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I missed this when you posted it on Christmas, because I didn't know about your channel until much more recently ... But I love this film, and when I saw yesterday that it was on your channel here, I bookmarked it to watch today, both to see the film again and to listen to your introductory comments. I loved hearing how much you love this film ... And I very much appreciate your efforts with the subtitles! Thank you for that! (I am not completely ignorant of French, but ignorant enough that I needed the subtitles.) The only additional comment i want to make is that I also love that at the end, she does not say, "I won't be afraid with you", but rather "I don't mind being afraid with you" ... I feel that there is much more love in that line. Such a beautiful film! Thanks for sharing it with your introduction so loving of the movie! Oh, and one more thing ... I noticed that "Janus films" or played a role in this film ... so it feels appropriate that I watch it on the last day of Janus' month shortly after hearing from a friend who told me of how January was a significant month for her because of its relation to Janus who looks backwards and forwards at the same time.
To see this filmed version of "Beauty and the Beast" in French language. The original origin of this classic fairytale story makes me fall more for this wonderful love story. ❤ Wonderful film, thank you very much for presenting this great black and white film to me or others who yet have not see it or know this movie classic 🙏❤
Merry Christmas everyone! This one is later than I'd hoped because this is a French film and needs subtitles. The subtitles wouldn't embed in the video. I was thinking I'd have to offer a different film, but then I found the scriot in English online! So, I had to add them line by line in my editor. It was a long tedious job and the subtitles are uneven because I had to learn as I went and there was no way to change the font size in the beginning of the film to have consistency, I wanted it up Christmas and now it is! There will be another film this month, for Barbara Steele's birthday! I hope you come back for that! ❤❤❤
On my "must see" list since boyhood, yet criminally I never got round to seeing it and never chanced upon it, so I came straight here when it popped up among my suggestions. And it's indeed a masterpiece of what remains my favourite period of cinema, roughly 1944-47 (and on into the 1950s) when the creativity pent up by wartime seemed to burst out in a torrent. One thing that strikes me is that this just couldn't have been done in colour, as with so much from the period: Cocteau would have come up with an exquisitely-realised fantasy, no doubt, but much of the darkness would have been lost. You really need blank-and-white for some things, and it's understandably hard to pull that off now when it's a choice rather than a natural expression of the conditions of the time (colour was available by then, but budgets were necessarily limited). The camerawork is inspired: others were experimenting with novel approaches to filming, but here Cocteau's well ahead of the curve: Powell seems his only peer). Fantasy staging was almost as old as cinema itself, but again the design's state-of-the-art. An excellent pick, and somehow it manages to suit xmas without having anything to do with it, like most good xmas movies!
I agree with everything you said. The period between the world wars was incredible with so much variety. It also remarkable how with such primitive equiptment, Cocteau was able to make his forest scenes look like Gustave Dore engravings. Amazing!
@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes, I think those resource limitations helped drive the creativity, whereas the fruits of today's 8- and 9--figure megabudgets tend to leave me cold. This was from the heart.
I watched this movie with my mother when I was 8 years old (1971). Memphis used to feature silent movies on Sunday afternoon. I cried when the beast died.
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes it must of been the copy right holder ...sheesh on this film ..your friggin promoting it lol..yes it was StudioCanal that pulled it ...look I know the efforts you put into your channel so sorry friend I was looking forward to seeing it! Luv&Peace! Till next time!Cheers!
I finally watched this great little gem.im not one for subtitles because i spend to much time reading it.dtracts from film but i appreciate all the hard work to do the subtitling.great job.love all your choices.ive been on a silent movie kick,im entranced by the period.i am guilty of watching colorized versions.have a great week,stay happy warm and safe.
This was a wonderful Christmas gift ! I loved this film since I was a little girl.We would only see it when it was shown on PBS channel 13 back in the 60's. I knew back then that this was a "Special" film. I was always amazed at the Human hands on the walls holding the candle torches.I now own this on DVD, but part of the Magic was waiting every year to watch it on our BLk/Wht TV ! Another movie I also love is "Donkey Skin"Peau dAne" also a French film directed byJacques Demy,Starring Catherine Deneuve,and Jean Marais.1970. Music by Michel Legrand. I think you would also like this film too. Thank you for showing this ! Magnifique ! Cindy 🪞🌹
Must think that this artistic fantasy gave inspiration to Polanski's hallway scenes, in "Repulsion". (And isnt this film about the repulsion, initially?)🎉
The "hallway" scene in Cocteau's film --- assume you're alluding to the sequence where hands & arms are protruding from the walls and holding candelabra --- might in turn have been influenced by Fitz-James O'Brien's surrealistic story, "From Hand to Mouth" (1858). I'm not sure Cocteau had read the story (since I'm not sure he'd gotten hold of O'Brien's tale, either in the original English or in French translation), but it seems to me the resemblance, while not identical, is too close to be coincidental.
