Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (originally released in France as La Belle et la Bête) stars Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast. When a merchant (Marcel André) is told that he must die for picking a rose from the Beast's garden, his courageous daughter (Day) offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. The Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis; she refuses, having pledged her troth to a handsome prince (also played by Marais). Eventually, however, she is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. The film features a musical score by Georges Auric. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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"Once Upon a Time..." [3:37]
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2.
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Wicked Sisters [3:53]
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3.
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La Belle [3:48]
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4.
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Enchanted Forest [5:33]
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5.
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La Bête [8:33]
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The Price of a Rose [2:22]
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7.
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Beauty Meets Beast [8:55]
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A Strange Proposal [3:50]
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9.
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Observations [5:07]
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10.
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A Broken Heart [10:35]
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11.
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Stripped of Everything [1:32]
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12.
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Belle's Promise [4:41]
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A Tearful Reunion [2:31]
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Riches to Rags [4:11]
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Old Ways Anew [3:38]
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The Sisters' Revenge [4:18]
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Mirror Images [3:26]
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18.
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Closing In [4:40]
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19.
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Miracles [5:31]
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Overture [3:37]
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The Sisters [3:53]
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Avenant Proposes [3:48]
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The Father's Journey [5:33]
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In the Beast's Domain [8:33]
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The Father Returns [2:22]
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Belle Goes to the Chateau [8:55]
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Dinner With the Beast [3:50]
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The Beast's Anguish [5:07]
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Promenade in the Garden [10:35]
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The Furniture Is Seized [1:32]
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12.
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The Beast's Pledge of Faith [4:41]
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Belle's Return Home [2:31]
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Belle Tells Her Story [4:11]
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The Plan [3:38]
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Avenant's Passion [4:18]
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Le Magnifique Appears [3:26]
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The Mirror [4:40]
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The Pavilion [5:31]
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Introduction [3:37]
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Cocteau's Visual Language [3:53]
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Screenplay vs. Fable [3:48]
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Playwright/Return to Film [5:33]
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Film Music [8:33]
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Cocteau's Production Diary [2:22]
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Ballet & Slow Motion/Time & Space [8:55]
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Artistic Advisor Christian Bérard [3:50]
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Shaping Time [5:07]
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Alekan & Clément/First Screening [10:35]
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11.
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Patience [1:32]
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12.
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Fairy Tale Without Fairies [4:41]
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Josette Day [2:31]
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Images vs. Symbolism/Noël Coward [4:11]
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Opium/Cocteau & Marais [3:38]
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Background as an Artist [4:18]
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Talented Outsider/Decadence & Immortality [3:26]
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18.
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Creative Geography [4:40]
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Cinematic Sorcery [5:31]
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Re-Launching French Cinema [3:37]
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Bustle & Broad Comedy [3:53]
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Reflection/Theatrical Experience [3:48]
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Postwar Allegory/Magic Kingdom [5:33]
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Full of Life/Differing Depictions [8:33]
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A Dependable Child [2:22]
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7.
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More Decisive Belle/Cocteau vs. Disney [8:55]
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Enchantment for Enchantment's Sake [3:50]
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Pacing/Instinct vs. Emotion [5:07]
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Peasant or Aristocrat/Compressing the Tale [10:35]
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Feckless & Weak/Cocteau's "Cameo" [1:32]
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12.
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An Ethereal Beast [4:41]
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13.
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Oedipal Overthrow [2:31]
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14.
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A Theatrical Scene/Untrustworthy [4:11]
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No Comeuppance/Critical Drubbing [3:38]
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Contemporary Beasts [4:18]
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Achieving Magic [3:26]
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18.
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Triple Transformation/Poignant Punchline [4:40]
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Blood on the Snow/A Third Persona [5:31]
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