Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest Disney animated feature film. The story was adapted by storyboard artists Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears and Webb Smith. David Hand was the supervising director, while William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, and Ben Sharpsteen directed the film's individual sequences.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Introduction
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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
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It is a story about a lonely princess Snow White living with her stepmother who worries that Snow White will be more beautiful than her and gets jealous. She then plots to kill her, but eventually fails.
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Snow White, Evil Queen, a Huntsman and seven dwarves are the main characters.
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Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey
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1937
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest Disney animated feature film. The story was adapted by storyboard artists Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears and Webb Smith. David Hand was the supervising director, while William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, and Ben Sharpsteen directed the film's individual sequences.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Introduction
Within two years, the studio completed "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" and had begun production on features such as "Dumbo", "Bambi", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Reception
The film was a tremendous critical success, with many reviewers hailing it as a genuine work of art, recommended for both children and adults. Although film histories often state that the animation of the human characters was criticized, more recent scholarship finds that most reviewers praised the realistic style of the human animation, with several stating that audiences will forget that they are watching animated humans rather than real ones. At the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Academy Honorary Award for Walt Disney "as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Reception
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (USA: "Snow White", ) is a 1955 German film, directed by Erich Kobler, based on the 1812 story of Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm. The film was directed by Ertem Corec. The film was often shown to Turkish children on television and it was released on Home Video.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film) | Introduction
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was to be the first full-length cel animated feature in motion picture history, and as such Walt Disney had to fight to get the film produced. Both his brother and business partner Roy Disney and his wife Lillian attempted to talk him out of it, and the Hollywood movie industry referred to the film derisively as "Disney's Folly" while it was in production. He had to mortgage his house to help finance the film's production, which eventually ran up a total cost of $1,488,422.74, a massive sum for a feature film in 1937.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Production
A VHS release followed on November 27, 2001. Both versions were returned to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2002. As of 2001, the film grossed a combined from box office and home video revenue. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released on Blu-ray on October 6, 2009, the first of Disney's Diamond Editions, and a new DVD edition was released on November 24, 2009. The Blu-ray includes a high-definition version of the movie sourced from a new restoration by Lowry Digital, a DVD copy of the film, and several bonus features not included on the 2001 DVD. This set returned to the Disney Vault on April 30, 2011.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Home media
The latter scene was also inspired by "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931), to which Disney made specific reference in story meetings.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Cinematic influences
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre on December 21, 1937, to a wildly receptive audience, many of whom were the same naysayers who had dubbed the film "Disney's Folly". The film received a standing ovation at its completion from an audience that included Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. Six days later, Walt Disney and the seven dwarfs appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine. The "New York Times" said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Disney". The American entertainment trade publication "Variety" observed that "[so] perfect is the illusion, so tender the romance and fantasy, so emotional are certain portions when the acting of the characters strikes a depth comparable to the sincerity of human players, that the film approaches real greatness." Following successful exclusive runs at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and a theater in Miami in January 1938, RKO Radio Pictures put the film into general release on February 4.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Original theatrical run
This award was unique, consisting of one normal-sized, plus seven miniature Oscar statuettes. They were presented to Disney by Shirley Temple.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Introduction
"Snow White" premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1937, followed by a nationwide release on February 4, 1938. It was a critical and commercial success, and with international earnings of $8 million during its initial release briefly held the record of highest-grossing sound film at the time. The popularity of the film has led to its being re-released theatrically many times, until its home video release in the 1990s. Adjusted for inflation, it is one of the top-ten performers at the North American box office and the highest-grossing animated film. "Snow White" was nominated for Best Musical Score at the Academy Awards in 1938, and the next year, producer Walt Disney was awarded an honorary Oscar for the film.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Introduction
Returning home, they are alarmed to find their cottage clean and suspect that an intruder has invaded their home. The dwarfs find Snow White upstairs, asleep across three of their beds. Snow White awakes to find the dwarfs at her bedside and introduces herself, and all of the dwarfs eventually welcome her into their home after she offers to clean and cook for them. Snow White keeps house for the dwarfs while they mine for jewels during the day, and at night they all sing, play music and dance.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Plot