One of my favorite films. I first saw this about fifty years ago, with my then fiancé, now wife. At the time I was fascinated by the fantasy the film portrayed. The animated wall sculptures, wall sconces, etc. The actress that portrayed Bell was a stunningly beautiful woman. The beast's makeup and costume are better than any I have seen in remakes of Beauty and the Beast.
I cannot describe the poetic beauty of La Bell et La Bete.. the imagery, the moving heads and arms in the castle, the beauty of this transcends our fears. I saw this in early 1980's, I was going to foreign film fests galore in San Diego. As a former actor, I immersed myself in all things theatrical, especially foreign film...La Belle et La Bete draws one in and never let's go...It is what we all inwardly crave to be able to see beauty when confronted by the beast. The sets were otherworldly, the lighting was perfect. the acting was sublime and just right. Utterly fascinating. The beginning having the principals erase their names on the chalkboard was brilliant. My soul has been quenched. 🎭 p.s. Jean Marais and myself share the same birthday!
An urban legend I've read various places online. At the conclusion of the 1946 premiere, the famous actress cries out... some say Greta Garbo, some say Marlene Dietrich..."What have you done with my Beast?" Or words to that effect. Have further read that this was Cocteau's intent...to make the Beast more compelling than the human prince.
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Your comment has inspired this further thought. Cocteau has in essence inverted a trope, to put it in the modern phrasing. The usual expectation is that when the protagonist is delivered from his curse, the listener / watcher will see it as a desirable occurrence. But in this case a portion of the audience is conflicted. Certainly none of the readers of the original novel would've rejoiced to see the Beast remain a Beast. It would be like main character remaining in poverty or even debtors' prison in a Charles Dickens novel. Yet more than a few viewers of Cocteau's movie (seem to) regret the Beast's transformation into the Prince. And I further notice, if I may segue into another movie, Cocteau has been much more fortunate...or skillful...at retaining the audience's goodwill than another director who went a long way to make his movie (The Last Jedi)"subvert" expectations...Rian Johnson.
I love your channel! Almost ALL of your films/shows are right up my twisted, dark passageway! My favorite film of all time is Jean Cocteau's 1946 "The Beauty and The Beast", and I'd like to share a creepy-cool incident, which I don't think is anything but pure chance, but makes for a good story (like the ones you tell). I was living with my mom in Janesville, Wisconsin, for a few months, in the mid-1990s, while my husband and I were separated. My two sons were 3 and 1 years of age, and I worked weekends at a couple of local radio stations, in order to keep my sanity & get out of the house once in a while. I also frequented the local Blockbuster video rental store, mostly to rent cartoons for the boys, but if I had the time & money & cooperative kids, I sometimes rewarded myself with a REAL MOVIE, just for ME. I stumbled across the 1946 "The Beauty and The Beast" in the CHILDREN's video section, and I knew at a glance that I'd enjoy it, if nothing else but for the historical value alone - a girl needs an education, ya know. So I rented it & watched it late one night, after getting my baby to fall asleep in his swing in the living room. I popped the video cassette in the VCR, and since it had subtitles, I could keep the volume low, without waking anyone up. Oh my SWEET, SWEET SOUL! I was in love from the very first scene! I loved it so much, that I would rent it over & over (LATE FEES BE DAMNED)! Now here's where it gets interesting... I went to Blockbuster after work one Sunday evening, to get the kids some videos, and to, of course, rent out my new favorite film, again. But it wasn't in its usual spot/area, and I was fairly sure that I was the only customer who ever rented it, so, naturally, I had to ask the clerk about it. She informed me that it probably had been removed along with many other titles that weren't popular enough to make a profit. I went into panic mode, and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I felt like a kid who just found out that her new cat had just been flattened by a speeding car. I somehow remained composed enough to USE MY VOICE to inquire WHERE ALL THE REMOVED TAPES WERE, NOW. She explained that they were in a storage room, awaiting processing, as they would be sold soon for cheap, to get rid of them. If they didn't sell, they'd be trashed. I explained my desire to buy the video, but she told me that the only problem was that she'd never be able to find it in there, as nothing had been sorted out into any categories or anything, there were just hundreds of video cassettes in piles, in stacks, in boxes... and she couldn't afford the time to help me look for it. I begged. I somehow got her to let me in to that storage room, in order to show me just how much of a disaster area it was. She was right. At first glance, it looked really hopeless. She was just ushering me back into the main part of the store, and, something caught my eye, as she was closing the door behind us. MY HOLY GRAIL OF ALL MOVIES WAS SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF A STACK OF TAPES ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH! I pointed to it. BUT, she said, it's probably not actually inside of the decorated box we were looking at, as employees hadn't matched the boxes with the corresponding tapes. She saw my face fall, and must've felt sorry for me, because then she gingerly made her way over to the gorgeous silver & black-coloured box of my dreams... she picked it up, and, to our surprise, the tape WAS in the box. She was speechless, and I just kept repeating THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I paid $10 for it. I still have it, along with a copy on DVD, and a small movie poster I got on Amazon. You have my express, written permission to re-tell my story to anyone who gives a rat's ass! I also feel the need to thank you for the Gemini Gentlemen you featured last month - I'm proud to be a Gemini, too. I tell people that I'm a TRUE Gemini, as I'm right on the cusp, so sometimes I'm actually a Taurus. Keep up the good work, lady! I'm appreciating everything you share here - like the one I watched today, where you featured the 1970s British series "Supernatural". I actually have to watch the end, as I got caught up in writing this way-too-long note. STAY SPOOKY & COOL!
