Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) first Disney feature-film that did not have the same background animation material, but instead with new background animation material. "Sleeping Beauty" was the first animated film to be photographed in the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process, as well as the second full-length animated feature film to be filmed in anamorphic widescreen, following Disney's own "Lady and the Tramp" four years earlier. The film was presented in Super Technirama 70 and 6-channel stereophonic sound in first-run engagements. After many childless years, King Stefan and Queen Leah happily welcome the birth of their daughter, the Princess Aurora. They proclaim a holiday for
The Sleeping Beauty Quartet amid vivid imageries of bisexuality, homosexuality, ephebophilia and pony play. In 1994, the abridged audio versions of the first three books were published in cassette form. "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" was read by actress Amy Brenneman. "Beauty's Punishment" was read by Elizabeth Montgomery (known for her role in the ABC situation comedy "Bewitched") as Beauty with Michael Diamond as Tristan, and "Beauty's Release" was by Montgomery with actor Christian Keiber reading as Laurent. A compact disc version of the audiobooks was read by Genviere Bevier and Winthrop Eliot. After the success of "Interview with the Vampire" (1976), Anne Rice