Beauty and the Beast(1962 film)
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | George Bruce Orville H. Hampton |
Based on | Beauty and the Beast byJeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont |
Produced by | Edward Small(executive) Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Joyce Taylor Mark Damon |
Cinematography | Gilbert Warrenton |
Edited by | Robert Carlisle |
Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production company | Harvard Film Corporation |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Beauty and the Beastis a 1962 Americanromantic fantasyfilm directed byEdward L. Cahnand starringJoyce TaylorandMark Damon.It is based on the 18th centuryfairy taleBeauty and the Beastwritten byJeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont[1]and features title creature make-up by the legendaryJack Pierce.
Shot inTechnicolorand distributed byUnited Artists,[1]the film is the first English language live action screen adaptation of the fairy tale story.[2]Edward Small,the film's executive producer, described it as a "fairytale for everybody - no messages, no menace."[3]
Plot
[edit]Set in the Middle Ages; Lady Althea (Joyce Taylor) travels to the castle of Duke Eduardo (Mark Damon), the heir to the throne, where the two of them are to be married. But the handsome Eduardo has a horrible secret: A sorcerer's curse—an alchemist, killed by Eduardo's late father—transforms him into a terrifying, wolf-like beast every night. When Eduardo's scheming rival, Prince Bruno (Michael Pate), who has also has ambitions for the throne, learns of this secret, he tries to seize the throne by stirring up the townspeople, revealing the beast's presence to them, turning them against the beast and setting them-up to kill Eduardo for him. Only the love of Lady Althea can save the duke and break the power of the curse.
Cast
[edit]- Joyce Tayloras Althea
- Mark Damonas Eduardo
- Merry Andersas Sybil
- Walter Burkeas Grimaldi
- Eduard Franzas Orsini
- Alexander Lockwoodas Man
- Dayton Lummisas Roderick
- Michael Pateas Prince Bruno
- Herman Rudinas Pasquale
- Jon Siloas Benito
- Charles Wagenheimas Mario
- Meg Wyllieas Woman
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abBlum, Daniel, ed. (1963).Daniel Blum's Screen World 1963.Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 129.ISBN0-819-60304-X.
- ^Scheuer, Philip K. (May 1, 1961). "Andrew Stone Will Produce War Tale: Civic to Stage 'The Balcony'; 'Beauty and Beast' Refilmed".Los Angeles Times.Los Angeles, California. p. C11.
- ^Hopper, Hedda (January 6, 1961). "Sea Movie Will Mark Pidgeon Film Return".Chicago Daily Tribune.Chicago, Illinois. p. B12.
External links
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- Beauty and the Beastat theTCM Movie Database