Wow Naomi! That's quite a story. Jean Cocteau must have felt your pain and used his magic to make sure you got the film. It's been one of my favorites for decades as well.
Who wants to live In a world without A little bit of magic And a beautiful fairytale This is the only version I've ever seen of this story Thanks for sharing Happy Holidays Alyne
🟦⬜🟥 France 👑🏰⛪ Salut ! C’est un film magnifique français de Jean Cocteau. ”La belle et la bête” est un conte écrit par une dame française du 18ème siècle Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. 🏹 C’est triste pour le bel Avenant... Mai 2024
I love the chalkboard-style opening credits; they were very unique and charming! The set pieces in this film were breathtakingly enchanting, the story was true to the original fairytale, and the Gothic atmosphere was simply sublime.
A wonderful and enchanting film. Belle is beautiful and her sisters are jealous of her, but it's really her inner beauty, her kindness, and compassion that is the source of her beauty. Adelaide and Felicie are selfish and scheming, and only interested in status and wealth. Love, compassion, and courage are where Belle's beauty really comes from. It must have taken great courage to take the place of her father, to travel into the forest and face the Beast for the first time.
ΑLYNE...THANK YOU...THAT WAS REALY BEAUTIFUL....such an atmosphere...+sooo whell done for '46...!JEAN MARAIS.....WHAT A FACE...! HA-HA...YOU SEE SKΥPΕ..EXIST FROM '46...maybe earlier...[MIRROR]I just remember...from where i know that face..'''FANTOMAS'''..with Louis De Fines...
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes,I know how it is. Your passion for these old art movies shines through,and sets the stage wonderfully. I appreciate you sharing them,and keeping them current, in a world of disposable media 🙂🙏
That was a very beautyful film, especially for Christmas. The first time I heard Jean Marais original voice. I always liked films with him, even as a kid ( I wanted to be like Fantomas... ) and films with Jean Marais were shown frequently on German television in the 70' and early 80'. Thanks for once again sharing one of your treasures with us. Have a Merry Christmas.
IMO one of the ten most beautiful motion pictures ever created. An absolute materpeice of design, lighting and photographic tone, and composition. Incomperable.
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⭐ EXCELLENT! ⭐ At first I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth reading the whole movie. I'm certainly glad I did! An absolutely awesome rendition of Beauty and the Beast!
This was everything I could have ever imagined. Top 3 favorite movies, imma watch as many times as my eyes would allow. Wonderfully made, romantic in every aspect and true to heart! Thx for posting this masterpiece 💜
I so wish this adaptation was closer to the original Gabrielle Suzanne De Villeneuve's story. They added unnecessary things and missed a lot of parts, especially the Prince's backstory, how the "enchantress" is the actual villain and the Prince is her victim.
I paid a buck fity 40 years ago at the Varsity Theatre on the Drag in Austin Texas to see this movie on the single screen! Stunning, the Romantic style to me set the story in motion for all others to follow! Now for a remake of, “Moontide”?
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful restoration of one of world cinema’s real treasures with us. I’ve loved the movie for years, but I’d never seen a print half as gorgeous. I’m sincerely grateful.
JEAN MARAIS UN GEANT UN GRAND DU CINEMA FRANCAIS ETERNEL DEVANT L ETERNEL COMME DEFUNES BOURVIL MARYLIN MONROE ETC IL N Y A PLUS DE COMEDIEN DE CETTE TREMPE IL NE SAVENT PLUS JOER ILS NE SONT HABITER PAR LE ROLE
I hope you don'y mind if I put your comment in English: JEAN MARAIS A GIANT A GREAT OF FRENCH CINEMA ETERNAL BEFORE THE ETERNAL LIKE DEFUNES BOURVIL MARYLIN MONROE ETC THERE ARE NO MORE ACTORS OF THIS KIND THEY NO LONGER KNOW HOW TO ACT THEY ARE NOT INHABITED BY THE ROLE Jean Marais is a grea actor!