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was first re-released in 1944, to raise revenue for the Disney studio during the World War II period. This re-release set a tradition of re-releasing Disney animated features every seven to 10 years, and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was re-released to theaters in 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and 1993. Coinciding with the 50th-anniversary release in 1987, Disney released an authorized novelization of the story, written by children's author Suzanne Weyn. In 1993, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" became the first film to be entirely scanned to digital files, manipulated, and recorded back to film.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Re-releases
An animated television series featuring a new version of the seven dwarfs titled "The 7D" premiered on Disney XD on July 7, 2014, and ended its run on November 5, 2016. The show takes place 30 years before the events of the original film.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Other appearances
The film inspired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to produce its own fantasy film, "The Wizard of Oz", in 1939. Another animation pioneer, Max Fleischer, decided to produce his animated feature film "Gulliver's Travels" in order to compete with "Snow White". The 1943 "Merrie Melodies" short "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs", directed by Bob Clampett, parodies "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by presenting the story with an all-black cast singing a jazz score. "Snow White's" success led to Disney moving ahead with more feature-film productions. Walt Disney used much of the profits from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to finance a new $4.5 million studio in Burbank – the location on which The Walt Disney Studios is located to this day.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Reception
Following the film's release, a number of "Snow White" themed merchandise were sold, including hats, dolls, garden seeds, and glasses. The film's merchandise generated sales of , equivalent to over adjusted for inflation.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Legacy
"Snow White" became the first American film to have a soundtrack album, released in conjunction with the feature film. Before "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", a film soundtrack recording was unheard of and of little value to a movie studio.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Music
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
1937 in film | Introduction
She further demands that the huntsman return with Snow White's heart in a jeweled box as proof of the deed. However, the Huntsman cannot bring himself to kill Snow White. He tearfully begs for her forgiveness, revealing the Queen wants her dead and urges her to flee into the woods and never look back. Lost and frightened, the princess is befriended by woodland creatures who lead her to a cottage deep in the woods. Finding seven small chairs in the cottage's dining room, Snow White assumes the cottage is the untidy home of seven orphaned children. In reality, the cottage belongs to seven adult dwarfs—named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey—who work in a nearby mine.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Plot
Development on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" began in early 1934, and in June 1934, Walt Disney announced the production of his first feature, to be released under Walt Disney Productions, to "The New York Times". One evening that same year, Disney acted out the entire story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to his staff, announcing that the film would be produced as a feature-length film. Before "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the Disney studio had been primarily involved in the production of animated short subjects in the "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphonies" series. Disney hoped to expand his studio's prestige and revenues by moving into features, and estimated that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" could be produced for a budget of ; this was ten times the budget of an average "Silly Symphony".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Production
Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, Germany was used as a film set. The Seven Dwarfs were all played by children from children's dance group led by Suse Böhm.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film) | Production
The "Silly Symphony" Sunday comic strip ran a four-month-long adaptation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" from December 12, 1937, to April 24, 1938. The comic was written by Merrill De Maris, and drawn by Hank Porter and Bob Grant. This adaptation was republished several times as a comic book, most recently in 1995. The 1984 film "Gremlins" used the cartoon in the theater scenes.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Comic strip adaptation
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney film, was the first commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released in January 1938 as "Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title)" and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues.
Snow White (franchise) | "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
The restoration project was carried out entirely at 4K resolution and 10-bit color depth using the Cineon system to digitally remove dirt and scratches. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" has had a lifetime gross of $418 million across its original release and several reissues. Adjusted for inflation, and incorporating subsequent releases, the film still registers one of the top-10 American film moneymakers of all time.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Re-releases
Disney received a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones, presented to him by 10-year-old child actress Shirley Temple. The film was also nominated for Best Musical Score. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" has become a jazz standard that has been performed by numerous artists, including Buddy Rich, Lee Wiley, Oscar Peterson, Frank Churchill, and Oliver Jones. Albums by Miles Davis, by Wynton Kelly, and Alexis Cole. Noted filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin praised "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" as a notable achievement in cinema; Eisenstein went so far as to call it the greatest film ever made.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Reception
The Seven Dwarfs made rare appearances in shorts, despite their popularity; they simply were too numerous to animate efficiently. They appeared in the shorts "The Standard Parade" (1939), "The Seven Wise Dwarfs" (1941, using mostly recycled footage), "All Together" (1942) and "The Winged Scourge" (1943).
