Beauty and the Beast/La Belle et la Bête
Cocteau, Jean. New York University Press, 1970. Softbound. Edited and annotated by Robert M. Hammond. Preface by Jean Decock. Adapted from a 1757 story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Cocteau's cinematic masterpiece looked to Gustave Doré and Johannes Vermeer in its set design and to leading man Jean Marais's husky, Moulouk, in modeling the beast's makeup. This bilingual edition features numerous atmospheric stills from the film, as well as a facsimile of correspondence between Hammond and Cocteau, and was taken from a copy of the original mimeographed shooting script, one of only two extant, belonging to Belgian screenwriter Charles Spaak.
Tight, square spine has some sunning. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners and light edge-wear, but nice solid copy overall. 441 pp. Cinema.
