Belle's Tales of Friendship [VHS]

Description

.com Belle's Tales of Friendship is a made-for-video treat that finds an innovative outlet for Disney entertainment old and new. Although the cover is of the animated Belle from Beauty and the Beast, this program's star is Lynsey McLeod as a live-action Belle. À la Barney, she invites grade-school kids to come into her bookshop to listen to tales, play games, and learn simple lessons. Her stories come in the form of classic Disney cartoons, which rarely have a good showcase these days. Belle supplies narration for the circa 1950s animated shorts of "Hansel & Gretel," "The Three Little Pigs," and "Morris the Midget Moose." This video's highlight is "Mrs. Potts' Party," a never-before-seen segment that was made for Beauty and the Beast: An Enchanted Christmas but never used. It works as a wonderful short, albeit for only 10 of the video's 70 minutes. --Doug Thomas