comic strip adaptation of the same name
Animated Appearances[]
- Aschenputtel (1922)
- Laugh-O-Gram - Cinderella (silent version, 1922) – first Disney adaptation
- Cinderella (1925)
- A Kick for Cinderella (1925)
- Cinderella Blues (1931)
- Poor Cinderella (1934): with Betty Boop in the eponymous role
- A Coach for Cinderella (1936)
- A Ride for Cinderella (1937)
- Ancient Fistory (1953): with Popeye in the role of Cinderella
- Mel-O-Toons: Cinderella (1959)
Appearances as Rapunzel's Prince:[]
Literary appearances[]
- Children's and Household Tales (1812)
- The Red Fairy Book (1890)
Appearances as Sleeping Beauty's Prince:[]
Literary appearances[]
- Perceforest (1528)
- Pentamerone (1634)
- Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697)
- Children's and Household Tales (1812)
- Sleeping Beauty (1830)
- The Day-Dream (1842)
- The Rose and the Ring (1854)
- The Sleeping Beauty (1919)
- The Sleeping Beauty (1920)
Movie appearances[]
- La belle au Bois-Dormant (1902)
- La Belle au bois dormant (1908)
- Dornröschen (1917)
- Dornröschen (1929)
Theatrical and musical appearances[]
- La Belle au Bois Dormant (1825)
- La belle au bois dormant (1829
- The Sleeping Beauty (1890)
- Dornröschen (1902)
- Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (1910)
Appearances as Snow White's Prince:[]
Literary appearances[]
- Snow White, by the Brothers Grimm (1812)
- “Death of the Seven Dwarfs,” by Ernst Ludwig Rochholz (1856) – Swiss variant
- “Gold‐tree and Silver‐tree” (Mar. 1888) – Scottish variant
Theatrical and musical appearances[]
- Snow White (dialogue), by Theodor Storm (1851)
- Snow White (musical), libretto by Adelheid Wette, music by Engelbert Humperdinck (1888)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (play), by Jessie Braham White (1912)
Movie appearances[]
- Snow White (1902)
- Snow White (1916)