At risk of making a fool of myself, I'm going to post about the ending of the film. Even though everyone in my showing laughed at how cheesy it seemed (come on, it was 1946), I personally thought that it is a better ending than the written version for one simple reason: no one gets punished (aside from Avenant).
The simplicity and beauty of the ending is made much more obvious when you compare it to the book or the Disney version. The union of the two lovers is the reward. There doesn't need to be a big, grand wedding to show off to anyone, nor does there need to be punishments handed out to every transgressor. We really shouldn't care, at the end, about what happens to the evil sisters or the scoundrel brother. Perhaps their sister's happiness is punishment enough for them.
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I agree that the fact that no one gets punished is a welcome change from the De Beaumont tale. However, flying off into the great beyond is a little strange and seems to come from nowhere.
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