Snow White (franchise) | Short films
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a musical first produced in 1969, with music by Frank Churchill (from the movie) and Jay Blackton, lyrics by Larry Morey (from the movie) and Joe Cook, book by Joe Cook, based on the 1937 animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical) | Introduction
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney film, was the first commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released in January 1938 as "Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title)" and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack) | Introduction
By the end of its original run, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" had earned $7,846,000 in international box office receipts. This earned RKO a profit of $380,000.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Original theatrical run
On August 9, 1934, twenty-one pages of notes—entitled "Snowwhite suggestions"—were compiled by staff writer Richard Creedon, suggesting the principal characters, as well as situations and 'gags' for the story. As Disney had stated at the very beginning of the project, the main attraction of the story for him was the Seven Dwarfs, and their possibilities for "screwiness" and "gags"; the three story meetings held in October and attended by Disney, Creedon, Larry Morey, Albert Hurter, Ted Sears and Pinto Colvig were dominated by such subjects. At this point, Disney felt that the story should begin with Snow White's discovery of the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Story development
Though the classes were originally described as a "brutal battle", with neither instructor nor students well-versed in the other's craft, the enthusiasm and energy of both parties made the classes stimulating and beneficial for all involved. Graham often screened Disney shorts and, along with the animators, provided critique featuring both strengths and weaknesses. For example, Graham criticised Babbit's animation of Abner the mouse in "The Country Cousin" as "taking a few of the obvious actions of a drunk without coordinating the rest of the body", while praising it for maintaining its humour without getting "dirty or mean or vulgar. The country mouse is always having a good time".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Animation
It became a major box-office success, earning four times more money than any other motion picture released in 1938. "Snow White" proved equally popular with foreign audiences. In September 1938—seven months after the film's nationwide release in the United States—"Variety" also reported that the animated feature was having a remarkably long box-office run at theaters in Sydney, Australia. In that city it noted, "Walt Disney's 'Snow White' (RKO) experienced no difficulty at hitting 11 weeks, with more ahead." "Variety" reported as well that "Snow White" was having even longer runs in other cities overseas, such as in London, where the film had generated greater box-office receipts than during its exclusive New York screenings at Radio City Music Hall: In total revenue during its original release, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" grossed $3.5 million in the United States and Canada, and by May 1939 its gross internationally amounted to $6.5 million, making it the most successful sound film of all time, displacing Al Jolson's "The Singing Fool" (1928) ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was soon displaced from this position by "Gone with the Wind" in 1940).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Original theatrical run
In 1937, Walt Disney produced "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the first American feature-length animated musical fantasy film. This was the culmination of four years of effort by Disney studios. Walt Disney was convinced that short cartoons would not keep his studio profitable in the long run, so he took what was seen as an enormous gamble. The critics predicted that "Snow White" would result in financial ruin for the studio. They said that the colors would be too bright for the audience and they would get sick of the gags and leave. However, the critics were proven wrong.
Golden age of American animation | "Snow White" (1937)
The primary authority on the design of the film was concept artist Albert Hurter. All designs used in the film, from characters' appearances to the look of the rocks in the background, had to meet Hurter's approval before being finalized. Two other concept artists — Ferdinand Hovarth and Gustaf Tenggren — also contributed to the visual style of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Hovarth developed a number of dark concepts for the film, although many other designs he developed were ultimately rejected by the Disney team as less easily translated into animation than Hurter's. Tenggren was used as a color stylist and to determine the staging and atmosphere of many of the scenes in the film, as his style borrowed from the likes of Arthur Rackham and John Bauer and thus possessed the European illustration quality that Walt Disney sought.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Animation
Snow White is a lonely princess living with her stepmother, a vain Queen. The Queen worries that Snow White will be more beautiful than her, so she forces Snow White to work as a scullery maid and asks her Magic Mirror daily "who is the fairest one of all". For years the mirror always answers that the Queen is, pleasing her. One day, the Magic Mirror informs the Queen that Snow White is now "the fairest" in the land; on that same day, Snow White meets and falls in love with a prince who overhears her singing. The jealous Queen orders her Huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Plot
The songs in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" were composed by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey. Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline composed the incidental music score. Well-known songs from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" include "Heigh-Ho", "Someday My Prince Will Come", and "Whistle While You Work". Since Disney did not have its own music publishing company at the time, the publishing rights for the music and songs were administered through Bourne Co. Music Publishers, which continues to hold these rights. In later years, the studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from many of the other films, but not "Snow White".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Music