You know this movie is going to be enchanting when you hear music from “Swan Lake” right off the bat. This is my favorite “spooky” movie. Atmospheric and unsettling.
Merci pour ce film magnifique ! Il est mon préféré par à port à l'autre !pour l'époque il est très bien réussi ! La bête et très réussie !merci pour ce partage !un beau moment de détente ! J'aime les films anciens ! J avait tellement envie de revoir le film merci beaucoup
47:57 "Many men are more monstrous than you ~ but they hide it well." Ça, c'est vrai... I had a European DVD of this (they run the PAL video system ~ USA runs the NTSC (whatever: different fps); i have a screenshot of le Magnificent that gets used on FB or Twitter "de temps en temps" (from time to time). 🎉❤🎉
Adding: I am intrigued by not the similarities, but the "overlap" with Cinderella: two bitchy social-climbing sisters, very harshly treating their sister "the domestic"... and her transformation ❤
I think this is way better than the modern versions. So imaginative at a time when special effects weren't around. Belle's father rode home and the next dayThe Magnificent One's saddle changed to a side saddle for Belle to ride on!
Whoa😎, il'est tres manifi those manners have got to get back here. Demure, send me the stupid sister non! It is looking for the body of Christ. I can follow rosary! Hey'manific. mangnificent.
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I missed this when you posted it on Christmas, because I didn't know about your channel until much more recently ... But I love this film, and when I saw yesterday that it was on your channel here, I bookmarked it to watch today, both to see the film again and to listen to your introductory comments. I loved hearing how much you love this film ... And I very much appreciate your efforts with the subtitles! Thank you for that! (I am not completely ignorant of French, but ignorant enough that I needed the subtitles.) The only additional comment i want to make is that I also love that at the end, she does not say, "I won't be afraid with you", but rather "I don't mind being afraid with you" ... I feel that there is much more love in that line. Such a beautiful film! Thanks for sharing it with your introduction so loving of the movie! Oh, and one more thing ... I noticed that "Janus films" or played a role in this film ... so it feels appropriate that I watch it on the last day of Janus' month shortly after hearing from a friend who told me of how January was a significant month for her because of its relation to Janus who looks backwards and forwards at the same time.
Wonderful story ...thanks for share MYSTERIOUS 📽️
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This is one of my favorites of all time. :)
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@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace , you're welcome... and thank YOU! What a beautiful film!
To see this filmed version of "Beauty and the Beast" in French language. The original origin of this classic fairytale story makes me fall more for this wonderful love story. ❤
Wonderful film, thank you very much for presenting this great black and white film to me or others who yet have not see it or know this movie classic 🙏❤
I'm so glad you got to see it!
Merry Christmas everyone! This one is later than I'd hoped because this is a French film and needs subtitles. The subtitles wouldn't embed in the video. I was thinking I'd have to offer a different film, but then I found the scriot in English online! So, I had to add them line by line in my editor. It was a long tedious job and the subtitles are uneven because I had to learn as I went and there was no way to change the font size in the beginning of the film to have consistency, I wanted it up Christmas and now it is!
There will be another film this month, for Barbara Steele's birthday! I hope you come back for that! ❤❤❤
You are an exceptionally kind woman, thank you!
You Rock🎉❤
Normally you can't read subtitles easily.these are clearest subtitles I've ever seen!😊
I think you did an excellent job too!
Thank you
On my "must see" list since boyhood, yet criminally I never got round to seeing it and never chanced upon it, so I came straight here when it popped up among my suggestions. And it's indeed a masterpiece of what remains my favourite period of cinema, roughly 1944-47 (and on into the 1950s) when the creativity pent up by wartime seemed to burst out in a torrent.
One thing that strikes me is that this just couldn't have been done in colour, as with so much from the period: Cocteau would have come up with an exquisitely-realised fantasy, no doubt, but much of the darkness would have been lost. You really need blank-and-white for some things, and it's understandably hard to pull that off now when it's a choice rather than a natural expression of the conditions of the time (colour was available by then, but budgets were necessarily limited).
The camerawork is inspired: others were experimenting with novel approaches to filming, but here Cocteau's well ahead of the curve: Powell seems his only peer). Fantasy staging was almost as old as cinema itself, but again the design's state-of-the-art. An excellent pick, and somehow it manages to suit xmas without having anything to do with it, like most good xmas movies!
I agree with everything you said. The period between the world wars was incredible with so much variety. It also remarkable how with such primitive equiptment, Cocteau was able to make his forest scenes look like Gustave Dore engravings. Amazing!
@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes, I think those resource limitations helped drive the creativity, whereas the fruits of today's 8- and 9--figure megabudgets tend to leave me cold. This was from the heart.
