Beauty and the Beast (1962 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | George Bruce Orville H. Hampton |
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 |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Beauty and the Beast is a 1962 American romantic fantasy film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Joyce Taylor and Mark Damon. It is based on the 18th century fairy tale Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont[1] and features title creature make-up by the legendary Jack Pierce.
Shot in Technicolor and distributed by United 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]
Cast
- Joyce Taylor as Althea
- Mark Damon as Eduardo
- Merry Anders as Sybil
- Walter Burke as Grimaldi
- Eduard Franz as Orsini
- Alexander Lockwood as Man
- Dayton Lummis as Roderick
- Michael Pate as Bruno
- Herman Rudin as Pasquale
- Jon Silo as Benito
- Charles Wagenheim as Mario
- Meg Wyllie as Woman
See also
References
- ^ a b Blum, Daniel, ed. (1963). Daniel Blum's Screen World 1963. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 129. ISBN 0-819-60304-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
- Beauty and the Beast at IMDb
- Beauty and the Beast at AllMovie
- Beauty and the Beast at the TCM Movie Database