On October 28, 1994, the film was released for the first time on home video on VHS and LaserDisc as the first release in the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. By 1995, the film had sold 24million home video units and grossed . As of 2002, the film sold 25.1million home video units in the United States. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released on DVD on October 9, 2001, the first in Disney's Platinum Editions, and featured, across two discs, the digitally restored film, a making-of documentary narrated by Angela Lansbury, an audio commentary by John Canemaker and, via archived audio clips, Walt Disney.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Home media
It is written in story notes that the Queen has such magical power only in her own domain, the castle. With the Prince refusing to marry her, the Queen leaves him to his death (one sketch shows the Prince trapped in a subterranean chamber filling with water) as she makes her way to the dwarfs' cottage with the poisoned apple. The forest animals were to help the Prince escape the Queen's minions and find his horse. The Prince was to ride to the cottage to save Snow White but took the wrong road (despite warnings from the forest animals and his horse, whom he, unlike Snow White, could not understand).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Story development
He, therefore, would not have arrived in time to save her from the Queen but would have been able to save her with love's first kiss. This plot was not used in the final film, though many sketches of the scene in the dungeon were made by Ferdinand Hovarth. Other examples of the more comical nature of the story at this point include suggestions for a "fat, batty, cartoon type, self-satisfied" Queen. The Prince was also more of a clown, and was to serenade Snow White in a more comical fashion. Walt Disney encouraged all staff at the studio to contribute to the story, offering five dollars for every 'gag'; such gags included the dwarfs' noses popping over the foot of the bed when they first meet Snow White.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Story development
At this time, Disney also encouraged his staff to see a variety of films. These ranged from the mainstream, such as MGM's "Romeo and Juliet" (1936)—to which Disney made direct reference in a story meeting pertaining to the scene in which Snow White lies in her glass coffin—to the more obscure, including European silent cinema. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", as well as the two Disney films to follow it, were also influenced by such German expressionist films as "Nosferatu" (1922) and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919), both of which were recommended by Disney to his staff. This influence is particularly evident in the scenes of Snow White fleeing through the forest and the Queen's transformation into the Witch.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Cinematic influences
The 1930s through the early 1950s are considered to be the golden age of the musical film, when the genre's popularity was at its highest in the Western world. Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the earliest Disney animated feature film, was a musical which won an honorary Oscar for Walt Disney at the 11th Academy Awards.
Musical film | 1930-1950 : The first classical sound era or First Musical Era
Eight of the films in the series won Academy Awards.
The Walt Disney Company | 1934–1950: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", World War II, and package films
Unknown Mary Jo Salerno played Snow White in the Disney-produced "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (also known as "Snow White Live!") at the Radio City Music Hall. Music and lyrics for four new songs were created by Jay Blackton and Joe Cook, respectively; titles included "Welcome to the Kingdom of Once Upon a Time" and "Will I Ever See Her Again?". It ran from October 18 to November 18, 1979, and January 11 to March 9, 1980, a total of 106 performances.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Broadway musical
Quite a bit of the short consists of reused work from the 1937 "Snow White" film. The film short, for example, typically shows Dopey doing things in a clumsy, belated and confused fashion for slapstick effect (as in the original film).
7 Wise Dwarfs | Introduction
Soon, a Prince from a neighbouring country rides on a hunt. He hears Snow White singing from the garden by the well. He climbs over the wall to meet her The two fall in love, as The Queen overhears them. She discovers that only by consuming Snow White's heart she can stay young and beautiful forever. She orders her Captain of The Guard to disguise as a Huntsman to take Snow White into the woods and kill her, as prove he is to bring back her heart and blood drained ripped clothing.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film) | Plot
Snow White is a 1987 American musical/fantasy film based on the classic 1812 fairytale and released as part of the "Cannon Movie Tales" series. The film was released straight to video. In August 2005 it was released on Region 1 DVD by MGM.
Snow White (1987 film) | Introduction
Along with a focus on the characterizations and comedic possibilities of the dwarfs, Creedon's eighteen-page outline of the story written from the October meetings, featured a continuous flow of gags as well as the Queen's attempt to kill Snow White with a poisoned comb, an element taken from the Grimms' original story. After persuading Snow White to use the comb, the disguised Queen would have escaped alive, but the dwarfs would have arrived in time to remove it. After the failure of the comb, the Queen was to have the Prince captured and taken to her dungeon, where she would have come to him (story sketches show this event both with the Queen and the Witch) and used magic to bring the dungeon's skeletons to life, making them dance for him and identifying one skeleton as "Prince Oswald", an example of the more humorous atmosphere of this original story treatment.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Story development
The Merry Dwarfs is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929.
The Merry Dwarfs | Introduction
The soundtrack was first issued as a collection (Victor J-8) of three 78rpm singles. Each of the singles became a Top 10 hit simultaneously in February 1938.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack) | Original release
"All Together" features the characters from many of Disney's landmark animated features, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937). Much of the short consists of reused work from "The Band Concert" (1935) and "Mickey's Amateurs" (1937).
