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1. Walt Disney attempted to develop Beauty and the Beast into an animated film both in the 1930s and 1950s, but gave up because the writers found the story too difficult to adapt.

2. The song "Human Again" was cut just before production started. The song was later added to the Broadway show and was recorded and animated for the 2002 re-release of the film.

3. Belle is the only person in her village who wears blue, which is meant to symbolise how different she is from everyone else.

4. When Gaston is falling at the end, a tiny skull flashes in each of his eyes during a close-up of his face. This is meant to symbolise that he does indeed die.

5. Julie Andrews was reportedly the first choice to voice Mrs Potts.

6. Originally, Chip had only one line in the entire film, but the producers liked Bradley Pierce's voice work so much that they expanded the character.

7. Before Chip's character was expanded, the original "cute" character was intended to be a music box. The music box's character was inspired by Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and could only communicate through chiming musical notes.

8. Bambi's mother makes an appearance in the film. In the opening shot of the film she can be seen drinking from the stream in the lower right.

9. Belle was the second Disney princess to not be of royal descent, after Cinderella. Tiana is the third.

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Comment which Disney movie you prefer— Lady and the Tramp or Sleeping Beauty?