I’ve already posted on the Beauty and the Beast story and the Disney movie on my classic movie and book blog Our Mutual Friends. No sense in repeating myself, so here are links to those blog posts: My co-blogger Jaz and I talk about the … Continue readingBeauty and the Beast: the stories and the Disney movie
Jean Cocteau’s popular live action version of La Belle et la Bete is a captivating film. Faithful to the early versions of the classic French story, viewers only familiar with Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast will be surprised by its storyline. I’ll set … Continue readingJean Cocteau’s 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast
Have you ever wondered about the enchantress who turns the handsome but uncaring prince into the hideous beast in Beauty and the Beast, or if prefer the classic French title, La Belle et La Bete? I love watching the prologue to Disney’s animated classic Beauty … Continue readingBeauty and the Beast: The Enchantress