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“Hey! I’m really excited about those kids. Lesley Warren is just 18 years old, and she’s a cross between Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn, and that’s pretty good cross-breeding. You’ve got to be prepared for stardom. Lesley [is]. [She's] been performing almost all [her life]. Too many people believe they’ll be discovered sitting on a stool at a soda fountain. They’ve got to realize wishing doesn’t make it so. They’ve got to work for success. And it might take years.” -Pat Carroll

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA 1965, dir. Charles S. Dubin

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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST cast at the OSCARS — 1992

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"Be Our Guest" original draft storyboards vs final film (💖)

The song was originally written by Ashman and Menken to be sung by the enchanted objects to��Maurice instead of Belle. However, story artist Bruce Woodside felt that the song would make more sense if it was sung to Belle, the main character, as opposed to secondary character Maurice, and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale agreed.

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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST cast at the OSCARS — 1992

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A scene from the scrapped version of the SLEEPING BEAUTY segment in DISNEY PRINCESS FAIRYTALES before the entire package was cut, reworked, and placed under the DISNEY PRINCESS: ENCHANTED TALES line.

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"I turned and saw Lana approaching. I remember that moment clearly. I was struck, at once, by how tiny she was. When you're accustomed to seeing someone forty feet tall on screen, you expect that they will at least be taller than you are in real life. However, her size did nothing to diminish the breathtaking presence of the woman. She wore very little makeup, just lipstick and some eyebrow pencil, and her smile was wide and sensuous. She came forward, and because of her graceful carriage and the way her extended hand hovered lightly before her, she seemed to reach me a few paces before she did, as if to touch me and reassure me. There was nothing to fear. We were just two human beings who were going to sit down and talk...the light revealed the most beautiful complexion I have ever seen. Lana was pale but healthy looking, and there was something about her skin that made you want to reach out and touch it. I can only describe it as having the attraction of a fresh rose petal."

LANA TURNER footage from her visit at a Los Angeles Air Base during WWII, 1943

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The beauty of romanticism in Disney's Cinderella (1950)

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Joan Crawford in Our Blushing Brides (1930)

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JOAN CRAWFORD in DANCE, FOOLS, DANCE (1931)

— dir. Harry Beaumont

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Joan Crawford in Paid (1930) dir. Sam Wood

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Joan Crawford and Clark Gable photographed by James 'Sam' Manatt for Possessed (dir. Clarence Brown, 1931)

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Lana Turner

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“Over the seven jeweled hills, beyond the seventh wall, in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest one of all.”

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - dir. David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell, Perce Pearce

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“What would I give if I could live out of these waters. What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand. Bet'cha on land they understand that they don’t reprimand their daughters. Bright young woman, sick of swimming, ready to stand! And ready to know what the people know, ask them my questions and get some answers! What’s a fire and why does it… what’s the word? Burn! When’s it my turn? Wouldn’t I love, love to explore that shore up above? Out of the sea, wish I could be part of that world!”

The Little Mermaid (1989) - dir. John Musker, Ron Clements

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“What’s a conscience! I’ll tell ya! A conscience is that still small voice that people won’t listen to. That’s just the trouble with the world today…”

Pinocchio (1940) - dir. Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts

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In a faraway land, long ago, there lived a King and his fair Queen. Many years they had longed for a child, and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora. Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine. 

Sleeping Beauty (1959) - dir. Clyde Geronimi

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get to know me meme: [2/10] favorite singers → ADRIANA CASELOTTI

“This fairytale will never die. Like Walt Disney himself- he still lives. The spirit of Walt Disney will live forever. Like the spirit of Snow White. It’s so uplifting. It makes everyone happy and friendly.”