All Together (1942 film) | Introduction
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premiered on 21 December 1937 and became a worldwide success. The film continued Disney's tradition to appropriate old fairy tales and other stories (started with the Laugh-O-Grams in 1921), as would most of the Disney features that followed. The Fleischer studios followed Disney's example with "Gulliver's Travels" in 1939, which was a minor success at the box office.
History of animation | "Snow White" and the breakthrough of the animated feature
The studio system and the Golden Age of Hollywood succumbed to two forces that developed in the late 1940s: In 1938, Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released during a run of lackluster films from the major studios, and quickly became the highest grossing film released to that point. Embarrassingly for the studios, it was an independently produced animated film that did not feature any studio-employed stars. This stoked already widespread frustration at the practice of "block-booking", in which studios would only sell an entire year's schedule of films at a time to theaters and use the lock-in to cover for releases of mediocre quality.
Cinema of the United States | Decline of the studio system (late 1940s)
Snow White The Power of Dwarfs () is a 2014 Chinese animated comedy fantasy adventure film directed by Adam Qiu. It was released on August 21, 2014.
Snow White The Power of Dwarfs | Introduction
In 2007, "Schneewittchen" was released on DVD in Germany. The film was also part of five DVD boxset, which contained other classic live-action German fairytale films made in the 1950s. In 2003, the American English-dubbed DVD version was released officially in the United States by Catcom Home Video/Krb Music and then re-issued in 2007. PR Studios then re-issued the DVD in 2008.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film) | DVD release
The Seven Dwarfs made rare appearances in shorts, despite their popularity; they simply were too numerous to animate efficiently. Commissioned shorts "The Standard Parade" (1939), "The Seven Wise Dwarfs" (1941, using mostly recycled footage), "All Together" (1942) and "The Winged Scourge" (1943) all include appearances. The animated television series "House of Mouse", which included many Disney character animated cameos, included the characters in the special "". The Evil Queen appeared in a starring role in the film "Once Upon a Halloween" as well. In the arena of live action, the fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" (produced by Disney-owned ABC Studios) regularly includes live-action interpretations of these characters including Snow White, the Prince, the Evil Queen and Grumpy.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Other appearances
Snow White is a 1916 American silent romantic fantasy film directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was adapted by Winthrop Ames from his own 1912 Broadway play "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", which was in turn adapted from the 1812 fairy tale (as collected by the Grimm brothers). The film stars Marguerite Clark and Creighton Hale, Clark reprising her stage role. Fifteen years old when he saw it, Walt Disney was inspired to make it the subject of his first feature-length animated film.
Snow White (1916 film) | Introduction
The film opens with a handsome young prince traveling through the forest in winter with his men. In a forest glen, the prince finds Snow White lying in a glass coffin. The seven dwarfs arrive and tell the Prince of Snow White's story through flashback. A courageous King and his fair Queen rule their kingdom well. One winter's day while sewing with her maids, the Queen accidentally pricks her finger with her needle, and a single drop of blood falls on the snow outside her windowsill. The King declares they will have a child with hair as black as ebony, cheeks as red as blood, and skin as white as snow.
Snow White (1987 film) | Plot
Deciding to push the boundaries of animation even further, Disney began production of his first feature-length animated film in 1934. Taking three years to complete, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", premiered in December 1937 and by 1939 became the highest-grossing film of that time. "Snow White" was released through RKO Radio Pictures, which had assumed distribution of Disney's product in July 1937, after United Artists attempted to attain future television rights to the Disney shorts. Using the profits from "Snow White", Disney financed the construction of a new studio complex in Burbank, California. The new Walt Disney Studios, in which the company is headquartered to this day, was completed and open for business by the end of 1939.
The Walt Disney Company | 1934–1950: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", World War II, and package films
Snow White is a Disney media franchise that began in 1937 with the theatrical release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It is based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
Snow White (franchise) | Introduction
The Seven Dwarves appear in the 1990 "Snow White" film voiced by Jim Cummings and Rob Paulsen.
Seven Dwarfs | Snow White (1990)
Types of soundtrack recordings include: The soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released by RCA Victor Records on multiple 78 RPM discs in January 1938 as "Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title)" and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues. The first live-action musical film to have a commercially issued soundtrack album was MGM’s 1946 film biography of "Show Boat" composer Jerome Kern, "Till the Clouds Roll By".
