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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Director(s) William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen
Producer(s)

Walt Disney

Top Genres Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Top Topics Book-Based, Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Featured Cast See Full Cast »

Roy Atwell
Roy Atwell(as Doc)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Roy Atwell
(as Doc)

Stuart Buchanan
Stuart Buchanan(as Huntsman)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Stuart Buchanan
(as Huntsman)

Adriana Caselotti
Adriana Caselotti(as Snow White)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Adriana Caselotti
(as Snow White)

Pinto Colvig
Pinto Colvig(as Sleepy / Grumpy)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Pinto Colvig
(as Sleepy / Grumpy)

Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert(as Sneezy)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Billy Gilbert
(as Sneezy)

Otis Harlan
Otis Harlan(as Happy)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Otis Harlan
(as Happy)

Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne(as Queen / Witch)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

Lucille La Verne
(as Queen / Witch)

James MacDonald
James MacDonald(as Yodeling Man)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Released
1937

James MacDonald
(as Yodeling Man)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Overview:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was a Animation - Family Film directed by David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen and William Cottrell and produced by Walt Disney.

The film was based on the books Snow White from (Kinder - und Hausmärchen) written by The Brothers Grimm published in 1857.

SYNOPSIS

Disney's first full-length animated masterpiece is perhaps the "fairest of them all" in the history of animation. Walt Disney took a big risk making this adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale (it took two years and cost $1.5 million). While many scoffed at the idea, Disney had the last laugh as generations have been delighted by this tale of pure and simple love. Because a jealous queen wants her dead, Snow White flees into the forest where she's taken in by seven little diamond-mine workers. A poisonous apple sent by the queen puts her soundly to sleep until her Prince Charming rouses her with a kiss. The animators modeled their work on live actors (Margary Belcher as Snow White, Louis Hightower as the Prince, and La Verne as the evil Queen). Great music and spectacular images make classic family entertainment. And who can't sing along with "Heigh Ho," "Whistle While You Work," and "Someday My Prince Will Come."

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989.

Academy Awards 1938 --- Ceremony Number 11 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringWalt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, LNominated
Special AwardTo Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.Won
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs BlogHub Articles:

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Quotes:

Queen: Take her far into the forest. Find some secluded glade where she can pick wildflowers.
Huntsman: Yes, Your Majesty.
Queen: And there, my faithful huntsman, you will kill her!
Huntsman: But Your Majesty! The little princess!...
Queen: Silence! You know the penalty if you fail.
Huntsman: Yes, your Majesty.
Queen: But to make doubly sure you do not fail, bring back her heart in this.
Queen: [Passes the skeleton of a prisoner reaching for a pitcher] Thirsty? Have a drink!
[Kicks the pitcher; the skeleton crumbles and a spider skitters out]
Snow White: Oh! What a cute little chair. Why, there's seven little chairs. Must be seven little children. And from the look of this table, seven untidy little children.
Snow White: You're Sleepy!
Sleepy: [Yawning] How'd you guess?
Snow White: [to the Dwarfs] That was fun.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Facts
The first full-length animated feature film to come out of the United States. (The first ever were El apóstol and Sin dejar rastros by Quirino Cristiani but both films are considered lost. The oldest full-length animated feature film that can still be seen today is Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, which clocks in at 65 minutes, and was animated entirely in silhouette.)
Mel Blanc was considered for the voice of Dopey.
Because Walt Disney Pictures did not have its own music publishing company when the earlier animated films were produced, all the rights to publish the music and songs from this film are actually still controlled by the Bourne Co. In later years, the Studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from all of the other films, except this one. Prior to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a movie soundtrack recording was unheard of and with little value to a movie studio.
There are only 11 human characters in the film - Snow White, the Dwarfs, the Queen, the Prince, and the Huntsman.
The first animated feature in adjusted dollars.
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