How an earth can such a charming movie suffer from that bad IMDb rating? Probably because Beauty and the Beast (1962), little Hollywood B-picture, offers gorgeous dresses, lush colours and atmospheric Gothic settings instead of exploitation filth. Set in Renessance Italy, this is charming retelling of the fairytale, with the newlywed Althea (Joyce Taylor) finding out that her husband (Mark Damon) is cursed to be a werewolf at night. Michael Pate is villain and Merry Anders his evil but beautiful wife. With script by George Bruce and B-movie veteran Orville H. Hampton, costume design by Sabine Manela and Jerry Bos, music by Hugo Friedhofer and werewolf make-up from Hollywood legend Jack P. Pierce.
Review of Beauty and the Beast
