Helper's Network (UK) - Letters

This section of the Helper's Network (UK) Web Site serves as a forum to answer all your Beauty & The Beast related questions, and to voice any news or opinions you have of your own, to keep us all informed & delighted!

If you have a question, and we don't have the answers, we'll throw the question open to the B&B community for you...

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Contents...
Click on a the red square or green circle next to the item of interest to jump to the letter.From: Steffanie
Sent: 
To: Helper's Network
Re: B&B Petition

	Date & Time	Name	Description
	29 July 2004, 13:09	Ginette Prince	Re. Albert Prince
	26 February 2004, 04:21	withheld	Vincent Mask used in Beauty & The Beast Ballet
	23 September 2003, 09:20	Maria	Music from Beauty & The Beast
	04 April 2003, 06:19	Peter Formaini	New contact details for author of Beauty & The Beast Companion
	20 October 2002, 00:46	Kevin Barnes	Open Letter to B&B Fans re. artwork prints etc.
	09 July 2002, 10:16	Diana Poskrop	Mistake in "Second Coming"
	17 May 2002 05:50	Steffanie	Beauty & The Beast On-Line Petition
	22 Feb 2002 03:54	Shirley Johns	B and B the next generation
	16 Feb 2001 17:46	Caroline Ferreira	Forthcoming Beauty & The Beast Ballet Production
	01 Feb 2002 21:30	Darlene Sullivan	More about the possible future B&B Series
	April 2001	Christopher Toyne	Open letter to the members of Helper's Network UK
	28 Feb 2001 12:31	K Rigney	Your site chosen as an Open Directory Cool Site
	06 June 2000, 06:55	Peter Formaini	Transcription of Beauty & The Beast Companion
	2 September 1999 04:16	Wendymay Faulkner	B&B Living On
	18 August 1999 04:06	Wendymay Faulkner	Poster of Ron Perlman anybody?
	29 April 1999 18:18	Norah Burch	Karen Dotrice
	16 May 1999 05:23	Ross Goulter	Long Lost Contact
	07 June 1999 14:12	Mrs S. Furmanis	B&B Videos
	17 May 1999 21:45	k. elsworthy	Beauty and the beast/ republic pictures address
	8 February 1999	Sylvie Béatrie Ribière	Year 2000 Convention
	22 December 1998 00:44	Maira	Poem for your website from episode 7
	20 December 1998 23:59	Marion	Where's b & b gone?
	09 January 1999 21:39	The Picture Palace	Charity auction: Beauty and the Beast - Of Love & Hope
	28 December 1998 12:24	Oscar Boyne	Help!!! roy dotrice tv series in 1968
	30 December 1998 15:16	Sigma	Tunnelring Updates
	22 December 1998 05:58	Margaret Zumas	Very Ill British Fan needs help
	01 January 1999 00:35	Luis Solorzano	"Of Love and Hope" CD (B&B TV series soundtrack).
	11 January 1999 17:09	Janet Dunadee	Lots of B&B Merchandise To Sell

From: Ginette Prince
Sent: 29 July 2004, 13:09
To: Helper's Network
Re: Albert Prince

I just wanted to send a little note to say a great big thank you to everyone who gave my family so much love & support in December. It meant so much to all of us, especially me. I knew what you all meant to my Dad. You were ALL his friends & he loved you all so much. You were always there for him & being able to reply to your letters & cards gave him something to do on those rare occasions when I wasn't driving him up the wall.

I apologise for taking so long to send out this thank you but as a lot of you may know I lived with my Dad so I've been extremely busy finding a place to live. Its strange to be living on my own but I enjoy the freedom & quiet - not that my Dad was a noisy man (apart from the occasions he would suddenly burst into song & have a little dance around the kitchen!). He was sometimes a bit loopy but in a loveable way, that's why he had so many friends, friends that I would like to stay in touch with. My Email address & home address are at the bottom of this message & I can assure everyone that I will be back at the conventions as soon as I can.

Once again, thank you all for making my Dads life so enjoyable, you all meant so much to him.

Yours,

Ginette Prince xx

From: name withheld
Sent: 26 February 2004, 04:21
To: Helper's Network
Re: Vincent Mask used in Beauty & The Beast Ballet

I stumbled across the page of your website that featured the production  of Beauty and the Beast and saw that you were using a mask I've only seen  once, and have been looking for ever since.  I was wondering where you  purchased the mask, and if the supplier has a website.