I watched this movie with my mother when I was 8 years old (1971). Memphis used to feature silent movies on Sunday afternoon. I cried when the beast died.
Much appreciated Cheers! Sorry to see Studiocanel dropped that movie you posted seriously....not fun Luv&Peace.
Thank you, Sean!
Is that who did it? The film was barely uploaded when it was blocked. So it had to be a bot of some kind. Its a bummer.
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes it must of been the copy right holder ...sheesh on this film ..your friggin promoting it lol..yes it was StudioCanal that pulled it ...look I know the efforts you put into your channel so sorry friend I was looking forward to seeing it! Luv&Peace! Till next time!Cheers!
quel magnifique conte JEAN MARAIS est sublime
This movie was on tv many years ago
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This is one of my favourite films!
Yes!
One of my favorite films I enjoy the surreal situation of the film
I finally watched this great little gem.im not one for subtitles because i spend to much time reading it.dtracts from film but i appreciate all the hard work to do the subtitling.great job.love all your choices.ive been on a silent movie kick,im entranced by the period.i am guilty of watching colorized versions.have a great week,stay happy warm and safe.
Thank you Chris! I like silent movies too. I have another one I want to try and put up here, if I can get away with it. Lol!
Great work in translating all dubs! I was about to watch it in French, you saved me from a lot of tough work :) My respects!
Glad I could help!
I saw this movie a lot of years ago on 📺 and I really liked it this was the first beati and the beast movie I saw
Mine too! I'm glad you enjoy it.
My favorite french movie is " Les yeux sans visage " eyes without a face, so eerie, and Billy Idol write that song after seeing the movie ..
I think I saw that a long time ago but it didn't grip me anything like this one did. It's interesting though
This was a wonderful Christmas gift ! I loved this film since I was a little girl.We would only see it when it was shown on PBS channel 13 back in the 60's. I knew back then that this was a "Special" film. I was always amazed at the Human hands on the walls holding the candle torches.I now own this on DVD, but part of the Magic was waiting every year to watch it on our BLk/Wht TV ! Another movie I also love is "Donkey Skin"Peau dAne" also a French film directed byJacques Demy,Starring Catherine Deneuve,and Jean Marais.1970. Music by Michel Legrand. I think you would also like this film too. Thank you for showing this ! Magnifique ! Cindy 🪞🌹
Oh yes! Peau d'Ane! I might get away it plus more Cocteau.
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Must think that this artistic fantasy gave inspiration to Polanski's hallway scenes, in "Repulsion".
(And isnt this film about the repulsion, initially?)🎉
Interesting observation. I saw Repulsion a long time ago. I don't remember much about it.
The "hallway" scene in Cocteau's film --- assume you're alluding to the sequence where hands & arms are protruding from the walls and holding candelabra --- might in turn have been influenced by Fitz-James O'Brien's surrealistic story, "From Hand to Mouth" (1858). I'm not sure Cocteau had read the story (since I'm not sure he'd gotten hold of O'Brien's tale, either in the original English or in French translation), but it seems to me the resemblance, while not identical, is too close to be coincidental.
One of my favorite films. I first saw this about fifty years ago, with my then fiancé, now wife. At the time I was fascinated by the fantasy the film portrayed. The animated wall sculptures, wall sconces, etc. The actress that portrayed Bell was a stunningly beautiful woman. The beast's makeup and costume are better than any I have seen in remakes of Beauty and the Beast.
Isn't it amazing? I'm so glad I was able to share it.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josette_Day for people who want to know a little more about her....
Greta Garbo, on seeing this said "Give me back the beast!" She liked him at lot more than the simpering pretty boy prince.
I honestly cannot watch this enough! Thank you for posting.
Yes! It feeds your soul. I;m glad you enjoy it.
A masterpiece,wonderful film, thanks for uploading ,greetings from spain
It truely is. Glad you enjoyed it
Gracias
I cannot describe the poetic beauty of La Bell et La Bete.. the imagery, the moving heads and arms in the castle, the beauty of this transcends our fears. I saw this in early 1980's, I was going to foreign film fests galore in San Diego. As a former actor, I immersed myself in all things theatrical, especially foreign film...La Belle et La Bete draws one in and never let's go...It is what we all inwardly crave to be able to see beauty when confronted by the beast. The sets were otherworldly, the lighting was perfect. the acting was sublime and just right. Utterly fascinating. The beginning having the principals erase their names on the chalkboard was brilliant. My soul has been quenched. 🎭 p.s. Jean Marais and myself share the same birthday!
Lovely comment Mark! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Cool about your birthday. He is HOT! And so is Josette!
Did you follow Duncan Shepherd of the Reader in San Diego? I was there in early 80s too and went to the Ken Theatre all the time!
