| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Beauty and the Beast (1946 film) | Beauty and the Beast (in French La Belle et la Bête) is a French film, made in 1946, based on the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". The film was directed by Jean Cocteau, and starred his gay lover Jean Marais as the Beast and Josette Day as Beauty. (references) | ||
| Beauty and the Beast (TV show) | Beauty and the Beast is a Australian panel television show. (references) | ||
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| Beauty and the Beast | Literature | 1: A handsome woman with an uncouth or uncomely male companion. 2: The hero and heroine of Madame Villeneuve's fairy tale. Beauty saved the life of her father by consenting to live with the Beast; and the Beast, being disenchanted by Beauty's love, became a handsome prince, and married her. (Contes Marines, 1740.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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