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Kit, Borys (March 4, 2015). "Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Casting Dan Stevens as the Beast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015 . Retrieved March 9, 2015. Tang Kristensen, Evald Æventyr fra Jylland Vol. I. Kjobehavn: Trykt hos Konrad Jorgensen i Kolding 1884 pp. 335-340 Beauty and the Beast' continues box-office reign". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017 . Retrieved March 28, 2017. In a Flemish version from Veurne titled Rose without Thorns ( Roosken zonder Doornen), the prince is disenchanted differently than in Beaumont's and Villeneuve's versions. The heroine and the monster attend each of the weddings of the heroine's elder sisters, and to break the spell, the heroine has to give a toast for the beast. In the first wedding, the heroine forgets, but in the second she remembers, and the beast becomes human. [35] Hernández de Soto, Sergio. Biblioteca de las Tradiciones Populares Españolas. Madrid: Librería de Fernando Fé. 1886. pp. 118-121.

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Lee, Ashley (March 14, 2017). " 'Beauty and the Beast' Composer Alan Menken on Rediscovering Lost Lyrics and Why He's "Shutting Up" About That Gay Character". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017 . Retrieved March 15, 2017. Blood of Beasts (2005), a Viking period film directed by David Lister alternatively known as Beauty and the Beast. [91] Anne Thompson (March 14, 2017). " 'Beauty and the Beast': How Bill Condon Built Hollywood's Most Expensive Musical". IndieWire. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017 . Retrieved March 15, 2017.

Arnold, Thomas K. (June 14, 2017). " 'Beauty and the Beast' Debuts Atop Disc Charts". Variety. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017 . Retrieved June 15, 2017. Eells, Elsie Spicer Tales of Enchantment from Spain. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1920. p. 109. A widower merchant lives in a mansion with his twelve children (six sons and six daughters). All his daughters are very beautiful, but the youngest daughter was named "little beauty", for she was the most gorgeous among all of them. She continued to be named "Beauty" until she was a young adult. She was the most lovely, as well as kind, well-read, and pure of heart; while the elder sisters, in contrast, are cruel, selfish, vain, spoiled and were jealous of the little beauty. Beauty and the Beast (1987), a television series which centers around the relationship between Catherine (played by Linda Hamilton), an attorney who lives in New York City, and Vincent (played by Ron Perlman), a gentle but lion-faced "beast" who dwells in the tunnels beneath the city.

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Press Release) (March 19, 2017). "Beauty and the Beast smashes the box office in opening weekend". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017 . Retrieved March 22, 2017. Ernst Meier collected a version from Swabia, in southwestern Germany, in which the heroine has only one sister instead of two. [48] Kroll, Justin (June 4, 2014). "Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Film for Disney". Variety. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015 . Retrieved January 27, 2015. The urban opening is unusual in fairy tales, as is the social class of the characters, neither royal nor peasants; it may reflect the social changes occurring at the time of its first writing. [81]

Marie Campbell collected a version from the Appalachian Mountains, titled A Bunch of Laurela Blooms for a Present, in which the prince was turned into a frog. [71] Schrager, Norm (October 8, 2010). "Building a Beast: Interview with Disney Animator Glen Keane". Meet In The Lobby. Meet In The Lobby. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016 . Retrieved July 1, 2013. Emma Watson champions 'progressive' role in Beauty and the Beast". February 24, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019 . Retrieved November 10, 2019. a b Kroll, Justin (April 13, 2015). " 'Beyond the Lights' Star Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins 'Beauty and the Beast' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015 . Retrieved April 14, 2015. The interactive fiction work Bronze by Emily Short is a puzzle-oriented adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. [103]Janet Maslin (13 November 1991). "Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Updated in Form and Content". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 April 2010. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition for the sake of his own life, as he has no choice. The Beast sends him on his way with wealth, jewels, and fine clothes for his sons and daughters, and stresses that he must not lie to his daughters. The merchant, upon arriving home, hands Beauty the rose she requested and informs her that it had a terrible price, before relaying what had happened during his absence. Her brothers say that they will go to the castle and fight the Beast, while his older daughters refuse to leave and place blame on Beauty, urging her to right her own wrong. The merchant dissuades them, forbidding his children from ever going near the Beast. Beauty willingly decides to go to the Beast's castle and the following morning she and her father set out atop a magical horse that the Beast has provided them.