An urban legend I've read various places online. At the conclusion of the 1946 premiere, the famous actress cries out... some say Greta Garbo, some say Marlene Dietrich..."What have you done with my Beast?" Or words to that effect.
Have further read that this was Cocteau's intent...to make the Beast more compelling than the human prince.
The Beast is so much more interesting than the prince.
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Your comment has inspired this further thought.
Cocteau has in essence inverted a trope, to put it in the modern phrasing.
The usual expectation is that when the protagonist is delivered from his curse, the listener / watcher will see it as a desirable occurrence. But in this case a portion of the audience is conflicted.
Certainly none of the readers of the original novel would've rejoiced to see the Beast remain a Beast. It would be like main character remaining in poverty or even debtors' prison in a Charles Dickens novel. Yet more than a few viewers of Cocteau's movie (seem to) regret the Beast's transformation into the Prince.
And I further notice, if I may segue into another movie, Cocteau has been much more fortunate...or skillful...at retaining the audience's goodwill than another director who went a long way to make his movie (The Last Jedi)"subvert" expectations...Rian Johnson.
I love your channel! Almost ALL of your films/shows are right up my twisted, dark passageway! My favorite film of all time is Jean Cocteau's 1946 "The Beauty and The Beast", and I'd like to share a creepy-cool incident, which I don't think is anything but pure chance, but makes for a good story (like the ones you tell). I was living with my mom in Janesville, Wisconsin, for a few months, in the mid-1990s, while my husband and I were separated. My two sons were 3 and 1 years of age, and I worked weekends at a couple of local radio stations, in order to keep my sanity & get out of the house once in a while. I also frequented the local Blockbuster video rental store, mostly to rent cartoons for the boys, but if I had the time & money & cooperative kids, I sometimes rewarded myself with a REAL MOVIE, just for ME. I stumbled across the 1946 "The Beauty and The Beast" in the CHILDREN's video section, and I knew at a glance that I'd enjoy it, if nothing else but for the historical value alone - a girl needs an education, ya know. So I rented it & watched it late one night, after getting my baby to fall asleep in his swing in the living room. I popped the video cassette in the VCR, and since it had subtitles, I could keep the volume low, without waking anyone up. Oh my SWEET, SWEET SOUL! I was in love from the very first scene! I loved it so much, that I would rent it over & over (LATE FEES BE DAMNED)! Now here's where it gets interesting...
I went to Blockbuster after work one Sunday evening, to get the kids some videos, and to, of course, rent out my new favorite film, again. But it wasn't in its usual spot/area, and I was fairly sure that I was the only customer who ever rented it, so, naturally, I had to ask the clerk about it. She informed me that it probably had been removed along with many other titles that weren't popular enough to make a profit. I went into panic mode, and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I felt like a kid who just found out that her new cat had just been flattened by a speeding car. I somehow remained composed enough to USE MY VOICE to inquire WHERE ALL THE REMOVED TAPES WERE, NOW. She explained that they were in a storage room, awaiting processing, as they would be sold soon for cheap, to get rid of them. If they didn't sell, they'd be trashed. I explained my desire to buy the video, but she told me that the only problem was that she'd never be able to find it in there, as nothing had been sorted out into any categories or anything, there were just hundreds of video cassettes in piles, in stacks, in boxes... and she couldn't afford the time to help me look for it. I begged. I somehow got her to let me in to that storage room, in order to show me just how much of a disaster area it was. She was right. At first glance, it looked really hopeless. She was just ushering me back into the main part of the store, and, something caught my eye, as she was closing the door behind us. MY HOLY GRAIL OF ALL MOVIES WAS SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF A STACK OF TAPES ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH! I pointed to it. BUT, she said, it's probably not actually inside of the decorated box we were looking at, as employees hadn't matched the boxes with the corresponding tapes. She saw my face fall, and must've felt sorry for me, because then she gingerly made her way over to the gorgeous silver & black-coloured box of my dreams... she picked it up, and, to our surprise, the tape WAS in the box.
She was speechless, and I just kept repeating THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I paid $10 for it. I still have it, along with a copy on DVD, and a small movie poster I got on Amazon.
You have my express, written permission to re-tell my story to anyone who gives a rat's ass! I also feel the need to thank you for the Gemini Gentlemen you featured last month - I'm proud to be a Gemini, too. I tell people that I'm a TRUE Gemini, as I'm right on the cusp, so sometimes I'm actually a Taurus. Keep up the good work, lady! I'm appreciating everything you share here - like the one I watched today, where you featured the 1970s British series "Supernatural". I actually have to watch the end, as I got caught up in writing this way-too-long note. STAY SPOOKY & COOL!
Wow Naomi! That's quite a story. Jean Cocteau must have felt your pain and used his magic to make sure you got the film. It's been one of my favorites for decades as well.
