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Myths, Legends, & Fairy Tales[ Book Contents]
Cinderella [Georges Méliès, 1899]
An early Méliès “trick film.”
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle, 1935]
Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies and James Cagney as Bottom the Weaver, who has been given the head of a jackass by Puck (Mickey Rooney), in this lavish, Warner Brothers production of the play by William Shakespeare.
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Peter Pan [Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, 1953]
The fairy Tinker Bell in the Disney version of J. M. Barrie’s play, here with Captain Hook. Hook was splendidly voiced by Hans Conried.
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Hook [Steven Spielberg, 1991]
Julia Roberts as the fairy Tinker Bell in this misguided sequel to Peter Pan. However, Dustin Hoffman made a fine Captain Hook.
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Peter Pan [P. J. Hogan, 2003]
Ludivine Sagnier as Tinker Bell (here just called Tink) in this straightforward adaptation of Barrie’s story. With Jason Isaacs as an excellent Captain Hook.
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The Thief of Bagdad [Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, 1940]
The magnificent Rex Ingram as the Dji
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La Belle et la Bête [Jean Cocteau, 1946]
Cocteau’s magical film combines Jea
“Where is Belle? Where is Belle?”
The Beast (Jean Marais), searching for Belle in his magic mirror, La Belle et la Bête
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Beauty and the Beast [Gary Trousdale, 1991]
Disney’s delightful musical, with witty songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Robby Benson and Paige O’Hara gave the Beast and Beauty their voices. Based on Jea
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Darby O’Gill and the Little People [Robert Stevenson, 1959]
Jimmy O’Dea as King Brian of the Leprechauns stands on a sleeping Sean Co
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Alfonso Cuaron, 2004]
Harry Potter encounters a griffin, one of the many fantastic creatures that populate the Harry Potter movies.
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The Lord of the Rings [Peter Jackson, 2001-2003]
Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogy is jam-packed with fantastic beasts of all sizes and shapes.
Gollum, a brilliant motion-capture performance from Andy Serkis as the pathetic creature consumed with desire for the Ring
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The fearsome Cave Troll in the Mines of Moria
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One of the Orcs, the evil soldiers of the wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee)
“We wants it! We needs it! Must have the precious!”
Gollum (Andy Serkis), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad [Nathan H. Juran, 1958]
One of the awe-inspiring Cyclops that live on the Island of Colossa in the first of Harryhausen’s Sinbadtrilogy. When roasting one of Sinbad’s crew on a spit, he licks his lips in anticipation of his meal! One of the screen’s greatest fantasy creations.
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad [Gordon Hessler, 1973]
The second in Harryhausen’s Sinbad trilogy. Here, a living stone statue of Kali, the Hindu Goddess of death, sword fights Sinbad (John Phillip Law, in the white turban) and his crew.
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Clash of the Titans [Desmond Davis, 1981]
Ray Harryhausen’s Medusa, Ray Bradbury’s favorite Harryhausen creature. In a tense, torch-lit sequence, Perseus (Harry Hamlin) stalks Medusa, hoping to use her severed head to turn the Kraken to stone.
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Clash of the Titans [Louis Leterrier, 2010]
The remake, based on Harryhausen’s design for his Medusa. This film suffered from being made 3D in an imperfect post-production process.
IN CONVERSATION
Ray Harryhausen
“The whole point of any fantasy film is to stretch the imagination.”
Ray Harryhausen, the author, and the skeleton from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad[1958], used again in Jason and the Argonauts[1963]; London, 2010.