The Light Princess

The Light Princess is a 1956 American animated musical fantasy film co-directed by Paul Smith and Don Patterson, co-written by Homer Brightman, Jack Cosgriff and Michael Maltese, adapted from the Scottish fairy tale of the same name by George MacDonald, produced by Glenn Berman and Walter Lantz, and featured the voices of Rock Hudson, Grace Kelly, Daws Butler and Tab Hunter. It was produced by Lantz/Berman Productions, and it closely follows the plot of the fairy tale.

It was released by Universal-International Pictures on September 7, 1956, and it grossed $7.5 million in distribution rentals over a $3 million budget during its initial run, making Universal a head start to compete with Disney in the animation field, and paved way for future animated films. In recent years, the film has garnered a cult following.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Rock Hudson
 * Grace Kelly
 * Daws Butler
 * Tab Hunter

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Production
In 1950, Glenn Berman announced that he will exit the military business after seeing the Walt Disney animated film Cinderella. Glenn had a positive reaction to one of Walter Lantz's animated sequences in the George Pal movie Destination Moon. Impressed by these success, Glenn met Walter Lantz to set up a feature film production company to compete with Disney. Berman said they obtained the rights to the Scottish fairy tale The Light Princess. Lantz obtained $1.2 million to fund the film and helped Universal-International Pictures to distribute the film.

Rock Hudson was the first to be cast in 1952, followed by Grace Kelly in 1953.

Release
The film was originally released on September 7, 1956 by Universal-International Pictures. It was rereleased in 1962, 1968 and 1976.

Home media
The Light Princess is one of the first animated films to made its way to the MCA DiscoVision laserdisc format on July 16, 1979, and it became a best seller among DiscoVision collectors. The film was subsequently released on VHS and Betamax on December 25, 1980 by MCA Videocassette, as being the distinction of being the first animated film to be on videocassette.

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Box office
The film's distributors, Universal made its charts to top Disney, earning $10 million in gross rentals.

The success of the film allowed Universal to carry on producing films throughout the 1950s and the 1960s by which the profits from the film's release, with the additional profits from making family-friendly live-action films. More coming soon!

Critical reception
The film received a 100% "Approval" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 10/10. The consensus states: "An adaptation of Scottish's best-selling fairy tale, The Light Princess holds up to its honor." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 95 out of 100, based on 66 critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".

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Legacy
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Main transcript
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Trailer transcripts
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