Reply from Simon...

Take a look at the details of  the production at http://simonhuggins.com/ukhelpers/conventions/2002_ballet/index.htm and you can see that the mask was made by the costume designer.   If you wish to contact her, I would advise you to contact the ballet school and pass on your details with your request.  The address is on the web page given above.

From: Maria
Sent: 23rd September 2003, 09:20
To: Helper's Network
Re: Music from Beauty & The Beast

Hello my name is Maria and I saw the series beauty and the beast many years ago. and I totally fell in love with it. but its not possible to se it again, I have contacted the TV stations around here in Norway and Sweden but they can't promise that they will show it again. anyways my question it what is the man called, he who made the music for the series, I have this one melody stuck on my mind that I keep playing on my piano. But I would love to hear more of the music from that series.... can you help me please. Oh and I'm sorry for you bad writing in English...

Reply from Simon...

I believe it was Lee Holridge that composed the theme tune. You can hear it on my web site music page at:- http://www.simonhuggins.com/helpers/music/index.htm 

If you would like to own a copy of the music, plus other music from the series, plus Vincent giving various poetry readings, then you're probably looking for the "Of Love and Hope" album. 

People sell copies of the album regularly (on Vinyl and CD) on ebay.com - just search on something like "beauty beast love hope" - they tend to go for anything between $30 and $80 !!!  It's a real collector's item.

From: Peter Formaini
Sent: 04 April 2003, 06:19
To: Helper's Network
Re: Address Change

Hey!

I just wanted to let you know of my new address, in case anyone inquires. (I wrote the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST COMPANION)
(BTW - LOVE the format and presentation of materials!)

Peter Formaini
89 Mary Street
Nate's Floral Estates
Ithaca, NY  14850-5100
(607) 256-7020

Be well!

- Pete 

From: Kevin Barnes
Sent: 20 October 2002, 00:46
To: Helper's Network
Re: "Open Letter to B&B Fans re. artwork prints etc."

From the studio of Kevin Barnes - gentleman artist: An Open Letter to Fandom (October 2002)

To those who keep the candles burning...

Remember me? Tall, scraggly, uncertain, smiling yet somewhat sad, singer of songs in paint on canvas. Time has passed, and much has transpired since my absence from the tunnels, so I thought I’d drop by to say “hi” again.

“Hi again.”

For those who haven’t heard it tapped out on the pipes, my little life has gone through some significant changes in the past few years.

In the Autumn of 1999 my first one-man show - “Beloved: The Divine Romance” - opened at a small local gallery in Southern California. The exhibition consisted of a series of images inspired by the beauty and mystery of the romance between man and woman, and how this relationship is but a shadow of the spiritual love affair between God and the human soul. It was a song the Lord placed within my heart, and I sang it with all my might. Yet, for all the insights and philosophies I had about the nature of love, I was still studying it very much as though it were through a dark glass. It was true and beautiful, but largely theory.

Fast forward to February 2001...

At a Christian art show where three of my paintings were on display, the entire hue and movement of my life was forever altered. Her name is Courtney.

Through the noise and commotion of that crowded gallery, her smile and the quiet, gentle purity of her spirit reached out and touched some shadowy place just beneath my left rib - a chamber laced with cobwebs, where no light ever shone. Like the only foot in all the kingdom that would ever fit the glass slipper, her heart slipped into mine that blessed, blessed night, and snuggled into a hollow which had grown cold and numb with longing, with waiting, with hope deferred. It’s as if she were somehow always meant to be there. She just glowed (you should have seen her that night - I still do, every time I close my eyes) and slowly her light began to warm and thaw what had grown so dark. And as I woke from this enchantment, this half-sleep of wonder, I realized, to my utter awe and amazement, that my waking world had been infused with a dream beyond all imagining.

“Because the birthday of my life is come - my love is come to me!”

In the following weeks we would begin a courtship (we never did really date - we just knew) which could be described as nothing less than divinely romantic. Six months, reams of e-mails and over one hundred love poems later, my beloved and I were sealed and consecrated to one another in a ceremony attended by family and a few close friends. Neither of us ever imagined any labor so hard, any trials so difficult, any blessings so voluminous, any joys so deep and abidingly beautiful as those which come from this miracle of marriage. And above and beyond it all, the honeymoon continues to this day. We expect it always will.

