http://baylorlariat.com/2012/11/27/alum-dispels-popular-myth/
The
Baylor Lariat [Baylor
University]
27
November 2012
By
Maegan Rocio
Staff
Writer
[...]
A 1979 Baylor alum, Jim Hillin, who was the Computer Generated Imagery
Supervisor of the 1991 animated feature, helped design the famous ballroom
scene of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” [...]
According
to a Nov. 8 Baylor Proud Newsletter, the rumor is the famous ballroom scene
from “Beauty and the Beast” was modeled after Baylor’s Armstrong Browning
Library.
Hillin
said the rumor is not true.
“The
design came from the art director, and I was just following his directions,” he
said.
Some
Baylor students were disappointed to hear that the myth turned out to be false.
San Antonio freshman Rachel Hess said she heard the story from
her tour group guide while passing the library. [...]