Soundtrack | Types of recordings
He also designed the posters for the film and illustrated the press book. However, Hovarth didn't receive a credit for the film. Other artists to work on the film included Joe Grant, whose most significant contribution was the design for the Queen's Witch form. Art Babbitt, an animator who joined the Disney studio in 1932, invited seven of his colleagues (who worked in the same room as him) to come with him to an art class that he himself had set up at his home in the Hollywood Hills. Though there was no teacher, Babbit had recruited a model to pose for him and his fellow animators as they drew.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Animation
Following the advent of sound films, audiences of all ages were introduced from 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to 1939's "The Wizard of Oz". Also notable of the era, the iconic 1933 film "King Kong" borrows heavily from the Lost World subgenre of fantasy fiction as does such films as the 1935 adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's novel "She" about an African expedition that discovers an immortal queen known as Ayesha "She who must be obeyed". Frank Capra's 1937 picture "Lost Horizon" transported audiences to the Himalayan fantasy kingdom of Shangri-La, where the residents magically never age. Other noteworthy fantasy films of the 30s include "Tarzan the Ape Man" in 1932 starring Johnny Weissmuller starting a successful series of talking pictures based on the fantasy-adventure novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the G.
Fantasy film | 1930s
In this version of the story, all of the characters are black, and speak all of their dialogue in rhyme. The story is set during World War II in the United States, and the original tale's fairy tale wholesomeness is replaced in this film by a hot jazz mentality and sexual overtones. Several scenes unique to Disney's film version of "Snow White", such as the wishing-well sequence, the forest full of staring eyes, and the awakening kiss, are directly parodied in this film. The film was intended to have been named "So White and de Sebben Dwarfs", which producer Leon Schlesinger thought was too close to the original film's actual title, and had changed to "Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs".
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs | Overview
7 Wise Dwarfs (also known as Seven Wise Dwarfs and Walt Disney's 7 Wise Dwarfs) is a 1941 four-minute educational short animated film made by the Walt Disney Studios for Walt Disney Productions, for the National Film Board of Canada. The film was released theatrically on December 12, 1941 as part of a series of four films directed at the Canadian public to learn about war bonds during the Second World War. "7 Wise Dwarfs" was directed by Richard Lyford and featured the voice talent of Pinto Colvig as "Doc". "7 Wise Dwarfs" features the seven dwarfs from Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", four years after the characters made their screen debut.
7 Wise Dwarfs | Introduction
There were seven dwarfs in the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Snow White". Walt Disney's 1937 film based on the story, is one of the most well-known adaptation today. Most dwarfs in modern fiction closely follow those of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", where the dwarves (Tolkien's spelling) were distinguished from elves. Most modern fantasy media have continued this distinction, beginning with TSR's "Dungeons and Dragons". "Dungeons and Dragons" calls the dwarfs "dwarves" and the dark dwarves "duergar". They are also present in C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles Of Narnia", in both the books and the film adaptations.
Dwarf (mythology) | Modern influence
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1938 picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gág and published by Coward-McCann. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book in 1939. The book is a twist on the classic tale of Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. Since then it has been republished several times, including in 1999, 2004, and 2013.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (book) | Introduction
The songs in the film were written by Frank Churchill, Larry Morey and Leigh Harline. The musical score was composed by Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack) | Songs
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is a 1943 "Merrie Melodies" animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on January 16, 1943. The film is an all-black parody of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Snow White", known to its audience from the popular 1937 Walt Disney animated feature "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The stylistic portrayal of the characters is an example of "darky" iconography, which was widely accepted in American society at the time. As such, it is one of the most controversial cartoons in the classic Warner Brothers library, being one of the Censored Eleven.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs | Introduction
In the 2000s, DisneyToon Studios began development on a computer-animated prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", titled "The Seven Dwarfs". Director Mike Disa and screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos pitched a story explaining how the Dwarfs met, and how the Evil Queen killed Snow White's father and took the throne. According to Disa, DisneyToon management changed the prequel to center around how Dopey lost his voice upon witnessing the death of his mother. After Disney purchased Pixar in 2006, John Lasseter, DisneyToons' new Chief Creative Officer, canceled "Dwarfs".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Canceled prequel
Snow White was a silent movie made in 1902. It was the first time the classic 1812 Brothers Grimm fairy tale was made into a film. It was registered for United States copyright on May 1, 1903.
