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On this day in 1959 (in the U.S.), the big city of Los Angeles, California played host for the silver screen theatrical premiere of Walt Disney's classic screen Fantasy ... Sleeping Beauty! Directed by the team of Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Hamilton Luske from the story by Charles Perrault, the film featured the voice talents of Mary Costa, Verna Felton, Bill Shirley, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies."
For the record:
-- EZ
On this day in 1959 (in the U.S.), the big city of Los Angeles, California played host for the silver screen theatrical premiere of Walt Disney's classic screen Fantasy ... Sleeping Beauty! Directed by the team of Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Hamilton Luske from the story by Charles Perrault, the film featured the voice talents of Mary Costa, Verna Felton, Bill Shirley, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies."
For the record:
- At the 1960 Academy Awards, Sleeping Beauty received a nomination in the category of 'Best Music - Scoring Of A Musical Picture.'
- At the 2009 Saturn Awards, an all-new home video release of Sleeping Beauty received a nomination in the category of 'Best DVD Classic Film Release.'
- In 2019, Sleeping Beauty was inducted into the U.S.'s National Film Registry, the organization which seeks to preserve pictures that have demonstrated a lasting cultural, historical, and aesthetic contribution to the art form.
-- EZ
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