What a cool story!
Who wants to live
In a world without
A little bit of magic
And a beautiful fairytale
This is the only version
I've ever seen of this story
Thanks for sharing
Happy Holidays Alyne
Wow, thank you! I'm glad it was the first because its the best!
Ever wonder why the beast's paws were smoking sometimes. Guilt shame from being a beast?
🟦⬜🟥 France 👑🏰⛪ Salut ! C’est un film magnifique français de Jean Cocteau. ”La belle et la bête” est un conte écrit par une dame française du 18ème siècle Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
🏹 C’est triste pour le bel Avenant...
Mai 2024
Holy Cucumber Peelings, this is brilliant! THANK YOU!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the chalkboard-style opening credits; they were very unique and charming!
The set pieces in this film were breathtakingly enchanting, the story was true to the original fairytale, and the Gothic atmosphere was simply sublime.
Absolutely!
I’ve always wanted to see this. Thank you for adding the subtitles and sharing the film. Merry Christmas, Alyne!
I'm glad you got to see it. Merry Christmas!
A wonderful and enchanting film. Belle is beautiful and her sisters are jealous of her, but it's really her inner beauty, her kindness, and compassion that is the source of her beauty. Adelaide and Felicie are selfish and scheming, and only interested in status and wealth. Love, compassion, and courage are where Belle's beauty really comes from. It must have taken great courage to take the place of her father, to travel into the forest and face the Beast for the first time.
ΑLYNE...THANK YOU...THAT WAS REALY BEAUTIFUL....such an atmosphere...+sooo whell done for '46...!JEAN MARAIS.....WHAT A FACE...! HA-HA...YOU SEE SKΥPΕ..EXIST FROM '46...maybe earlier...[MIRROR]I just remember...from where i know that face..'''FANTOMAS'''..with Louis De Fines...
I'm glad you enjoyed this! It's one of the best.
Great movie,thankyou. Normally i wouldnt watch an introduction, but yours are really well done, and set the mood for the movie so well. Many thanks 🙂🙏
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like my intros. They are the only way I can claim any degree of fair use..
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Yes,I know how it is. Your passion for these old art movies shines through,and sets the stage wonderfully. I appreciate you sharing them,and keeping them current, in a world of disposable media 🙂🙏
❤ c magique et c tjrs aussi bien ❤
I love this version of Beauty and the Beast. I find it so much more enjoyable than the Disney adaptation (both versions).
No kidding! The Disneyfication of this sacred tale reaching back to the Old Religion of France ought to be declared a crime against humanity.
@@polyglotpress , you are hilarious. Not.
This is a great film! - I haven't seen it before
I'm nota black and white movie fan, but this was awesome!! So timeless and amazing, thank you for uploading
People making "fantasy movies" today understand computers. Cocteau understood poetry, imagination, mystery - he understood fantasy.
That was a very beautyful film, especially for Christmas. The first time I heard Jean Marais original voice. I always liked films with him, even as a kid ( I wanted to be like Fantomas... ) and films with Jean Marais were shown frequently on German television in the 70' and early 80'. Thanks for once again sharing one of your treasures with us. Have a Merry Christmas.
Jean Marais is a great actor. Very passionate and genuine, Merry Christmas!
So good a film you can taste it in the air. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this delightful escapism - lovely lady. Your choices in Art reflect your beautiful appearance......
Thank you so much 😀
IMO one of the ten most beautiful motion pictures ever created. An absolute materpeice of design, lighting and photographic tone, and composition. Incomperable.
Vive le surréalisme de cette époque magnifique ji aurait vécu magnifiques
Absolutely!
@@themysteriousdomainmoviepalacemerci mystérieuse
Création
❤
This is by far one of the most beautiful films ever made. La Strada, 1954, Fellini, was gorgeous too.
Absolutely!
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Thank you for this! I only saw this once before when Whoopi Goldberg chose it as guest of Robert Osborn’s on Turner Classic Movies! Thanks!!
This came up and I love the black and white and beauty and the beast is going to be wonderful. I should have know it was your channel. Thank you .
You're welcome!
This is one of my favorite renditions of the story ever made in film.
un de mes films préférés au monde depuis l'âge de 5 ans
Thank you , I wasn't expecting a gift this year, given out of love accepted with humility .
Merry Christmas!
I have always loved this movie. Thank you for sharing this.
Me too!
I love this film after a czech and soviet variants.
quel magnifique conte Jean Marais est sublime merci THE MYsterious
Jean Marias was a fabulous actor!
A splendid choice for a Christmas movie. The only movie I ever watch on Christmas Eve is, 'A Christmas Carol' - the one with Alastair Sim.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
You have great taste ! I love the Alistair Sim version too ! My favorite version.❤️
@@cindyurban150 Thank you. So many movie sites I go to have no real interest in older movies. Sigh.