Snow White (1902 film) | Introduction
In January 1943, the film press greeted the cartoon with glowing reviews, and no mention of stereotype or offense. "Motion Picture Exhibitor" said, "A satire on "Snow White" done in blackface, set in modern swing, this is the best in a long time. It's very funny." "The Film Daily" agreed, saying, "Set this one down as a rather amusing satire on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". All the characters in the latter are replaced by darkies... The dwarfs come to the rescue in a way that makes for numerous laughs." In April 1943, the NAACP protested the caricatures which appeared in "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs", and called on Warner to withdraw it.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs | Race controversy
Walt Disney had suggested from the beginning that each of the dwarfs, whose names and personalities are not stated in the original fairy tale, could have individual personalities. The dwarfs names were chosen from a pool of about fifty potentials, including Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty, and Burpy. The seven finalists were chosen through a process of elimination. The leader of the dwarfs, required to be pompous, self-important and bumbling, was named Doc; others were named for their distinguishing character traits. At the end of the October story meetings, however, only Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy and Happy of the final seven were named; at this point, Sneezy and Dopey were replaced by 'Jumpy' and an unnamed seventh dwarf.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Story development
"The Film Daily" (Dec 15, 1929): "Snappy Cartoon: Here is one of the "Silly Symphony" series that will cop the glory from a number of features. Synchronized splendidly the picture portrays the merry dwarfs in a series of dancing steps which trickle along with peppy rhythm. Don't consider it filler even though its short for many are the laughs it will register with any type of audience anywhere. Truly entertainment for children from six to sixty." "Variety" (Dec 25, 1929): "On the same lines of "Skeleton Dance" and "Spring Fever". Not as good, but almost. Smart and amusing enough for any sound house just on the novelty and the relief from the stream of mediocre singing images the short makers, as a rule, have been presenting.
The Merry Dwarfs | Reception
"Snow White" premiered in December 1937 to high praise from critics and audiences. The film became the most successful motion picture of 1938 and by May 1939 its total gross of $6.5 million made it the most successful sound film made to that date. Disney won another Honorary Academy Award, which consisted of one full-sized and seven miniature Oscar statuettes. The success of "Snow White" heralded one of the most productive eras for the studio; the Walt Disney Family Museum calls the following years "the 'Golden Age of Animation'". With work on "Snow White" finished, the studio began producing "Pinocchio" in early 1938 and "Fantasia" in November of the same year.
Walt Disney | Golden age of animation: 1934–1941
Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times "felt that had ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ... been primarily about Snow White, it might have been forgotten soon after its 1937 premiere, and treasured today only for historical reasons." Ebert continued, "Snow White is, truth to tell, a bit of a bore, not a character who acts but one whose mere existence inspires others to act," describing Disney's tendency to "confuse the titles of his movies with their subjects" as a "mistake" as the film is more about the dwarfs and the Evil Queen than Snow White. "The Washington Post"'s Desson Howe wrote, "the spirit in the mirror is dead wrong: The Wicked Queen ...
Snow White (Disney character) | Critical reception
The seven dwarfs were first given individual names in the 1912 Broadway play "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of "Snow-White and Rose-Red" (in German ""Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot""), another fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. In the Aarne–Thompson folklore classification, tales of this kind are grouped together as type 709, Snow White. Others of this kind include "Bella Venezia", "Myrsina", "Nourie Hadig", "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree", "The Young Slave", and "La petite Toute-Belle".
Snow White | Introduction
Winter is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in October 30, 1930 by Columbia Pictures.
Winter (1930 film) | Introduction
"Snow White" is included in the boxed DVD set "Treasures from American Film Archives: 50 Preserved Films" (2000).
Snow White (1916 film) | Home media
Until 1936, no one had issued an actual song track recording on disc. RCA's HMV label released a selection of Disney short film music in England with the US release a year later. The "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" soundtrack album released by Victor was the first feature film soundtrack. Disney had sold its rights to the "Snow White" music to Bourne Co. Music as they needed more funds to complete the film.
Disney Music Group | Background
A Snow Fairy Tale () is a 1959 Soviet fantasy film directed by and Eldar Shengelaia.
A Snow Fairy Tale | Introduction
The Walt Disney Company has also been criticized for the lack of feminist values seen on the older, original Disney Princesses. Snow White in particular is under constant criticism for her lack of feminist ideals. The film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)" features a main protagonist who, at the time, fit the domestic and docile expectations of women in the pre-World War II era. Snow White is displayed on screen covered in a long dress, embellished with a white collar, puffy sleeves, red cape, and a red bow constraining her hair; a traditional, modest look on feminity by revealing minimal skin.
Criticism of The Walt Disney Company | Sexism
It is believed that the change to a stepmother in later editions was to tone down the story for children. A popular version of Snow White is the 1937 American animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Walt Disney. Disney's variation of Snow White gave the dwarfs names and included a singing Snow White. The Disney film also is the only version in which Snow White and her prince meet before she bites the apple; in fact, it is this meeting that sets the plot in motion. Instead of her lungs and liver, as written in the original, the huntsman is asked by the queen to bring back Snow White's heart.