If I could pluck any one jewel from this crown of blessings and share it with you all, it would be this: when it comes to what I will call - for lack of a better term - “true love,” the real thing does indeed exist, and it makes Vincent and Catherine or any other love story or fairy tale you’ve ever heard before seem like a teardrop on paper compared to the swelling roar of the ocean.

To love and be loved in such a way is to know the heart of God, our Creator, the Divine Lover of our souls. If you’re married, ask God to pour the fullness of his love into your heart, then turn around and give it all away, selflessly, to your beloved spouse. If you are waiting for your soul mate, wait patiently (even 36 years if necessary!) and by all means wait purely, chastely (there’s no adequate way of expressing in mere words on paper the joy of sharing your wedding night with your first, your last, your only). For those who have suffered the pain of loving and losing and being hurt by the very thing which is meant to bring joy, I weep for you - but through the tears I say that our God is a God of fresh starts and new beginnings, and that the very muck and refuse of the past can nourish the soil from which may spring the most beautiful white rose.

And to everyone, whether or not you ever know the joy of earthly romance, I urge you to consider that there is a Lover, a King so passionate and devoted to you that he left his throne and crown and glory behind, put on the rags of a humble servant, and laid down his very life for you. His name is Jesus, and his arms are always open to you. None of us will ever know a greater love than his.

Now, on to the business of art...

Art-wise, things have been quiet... yet building. The “Beloved” series I started five years ago (with but a kind friend modelling for me) will most likely be left behind as but a preliminary sketch for the work which is now to come. After all, I now have the romance of a lifetime to illustrate and the most beautiful creature ever formed by the hands of God as a live-in model!

Due to the demands inherent in building a new career and a life and future for my wife and myself and - Lord willing, sometime soon - our children, I am no longer producing the 8” x 10” prints of my Beauty and the Beast art as I have in the past. I apologize for any disappointment this might cause.

I am, however, now offering something which I feel far exceeds the former prints. Due to recent advances in the technology of reproducing fine art, I am (FINALLY! - for those of you who have heard me speak of it since the last convention in L.A.) able to offer genuine hand-signed canvas reproductions of my Beauty and the Beast painting “A World of Our Own” (winner of “Best of Show” at A Distant Shore II in 2000).

The image area of the piece is about 12” x 24” (only a few inches less than the original painting) and it will be shipped rolled in a heavy mailing tube for safety, with enough extra canvas left around the edges of the image so that it can be stretched and framed in the traditional manner or matted and framed under glass.

The cost for each custom made reproduction is $200 (less than one-tenth of what the original painting sold for), plus $5 for shipping and handling. If you would like to see the painting online, it may be viewed on both my own site (www.geocities.com/artshadows) and the Laura’s Caverns website. To order or obtain further information, please contact me via e-mail at thecatacombs@hotmail.com. I am also currently offering the last limited edition posters remaining from my first one-man show - “Beloved: The Divine Romance.” The 13” x19” uv-coated card stock art print bears the image of my painting “Seasons: Dissolution” from the “Beloved” series (also viewable on my website) and is available while quantities last for $20. A brochure from the show, bearing multiple images from the series will be included at no charge.

Well, that’s all the news that’s fit to print for now. I will, of course, pass on information of any significant changes or happenings which might occur in the future . Otherwise, just assume that my beloved and I continue to explore and claim new corners of this Promised Land of God’s love to which he’s called us in Christ Jesus.

May the Painter of all beauty and the Singer of love’s song light the chambers of your heart, illuminating the truth of just how precious you are in his sight...

“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.’”

Love and blessings to you all.

Always rejoicing,

Kevin Barnes
(gentleman artist)

From: Diana Poskrop
Sent: 09 July 2002, 10:16
To: Helper's Network
Re: Mistake in "Second Coming"

Hi,

I think there's a teeny mistake in "The Second Coming" by Yeats in your Poetry & Literature section. In the last line, there should be an 's' in 'toward': "Slouching toward*s* Bethlehem to be born."

It's one of my favorite poems, and I couldn't help but notice it. Keep up the great work! I still watch a couple of B&B videos every week.

Cheers,
Diana Poskrop

Editor's Note: Thanks Diana for pointing this out. The verse has now been amended. If you would like to contact Diana, she also has a posting in the Web Pals section.