A Exellent well put together very interesting story I think I would remarry the countess
⭐ EXCELLENT! ⭐
At first I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth reading the whole movie.
I'm certainly glad I did! An absolutely awesome rendition of Beauty and the Beast!
Isn't it gorgeous!
This was everything I could have ever imagined. Top 3 favorite movies, imma watch as many times as my eyes would allow. Wonderfully made, romantic in every aspect and true to heart! Thx for posting this masterpiece 💜
It's a widnerful film! One of my top faves.
1946年 美女と野獣
I so wish this adaptation was closer to the original Gabrielle Suzanne De Villeneuve's story. They added unnecessary things and missed a lot of parts, especially the Prince's backstory, how the "enchantress" is the actual villain and the Prince is her victim.
Well, I think it's perfect. I don't know if anyone has made a film of the original story. Do you know one?
I paid a buck fity 40 years ago at the Varsity Theatre on the Drag in Austin Texas to see this movie on the single screen! Stunning, the Romantic style to me set the story in motion for all others to follow!
Now for a remake of, “Moontide”?
I agree! I don't know Moontide, but I'll look for it.
First time I 'm seeing this film and it's enchanting, so well made with excellent visuals and acting. So glad I happened to come across it.❤
It's a real treasure.
Cool 🙏/ Amen 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful restoration of one of world cinema’s real treasures with us. I’ve loved the movie for years, but I’d never seen a print half as gorgeous. I’m sincerely grateful.
Our pleasure!
This is the beautiful and the beast I always loved 🥰 when I saw it many years ago
Good channel
Thank you!
JEAN MARAIS UN GEANT UN GRAND DU CINEMA FRANCAIS ETERNEL DEVANT L ETERNEL COMME DEFUNES BOURVIL MARYLIN MONROE ETC IL N Y A PLUS DE COMEDIEN DE CETTE TREMPE IL NE SAVENT PLUS JOER ILS NE SONT HABITER PAR LE ROLE
I hope you don'y mind if I put your comment in English:
JEAN MARAIS A GIANT A GREAT OF FRENCH CINEMA ETERNAL BEFORE THE ETERNAL LIKE DEFUNES BOURVIL MARYLIN MONROE ETC THERE ARE NO MORE ACTORS OF THIS KIND THEY NO LONGER KNOW HOW TO ACT THEY ARE NOT INHABITED BY THE ROLE
Jean Marais is a grea actor!
😀👍 Merci
this is insanely romantic and magical omg🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤
10000%!
She think she don't want it. But she want it
nice story that brings back lots of memories,merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone😇😇😇
Same to you!
What a brilliant film even with sub titles it is a really moving story. Thank you for releasing it.
You're welcome!
You know this movie is going to be enchanting when you hear music from “Swan Lake” right off the bat. This is my favorite “spooky” movie. Atmospheric and unsettling.
This is one of my favorite films, in my top 20. But in my opinion this is the most beautiful film ever made.
I agree!
Très bonne présentation !
Love from guwahati
Is this movie 🎥 free if not I won’t watch it but I saw this movie a long time ago and wonder what happen to it it was in France
Its free here. I hope you can see it again. :)
Bestiality
He's more like a Furry
Merci pour ce film magnifique ! Il est mon préféré par à port à l'autre !pour l'époque il est très bien réussi ! La bête et très réussie !merci pour ce partage !un beau moment de détente ! J'aime les films anciens ! J avait tellement envie de revoir le film merci beaucoup
I'm glad you enjoy it. Please watch as many times as you want!
True escapism,Brilliant.
It is! Beautiful and poetic.
47:57 "Many men are more monstrous than you ~ but they hide it well."
Ça, c'est vrai...
I had a European DVD of this (they run the PAL video system ~ USA runs the NTSC (whatever: different fps); i have a screenshot of le Magnificent that gets used on FB or Twitter "de temps en temps" (from time to time).
🎉❤🎉
Adding: I am intrigued by not the similarities, but the "overlap" with Cinderella: two bitchy social-climbing sisters, very harshly treating their sister "the domestic"... and her transformation ❤
It seems to be a fairy tale trope.
❤FLAM❤DARASXE❤
I think this is way better than the modern versions. So imaginative at a time when special effects weren't around.
Belle's father rode home and the next dayThe Magnificent One's saddle changed to a side saddle for Belle to ride on!
Absolutely the best!
thank you! and great job / thank you more for doing all the subtitle work, wowww
You're welcome 😊
Whoa😎, il'est tres manifi those manners have got to get back here. Demure, send me the stupid sister non! It is looking for the body of Christ. I can follow rosary! Hey'manific. mangnificent.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!