La Belle et la Bete – French Grande (47″ X 62″).
£6,995.00
La Belle et la Bete (DisCina, 1946). French Grande (47″ X 62″).
As beautiful as the film itself, the country-of-origin French posters distributed for this film are a sight to behold, with this style having been offered only once before at Heritage. At the time La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) was filmed, Cocteau was known primarily as a poet and a painter. It’s no wonder that after the film was released he instantly earned the distinction as one of the finest French directors of his era. As a further testament to the director’s creative instincts, Cocteau was forced to use several different types of film stock during the making of the picture due to post-war shortages, later commenting that the differing visual textures added to the atmospheric effect. Josette Day and Jean Marais are endearing as the title characters and are featured on this charming poster which maintains Cocteau’s elegant art design. Now fully restored onto linen, this displays very well