From: Steffanie
Sent: 17 May 2002, 05:50
To: Helper's Network
Re: Beauty and the Beast On-Line Petition

Hi Beauty and the Beast fans,

     I have recently started a petition to get Beauty and the Beast back on the air.  If you have a minute please go sign the petition. We need as many signatures as we can get. Go to http://www.PetitionOnline.com/BBTV1984/petition.html .

After you sign the petition go to the Beauty and the Beast page of tvtome.com and vote for your favorite episode. The web address is http://www.tvtome.com .

Thanks for your time,

     -     Steffennie     Editor for Beauty and the Beast     Miracle2002

From: Shirley Johns
Sent: 22 Feb 2002 03:54
To: Helper's Network
Re: B and B the next generation

I was reading the updates on the B and the b next generation.  I would love to see Ron back in makeup as Vincent but he has got to have Catherine.  Maybe linda hamilton will consider returning.  I cannot see Vincent with any one else.  Especailly Diana.  Keep me posted on any further updates.

Shirley

Shirley also adds in an email dated 24th February:-

I have a Beauty and the Beast site.  I just put it on line a week ago.  Plenty of fanfics if you care to take a look.  Sign my guestbook if you like.

URL: http://www.geocities.com/ffqsdj2/ 

From: Caroline Ferreira
Sent: 16 Feb 2001 17:46
To: Simon Huggins
Re: Forthcoming Beauty & The Beast Ballet Production

Dear Simon,

Kate Simmons Ballet School is putting on Beauty and the Beast at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester at the end of April. I am making the beast costume, which I have 'fashioned' on Vincent... I have
having great difficult getting a suitable latex face mask and wondered if you have ever heard of Vincent face masks (or a good Lion/beast one?)

Regards
Caroline

Addendum - Caroline adds this in an email dated 24th February -

Dear Simon

I am delighted to say that Angela Palmer in the US bought a VINCENT mask 12 years ago for her husband to wear to some occasion. It has been in storage in Canada with her parents, and has now been posted on to me.

Thanks for you interest and I am looking forward to completing the Vincent costume.

Regards

Caroline

From: Darlene Sullivan
Sent: 01 Feb 2002 21:30
To: Simon Huggins
Re: More about the possible future B&B Series

Hi Simon ---

It was so good of you to include in your web site the Beauty and the Beast material I sent in December. I was in Hawaii visiting my son from 22 December to 3 January so returning home to find my own page in your excellent group of B&B information was a most pleasant surprise. Thank you very much.

The B&B series returning to the UPN TV network is still only a project in development. Viacom, under the name of the Viacom Entertainment Group, owns the Paramount studios which is known as the Paramount
Entertainment Group. Originally, UPN TV and CBS TV existed as separate entities in the Paramount Entertainment Group. Then, in December 2001, the Viacom Entertainment Group decided to consolidate the two networks.

Since then, there has been a constant flurry of resignations, the creation of new programming departments, and the naming of new executives to manage the departments. The development and approval of new comedy
and dramatic programs for both networks continues amidst this clamor and I've been cataloguing the circus through "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" with the intent of ultimately learning who might become the
department or the person responsible for drama development. Should there be a letter or e-mail campaign by B&B fans down the road, it is always more effective to address communications to a specific studio, or person, or department.

I've taken your time with the above because it is the show's foundation and, as we're seeing with "Terminator 3" which concerns Linda Hamilton, fans of B&B will focus much attention on any mention of B&B and I'm
positive that confusion between CBS and UPN will occur not only in the fandom but in the media. A frame of reference of the powers that be will be useful.

- Darlene

From: Christopher Toyne
Sent: April 2001
To: Gwen Lord (President of Helper's Network UK)
Re: Open Letter to the members of Helper's Network, UK

I feel that I suggested the kernel of an idea and you have taken the heat for it!  Certainly at your delightful Nottingham "Masquerades 2000" I did say that if enough of a ground-swell were to actually organize and create a development fund, then maybe "Hollywood" might take notice and act accordingly.

You rightfully informed the HNUK from the outset that the original series cost over $1M an hour to produce in the 1980s and that costs per hour are now considerably more.  In fact it is very difficult to make a two-hour Television movie for under $4.5M nowadays.  I realize that Fandom could in now way raise that sort of money in pledges.

