Sleeping Beauty (franchise) such as the "Sleeping Beauty" characters. Characters from "Sleeping Beauty" also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". Fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" regularly include live-action interpretations of characters including Maleficent, Aurora, Phillip, King Stefan, and Aurora's mother is mentioned as Briar Rose, the "original" Sleeping Beauty. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appears as recurring character in the American animated television series "Sofia the First", as the headmistresses of Royal Prep. Aurora appeared in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia". The series features characters from the
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a new appreciation for familiar films in a way it hadn't before: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Sleeping Beauty", "Grand Prix", "The Sound of Music", "", and "Spartacus", along with other short subject films on the 70mm format. A screening of the final remaining 70mm print of this film was included in the 70mm & Widescreen Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre, September 18, 2016. Upon its initial release, "Sleeping Beauty" received mixed to positive reviews from film critics. Bosley Crowther, writing in his review for "The New York Times", complimented that "the colors are rich, the sounds