Michel Auclair

This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own.

In Jean Cocteau's enchanting take on the classic fairy tale, a young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious but noble beast.

After his escape to America Nicolas wants to marry a rich American heiress. In France, he is still married, however to Charlotte. In order to obtain the divorce, he must return therefore to France. In confusions of the french revolution, he soon gets between Royalisten and republicans. After numerous bold adventures he finds his life-merry wife as bride of the best sword fighter of the Bourbonen.