However, the ideas - and the fantastic response, much of which has been forwarded to me - does show that the ideas has its merits.  The greatest concern almost universally voiced was the legality of the idea: the possibility of contravening copyright laws.  As one amusingly described it, "The legal heebeejeebees!"   A secondary concern was, would Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman entertain the idea?

The last first.  Both Linda and Ron are very intelligent actors.  They are both driven by good scripts, the proof of a sound production - and a fine director.  If these matters are addressed satisfactorily, I believe they would consider a revival of 'Beauty and the Beast' as a one-off project.  Linda recently stated on a talk show that, "She wants to be adored!"   I think she knows that she is universally adored by Fandom - a movement that could easily be revitalized.

And so the quagmire of copyright without putting Fandom into "Some very unpleasant legal crosshairs".  Actually it is not such a swamp as some think.  Certainly Ron Koslow is central to the potential success of a newly reconstituted "Beauty and the Beast."   However, it might help if I recount the early stages of the creation of the original pilot.

It was a 1986 news story in one of the New York papers that captured the imagination of the then head of CBS, Kim LeMaster.  The article followed the life of a NY transient and surmised that thousands of people lived in the tunnels and service vents of the city, beneath even the sewers and the subway, without ever seeing the light of day.   Ron was, at that time, fascinated by the power of Jean Cocteau's "Le Belle et la Bête."  The two met - the rest is history.

To the best of my knowledge, "Le Belle et la Bête" - and the Villeneuve fairy-tale it is based on - is in the Public Domain.  The story in the New York newspaper was factual and therefore not copyrighted.  Therefore, we must look to the creation of the Television characters Vincent, Catherine, Father et al and the Money behind the series.

Again, the last first. Although Witt-Thomas Productions may have some underlying rights, CBS does not.  It licensed the show.  Shows can change US networks with impunity: just look at the present dance with "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".

Republic Pictures picked up the deficit financing and therefore probably owns most of the rights.  As you know, Republic was swallowed up by Aaron Spelling Television that, in turn, disappeared into the belly of Viacom.  As someone noted, Viacom probably does not even know they have this property and we can kiss a videotape re-release of the existing series goodbye.    However, it is my belief that they only hold the rights in the existing episodes - and not the concept - and, that being the case, there might be no violation of copyright.  More importantly, the revival of the project into a TV Movie would give their library of original shows a new value.

Therefore, as many of you suggest, an appeal must be made to Ron Koslow as the creator of the elements that are not in the PD.  I am presently in conversation with Lee Holdridge and hope to converse with Ron Koslow soon.  Should an approach have to be made to Witt-Thomas Productions, certainly Tony Thomas is very approachable with a good, sound idea.

There is still a superb group of professionals whom I am sure would join such a project: David Schwartz, Don Avis, Alex Ganza, Howard Gordon, Rick Baker and a host of technicians.

What I suggested in Nottingham was to consider forming a development fund, in order to, as one person put it, "find out who owns what and - with that information - make better decisions on the next steps."   Whether that fund could afford to commission a script, I do not know.  I suspect not.  However, there may be a superb script languishing that only needs 'polish.'  That is what 'development' is all about.  Let us see if Ron Koslow will set a financial target.  Then, rather like the church steeple restoration fund, let us see if Fandom can meet the target.

It is interesting to see how the world turns.  Only last week, there was an article in The New York Times about a new, fascinating insight into... you guessed it... thousands of people in the tunnels and service vents of the city, beneath even the sewers and the subway, without every seeing the light of day!

And every third show on US network television seems to be about a District Attorneys' office.  Perhaps a re-visit to the world of Catherine, Vincent and Father is also on the cards!

With every best wish - Be Well!

Christopher Toyne

Gwen adds to this:-

PLEASE WRITE OFTEN TO CHANNEL 5 IN THE UK, FOR RE-RUNS OF 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' - THE US T.V. SERIES - IF ENOUGH WRITE IN, WE WILL GET IT - THANK YOU.

From: K Rigney
Sent: 28 Feb 2001 12:31
Re: Your site chosen as an Open Directory Cool Site

This is to inform you that the website
   http://www.simonhuggins.com/helpers.htm
has been designated a Cool Site in the Netscape Open Directory
   Arts/Television/Programs/Dramas/Beauty_and_the_Beast/Fan_Clubs
I'm marking your site as Cool because you have excellent BATB resources for fans -- both old and new.  The fact that you're adding Formani's legendary Beauty and the Beast Companion to your site destined you for instant coolness!

