Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) servants' human forms. The Prince and Belle host a ball for the kingdom, where they dance happily. After the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937, Walt Disney sought out other stories to adapt into feature films, with "Beauty and the Beast" being among the stories he considered. Attempts to develop the "Beauty and the Beast" story into a film were made in the 1930s and 1950s, but were ultimately given up because it "proved to be a challenge" for the story team. Peter M. Nichols states Disney may later have been discouraged by Jean Cocteau having
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) record for the most nominations for an animated film with "WALL-E" (2008), although, with three nominations in the Best Original Song category, "Beauty and the Beast"s nominations span only four categories, while "WALL-E"s nominations cover six individual categories. While "The Little Mermaid" was the first to be nominated, "Beauty and the Beast" became the first animated film to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. This feat was later repeated by "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 2". In 2002, "Beauty and the Beast" was added to the United States National Film Registry as