A selfish prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101414/
Borrowed Special Edition.
8 songs in the Soundtracks, plus 3 reprises.
I liked the bookish beauty who tames the beast, makes him lovable and expresses her love just in time to undo the spell. And it's nice that she rescues him from the spell, where so many other tales have the prince waking the damsel.
I only recognized AL's voice. Sounds like the Beast's voice (RB) has some effect to make it reverb and/or make it deeper. Really don't recognize JO as the candlestick. I liked his Maurice Chevalier impersonation and the corresponding animated caricature, complete with hat and cane, adapted to the candlestick milieu.
IMDb trivia: "Robby Benson's voice was altered by the growls of real panthers and lions so that it is virtually unrecognizable. His voice is not changed on the original motion picture soundtrack, which is why as the prince (whose voice-over thoughts are heard in "Something There") his voice is different. In contrast, when the film was remade in 2017, the Beast sings "Something There" out loud to himself, as well as an original song, "Evermore." Because these were done out loud, actor Dan Stevens' voice was altered."
Watched the original theatrical version and the work in progress version, then listened to the c.track on the special edition.
Well done, but not something I fell in love with.
Disney, dir. Trousdale & Wise; 7-
