Beauty and the Beast is a story about a young prince that was cast under a spell. His spell could only be broken with true love. Through many ups and downs, he found love with Beauty, and she, in time, returned his love. They marry and the prince's spell is broken, and they live happily ever after.

The moral of Beauty and the Beast is that we should value inward characteristics such as kindness over other superficial qualities, such as wit and appearance. This moral is presented by showing that Beauty valued the inward characteristics of Beast, and fell in love with him despite his outward appearances.

Animated feature films Beauty and the Beast is the original film of the franchise. It was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released in 1991. Beauty and the Beast is the 30th Disney animated feature film and belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance.

Walt Disney wanted to make Beauty and the Beast in the 1940s Fresh from the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney was looking for another classic fable to adapt into an animated feature. He had his heart set on Beauty and the Beast, but found the fairy tale too challenging to be adapted.

In the prologue, told through stained glass windows, an old beggar woman arrives at the castle of a French prince. The woman asks for shelter from the cold, and in return, offers the young prince a rose. Repulsed by her appearance, the prince turns her away.

An arrogant young prince and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. The spirited, headstrong village girl Belle enters the Beast's castle after he imprisons her father Maurice.

Beauty and the Beast is a great portrayal of finding your inner self, voice, and strength and not falter. Bell shows unconditional love for her father and the Beast through the sacrifice she makes for both of them. Unconditional love is a rarity in our world.

Everyone has a reason why they are how they are, but that's not an excuse for bad behavior. Yes, the Beast was unloved by his father, but he didn't have to become his father. Your actions have lasting affect on those around you. One act of cruelty by the Beast of not being hospitable caused the whole castle to suffer.

Inspired by a buffalo head that he purchased from a taxidermist, Keane decided to base the Beast's appearance on a variety of wild animals, drawing inspiration from the mane of a lion, head of a buffalo, brow of a gorilla, tusks of a wild boar, legs and tail of a wolf, and body of a bear.

“Beauty and the Beast” cost more than $300 million to make and market, and Disney - despite concerns about a live-action musical's appeal to men and boys - committed to that mega-budget before “La La Land” demonstrated renewed interest in the genre.

Beauty's task is to relate to her instinctual self, represented by the beast. Each of us has an inner other, often imaged as opposite sex, who possesses qualities that seem utterly foreign yet compel attention and interaction.

The quality of the animation was noted in many critic's reviews of the time, and the quality of the movie (especially the ballroom scene) convinced Disney to invest more money in computer animation. As the central character, Belle also contributes massively to Beauty and the Beast's success.