K Rigney, ODP Beauty and the Beast Category Editor

Webmaster's Note: See Links page for a link to this category.

From: Peter Formaini
Sent: 06 June 2000, 06:55
Re: Transcription of my Work 

I have just come across your transcription of my work THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST COMPANION.

I am pleased to see my work kept alive and hereby give you permission to use any or all of the work on your site. I ask only that you keep me abreast of your progress. Also, the address you have posted is no longer valid. Please direct any inquiries of me to:

Peter Formaini
PO Box 214
Brooktondale NY  14817-0214

Many thanks! And keep the flame burning! :)

Peter Formaini
author, The Beauty and the Beast Companion

From: Wendymay Faulkner
Sent: 12 September 1999 04:16
Subject: B&B Living On

All though B&B was only just a tv program, i often wondered if there was anyone else who still believed in truth, love and respect that the program seemed to offer.I live in a wonderful place Tasmania a state of Australia and in these times when all that is on the news is killings, wars and threats i often turn the new off and read a B&B poem or put on my CD. It helps me retain my sanity and strengthens my faith. Wendy

From: Wendymay Faulkner
Sent: 18 August 1999 04:06
Subject: Perlman-ron-beast

I would like a poster of vincent signed with him sitting in the chair. Any ideas where I could obtain one?

From: Norah Burch
Sent: 29 April 1999 18:18
Subject: Karen Dotrice

Hi! I'm wondering if Roy Dotrice is related to the actress Karen Dotrice who was in Mary Poppins? I am writing an article about child actresses, and came upon the name of Roy Dotrice, while doing a search. regrettably, I don't know anything about Roy. Thanks alot!   Norah

Response from Gwen: Hi Norah. Lovely to hear from you via this Helper's Network UK Web site. I don't have a computer, so my reply will be sent thanks to Simon.
To answer your question -- Roy Dotrice is Karen Dotrice's Father -- All you want to know about Roy and his lovely family, I will gladly relay to you, if you contact me by post, enclosing a large envelope, so I can send you data back.
Roy has his own Fan Association which I run, and his newsletters of 25 / 30 pages, deal entirely with Roy's life as an actor and his family, of which he is so proud. He and Kay have 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. I will be happy to reply to you. Thank you so much for contacting me. Sincerely, Gwen Lord.

From: Ross Goulter
Sent: 16 May 1999 05:23
Subject: Long Lost Contact

Gwen was trying to find Vic Goulter ( Hand crafted frames and posters? ).This is more than likely my father Address 485 M0limo ave San francisco. Hope this helps. Regards, Ross

Response from Gwen: Thank you Ross. I'll drop him a line. Can I please have his zip code, for the envelope - or it will never reach him! Nb. Gwen is not on E:Mail. This response has been passed on from her.

From: Mrs S. Furmanis
Sent: 07 June 1999 14:12
Subject: B&B Videos

Dear Sir / Madam, I am trying to source videos of the series staring Ron Perlman, to buy. I have been told in England that the videos from the series are now all deleted. Please could you advise me of anywhere I can purchase these? Thankyou

Response: If you contact Gwen Lord at Helper's Network UK (see Contacts section) she may be able to put you in contact with someone who can help you. Hope this helps.

.From: k. elsworthy
Sent: 17 May 1999 21:45
Subject: Beauty and the beast/ republic pictures address

Dear helpers network uk,
The address you have for republic is incorrect. i have been corresponding with them from canada several times in the last few months. republic is now called Republic Entertainment Inc, Subsidiary of Spelling Entertainment Group Inc, 5700 Wilshire Blvd.,Suite 525 North, Los Angeles, California 90036-3659, USA. This is from their letterhead in May 1999. Hope this will encourage people to write and call to encourage Republic to make a tv movie/ miniseries in the future. I have written a two night tv movie for B&B and am currently trying to get them interested in reading it!!

Response: Thank you. This will go in the next web site update [now].

