Belle and the Beast in the Garden coloring page

About this coloring page

Belle and Beast outside bring to mind Beauty and the Beast, the animated film Disney released in 1991. It follows a book loving young woman who ends up living in the castle of a prince cursed to look like a beast.

The movie was a box office smash and made history as the first animated feature ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It did not take home that prize, but it did win for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, thanks to the title tune that plays during the famous ballroom dance.

Belle was a new kind of heroine too. She loves to read, asks questions and is not impressed by Gaston, the town's vain hunter. The enchanted objects in the castle, like Lumiere the candelabra, Cogsworth the clock and Mrs. Potts the teapot with her son Chip, add plenty of laughs and warmth.

A few years later the story moved to Broadway as a stage musical that ran for many years and toured widely. A live action remake followed much later. Belle and the Beast have gone from storybook to screen to stage and back again.

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• belle
• beast
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