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Whoa, a Journal. What's this doing here?

So, I'm endeavoring to start a series of drawings based on versions of the story and/or themes of Beauty and the Beast and/or Death and the Maiden. Mainly, I wanna focus on BatB versions that aren't overt versions of the story like Phantom or Hunchback, since I could do a whole series just on the retellings of those. There are versions of the basic story here, like Cocteau or Once Upon a Time, but I wanna show off some that don't get as much credit as others (I see you thar, Disney).

Okay, so, here we go -

Cupid and Psyche - Greek mythology
Hades and Persephone - also Greek mythology
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Cesare and Jane (I think? It's been a long time since I've seen this one)
Nosferatu (1922) – Count Orlok and Ellen
The Man Who Laughs (1928) – Gwynplaine and Dea
Frankenstein (1931) – The Monster and Elizabeth
The Mummy (1932) – Imhotep and Helen/Anck-su-Namun
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) – Edward Hyde and Ivy and/or Muriel
Death Takes a Holiday (1932) – Death and Grazia
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) - Ivan and Charlotte (Haven't actually seen this one; might omit it)
King Kong (1933) - Kong and Ann
La Belle et la Bκte (1946) – Belle and the Beast
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – Gort and Helen
Soyuzmultfilm: The Tale of the Crimson Flower/Stories From my Childhood: Beauty and the Beast (1952)
Bride of the Monster (1955) - Lobo and Janet
Young Frankenstein (1974) - The Monster and Elizabeth (again)
Star Wars (1977) – Darth Vader/Chewbacca and Princess Leia
Halloween (1978) – Michael Myers and Laurie
Panna a Netvor (1978) - Beauty and the Beast
Faerie Tale Theatre (1984) – Beauty and the Beast
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Freddy Krueger and Nancy
Legend (1985) – Darkness and Lily
Cannon Movie Tales (1987) – Beauty and the Beast
Cannon Movie Tales (1987) – The Frog Prince
Beetlejuice (1988) – Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz
Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Edward and Kim
Darkman (1991) – Peyton and Julie
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling
Phantom Manor (1992) - The Phantom and Melanie
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) - Beast and Carly (Carlie? Karlie? Karly?)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) – Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin: The Animated Series (1992) – Arbutus and Jasmine
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) – The Monster and Elizabeth
The Mask (1995) – The Mask and Tina
Mars Attacks! (1996) – Martian Leader and Natalie
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2001) – The Grinch and Martha May Whovier
Shrek (2001) – Shrek and Princess Fiona
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The graphic novel) (2001) – Edward Hyde and Mina Murray
HellBoy (2004) – HellBoy and Liz
V for Vendetta (The movie) (2005) – V and Evey
Hulk/The Incredible Hulk (2005 and 2008) The Hulk and Betty Ross
HellBoy II: The Golden Army (2008) – Abe Sapien and Princess Nuala
Megamind (2010) – Megamind and Roxanne
Once Upon a Time (2012) – Rumpelstiltskin and Belle
Un Monstre α Paris (2012) – Francoeur and Lucille

Something else: I know some of these have multiple versions, like Jekyll and Hyde or King Kong, so those may or may not be mashups of multiple versions or just the ones I really like. Also: I'm sure there are literally millions of versions/variations of the story; I'm trying to stick with either a) unknown or unpopular versions of the basic story, or b) popular variations.

Anyway, feel free to throw some in that I've missed. Unless I haven't seen 'em. Then they might not be in here. It also mayyyyy be just a little while before I get around to these, but probably/hopefully this summer. This is fairly ambitious.

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:icongreatcinalone23:
Happy birthday sweetie! :hug:
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~MelanieGracey Apr 15, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
So late, but thank you! :hug:
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:icongreatcinalone23:
welcome! :glomp: Nice to see you around. :D
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Mood: Thrilled ~SpookvdOpera Dec 2, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Happy Birthday! Hope you will have a lovely day! :D
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~MelanieGracey Apr 15, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Also late - thanks! :la:
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~girl-bug Dec 2, 2012   Traditional Artist
Happy birthday!
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~MelanieGracey Apr 15, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Thanks very much! :la:
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~Demon-Angel1200 Dec 2, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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~MelanieGracey Apr 15, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Thank you!
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~Demon-Angel1200 Apr 16, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
your welcome! ^^
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