From: Sylvie Béatrie Ribière
Sent: 8th February 1999
Subject: Year 2000 Convention

HELLO,

I AM IN FRANCE AND I SEARCH B&B FANS IN FRANCE OR ENGLAND. SOME PEOPLE FROM E.GROUP TUNNEL IN U.S.A TELL ME TO CONTACT YOU. IS A B&B CONVENTION PLAN IN ENGLAN IN 2000 !
I'LL BE HAPPY IF YOU CAN HELP MY TO FIND A B&B FANS SITE AND EGROUP IN ENGLAND OR IN FRANCE. I LIVE IN BRITANNY (WEST OF FRANCE) IT'S EASY FOR ME TO GO IN ENGLAND (ROSCOFF ISN'T FAR FROM MY HOUSE) BE KIND TO HELP ME, I AM ALONE IN MY FRENCH TUNNEL... YOU CAN GIVE MY E.MAIL TO ALL THE B&B FANS IN ENGLAND (OR IN FRANCE, BUT IN FRANCE I DON'T FIND SITE!!! Best Wishes, Sylvie

Response: Indeed, a convention is planned for 2000. I have attached a html page from our web site to give you further details. I have also include contact and subscription details, should you be further interested.
Sorry you can't get access to the site - I can't think why this may be - perhaps your internet service provider blocks access to England for some reason, or perhaps you obtained an incorrect address for the site.

Further Reply: Thanks for the ansmer, SImon. It's kind of you. Best wishes Sylvie

From: Maira
Sent: 22 December 1998 00:44
Subject: Poem for your website from episode 7

Your website is spectacular. I've only just come across it and was so pleased
to find it!

I didn't notice the inclusion of my favorite poem used in Beauty and the Beast
so I am sending it to you with this note. I spent years looking for this poem
after the episode Nor Iron Bars a Cage first aired here in the states on
November 13, 1987. It was difficult to find because when Catherine reads this
poen to Vincent at the end of the episode, we do not hear the first 5 lines.
I found the poem, through an almost magical chain of events, several years
later. Here it is. I apologise if you have already included this and I did
not see it.

Thank you.

Maira

Response: Thanks very much Maira. We have included the poem in the poetry section with thanks to yourself, and also a link from the episodes section. And thanks for the compliments - i'm glad you enjoy the site! - Simon

From: Marion
Sent: 20 December 1998 23:59
Subject: Wheres b & b gone.

Please could you tell me when Beauty and the Beast is coming back to
channel 5. I have been waiting all year to see the concluding episodes
but it does not seem to have come back. Please can you help me.
Thanks a lot

Reply: Just as soon as we have a full name and postal address from you, Gwen will send you some details & stuff that you will love!

From: The Picture Palace
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:39:49
Subject: Charity auction: Beauty and the Beast

Hi!
We've been holding contests to give away the audio soundtrack to the TV
series Beauty and The Beast, otherwise known as Of Love and Hope, for about
two years now.
Even though sometimes we've just handed them out, some folks have still
emailed us asking to buy it from us. Maybe they're too shy to enter any of
the contests!
If you or anyone you know is still looking for a copy of this, we have a
cassette up for auction - just click here.
You can also just
press the notice on the upper right hand corner of our front page:

The entire purchase price of the winning bid will go to a charity of the
winner's choice. We'll even pick up the delivery charge!
We hope those who have held back, or tried and missed out before, will take
a chance this time for a good cause.
The online auction is doubling as a dry run for a charity auction we hope
to set up with the kind folks at 4charity.com, a neat site that uses retail
affiliate programs on the Web for public good.

Thanks for your time!

Sincerely yours,
Jennifer Kramer
PicPal Online
The Picture Palace
PO Box 281
Caldwell, NJ 07006

From: Oscar Boyne
Sent: 28 December 1998 12:24
Subject: roy dotrice

hi,

could you please tell me the name of the tv series 1968 about a
litigeous farmer in country uk opposite alistair sims as presiding
judge.
thanks very much ,

michael

Reply: Gwen believes this was called "Misleading Cases".

From: Sigma
Sent: 30 December 1998 15:16
Subject: [tunnelring] Recent updates of Sigma's BatB page

From: "Sigma"

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I updated my web page recently.

12/30/98 Vincent/Father scene from ep07 added. I saw this scene in the
Republic video tape of "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" for the first time.

12/29/98 Unforgettable moments (V&C's dancing scene) of ep#26 "Dead of
Winter" added.

12/26/98 Pictures of Vincent writing his love letter to Catherine added.

Hope you are enjoying a beautiful holiday season!
Sigma
BatB web page: Dedicated to Vincent&Catherine or International Fan Page

From: Margaret Zumas
Sent: 22 December 1998 05:58
Subject: British fan needs help!

