# "Beauty and the Beast" \[Trailer\] \[1946\]

IMDb... Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their father's merchant ships were lost at sea. The family is now near ruin, but Adélaïde and Félicie nonetheless still squander away the family money on themselves and keeping beautiful, whereas Belle slaves around the house, doting on her father. Ludovic detests his two spoiled sisters, but is protective of Belle, especially with his friend Avenant, a handsome scoundrel who wants to marry Belle. Crossing the forest one dark and stormy evening, the father gets lost and takes refuge in a fantastical castle. Upon leaving, he steals a blossom off a rose bush, which Belle requested. The castle's resident, an angry beast, sentences him to one of two options for the theft of the rose: his own death, or that of one of his daughters. As she feels she is the cause of her father's predicament (despite her sisters asking for far more lavish gifts). IMDb reviewer, Kinch417, wrote... "Beauty and the Beast" not only beautifully re-tells a beautiful story, but powerfully displays the Beast's magic. Cocteau's genius is that he makes simple editing techniques look like art and in this movie like the combination of art and magic. "Beauty and the Beast" \[Wikipedia\] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_%281946_film%29 Jean Cocteau \[Wikipedia\] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau

- Kind: Commercial
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: Jean Cocteau
- Genres: Fantasy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/beautyAndTheBeasttrailer1946)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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