Beauty and the Beast (1962 film)

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 and features title creature make-up by the legendary Jack Pierce.

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Shot in Technicolor and distributed by United Artists, the film is the first English language live action screen adaptation of the fairy tale story. Edward Small, the film's executive producer, described it as a "fairytale for everybody - no messages, no menace."

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