Hi! This is Margaret Zumas here, a past pres. of a BATB fanclub in my area in
Eastern Pa. I received a letter from a British fan who is very ill with
Parkinson's Disease (I believe). This fan is completely unaware of the fandom
that exists in UK and I was wondering if anyone is interested to help out with
this. I have already done what I can to help through her American friend in
CA. I believe a donated tape of Part 3 may be in order. Would anyone care to
help? Please read on. Here is the letter:

6 Dec. 1998

Dear Margaret,

I am writing to let you know how pleased and delighted I was to receive the
photographs of Ron Perlman you kindly sent for me to my friend Mary Nichols in
California.

I have long been an admirer of Perlman. He has a special quality of acting
and a remarkable speaking voice. I have a tope of the film, "The Name of the
Rose."

Parts 1 & 2 of Beauty and the Beast were transmitted here earlier this year
and we have been left with the cliff-hanger of the birth of the baby!

It was promised that the final part 3 would be screened in the Autumn, but our
TV channel 5 now says that although they have the rights to screen the final
Part 3, it is not on schedule at present.

In the meantime, we just watch the programme listings and hope!

Thank you once again for the photographs, I will always treasure them.

With kind regards,

Joyce H. >>>>>>>

Mrs. L. I. Howard
14 Knob Hall Lane
Southport PR9 9QS
Merseyside England >>>>>>>

I am told by her friend in California that this British fan is EXTREMELY ILL
and is completely unaware of the fandom that exists for the show in the UK.

Response: Thank you very much for your letter, Margaret. Gwen will be writing to Mrs. Howard.

From: Margaret Zumas
past president: BATB Support Community of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (USA)
From: Luis Solorzano
Sent: 01 January 1999 00:35
Subject: Please I need your support !!

Hi,
My name is Luis Solorzano, Im from PERU (SouthAmerica), excuse me
because I dont speak English.
Im a B&B TV series fan too, since 1989. I need your help to find the
"Of Love and Hope" CD (B&B TV series soundtrack).
I have a friend who in Jan 1st is going to England to study English, if
you know when to buy this CD, please email me, its very significative
for my fiancee and me.
Thank you very much for your support, I know that all of you understand
me because a B&B fan is like me, like us.
My best wishes to 1999, I hope to receive other emails, about other
things, from this side of sea, a friend.

Luis.

Reply: Gwen suggests possible location for CD "Of Love And Hope" album, with Ron Perlman as being:

Backtrack, The Old School, High Street, Rye, Sussex, UK. Phone: 01797 222 777

Reply from Luis:
Simon,
First of all thank you very much for your support. (Excuse me but I don't speak english). Your information is very important for this ilusion to find the B&B soundtrack, specially "Of Love and Hope" album. I'm searching this CD from 2 years ago. I wrote to USA fans but without success. I'm a fan with my (today) fiancee from 1989, together shared all beatifull episodies.
I always had a dream : play this music in my wedding day. Now in 1999 this can be reality.
Simon, excuse me but my english vocabulary is short. Only thanks again, you have a new friend from this distant lands. I began a B&B spanish site but by my unexperience about internet only I have a small site. I want to invite you to visit a friend's site Sonia Corral, a excellent site in english-spanish.
Well, I hope that you understand me, I'll try to find the B&B music and I'll write you when I get it.
Bye, Luis.

More information found: Looking for a good place to order the "Of Love & Hope" CD? Check this out. Terrie-Cabb

More details: Re letter from Luis Solorzano, January 99, I have the CD 'Of Love and Hope'. The reference number is CDP7915832 if this is needed when contacting Backtrack as Gwen suggested. Sue Rourke

From: Janet Dunadee
Sent: 11 January 1999 17:09
Subject: B&Bmerchandise

Hi all,

Unfortunately, I will be moving in several months to another state and have to
sell all of my B&B merchandise, artwork, stained glass, zines etc. Anyone
interested in purchasing some or all of my treasures can reach me at the
following address:

Janet Dunadee
PO Box 131591
Staten Island, NY 10313-0005

Or e-mailing me

I also have in my possession, original magazine articles re: Ron, Linda, etc.
from People, Entertainment Weekly, etc. I would rather a devoted B&B fan
have all my merchandise instead of throwing it away. Can you help?

Thanks in advance. Be well.