Snow White | Variations
A magic mirror, with a face resembling Cab Calloway, proclaims Betty Boop to be "the fairest in the land", much to the anger of the Queen. The Queen orders her guards Bimbo and Koko to behead Betty. With tears in their eyes, they take Betty into the forest; as they prepare to execute her, they spare her by destroying their weapons, but fall into a pit before they can free her. Betty escapes into a frozen river, which encloses her in a coffin of ice. This block slips downhill to the home of the seven dwarfs, who carry the frozen Betty into an enchanted cave, running into Koko and Bimbo.
Snow-White (1933 film) | Synopsis
Stylistically the animated short, like many other European animated films, places emphasis the communication of ideas and messages; a direct contrast to the style favored by Disney, which sought to "create relatable characters with expressive personalities and attitudes."
Black and White (1932 film) | Aesthetic approach
Black and White is a 1932 Soviet animated short film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Leonid Amalrik.
Black and White (1932 film) | Introduction
Snow White and the Seven Thieves () is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is loosely based on the novella "Il ladro" by Anton Germano Rossi.
Snow White and the Seven Thieves | Introduction
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a Broadway play that debuted at the Little Theatre on West 44th Street, New York City, on October 31, 1912. Based on the stories by the Brothers Grimm, it was produced by Winthrop Ames who had written it under the pseudonym "Jessie Braham White." The play met with favorable reviews and became the basis for the 1916 film, "Snow White".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912 play) | Introduction
Songs written for the film but not used include two songs for the Dwarfs:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack) | Songs not used in the film
Snow White or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a popular fairy tale. Snow White may also refer to:
Snow White (disambiguation) | Introduction
These "classes" were held weekly; each week, more animators would come. After three weeks, Walt Disney called Babbit to his office and offered to provide the supplies, working space and models required if the sessions were moved to the studio. Babbit ran the sessions for a month until animator Hardie Gramatky suggested that they recruit Don Graham; the art teacher from the Chouinard Institute taught his first class at the studio on November 15, 1932, and was joined by Phil Dike a few weeks later. These classes were principally concerned with human anatomy and movement, though instruction later included action analysis, animal anatomy and acting.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Animation
The Dwarfs were played by actors of average height who had their faces digitally transmuted onto small bodies. This caused a protest from the Little People of America.
Snow White and the Huntsman | <a href="Seven%20Dwarfs">The Dwarfs</a>
The 1937–1938 film tie-in serial comic strip "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" written by Merrill De Maris, one of the writers of the film, is centred primarily around the relationship between Snow White and the Queen. It further explores the source of the Queen's descent into a murderous envy, as she learns that the Prince came to her castle seeking the most beautiful woman in all the world and is shocked when he says he meant Snow White. Like in the abandoned film concept, the Queen (here actually named Grimhilde) has the Prince arrested. In her Witch form, she later tells the captive Prince that she is going to get rid of Snow White and make him hers, while the Prince is defiant and calls her a "miserable hag".
Evil Queen (Disney) | Comics
The Seven Ravens () is a German stop motion-animated fairy tale film directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on 2 December 1937. The film is notable for being an animated feature film based on a Grimms' fairy tales story which premiered only a few weeks before Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". In that respect it is often cited as one of the first animated feature films.
The Seven Ravens (1937 film) | Introduction
Fairy tales have been enacted dramatically; records exist of this in commedia dell'arte, and later in pantomime. The advent of cinema has meant that such stories could be presented in a more plausible manner, with the use of special effects and animation. The Walt Disney Company has had a significant impact on the evolution of the fairy tale film. Some of the earliest short silent films from the Disney studio were based on fairy tales, and some fairy tales were adapted into shorts in the musical comedy series "Silly Symphony", such as "Three Little Pigs". Walt Disney's first feature-length film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", released in 1937, was a ground-breaking film for fairy tales and, indeed, fantasy in general.
Fairy tale | Film
Snow White and the Three Stooges is a 1961 American film it is the second feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita (dubbed "Curly Joe"). Released by 20th Century Fox, this was the trio's take on the classic fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The film was retitled Snow White and the Three Clowns in Great Britain. This was Walter Lang‘s final directing film before his retirement. Olympic gold medalist figure skater Carol Heiss starred as Snow White, who must flee her home after The Evil Queen, her evil stepmother, wishes her to be dead.
Snow White and the Three Stooges | Introduction
Once upon a time, in a kingdom that is rich of nature, a Queen gives birth of little daughter who is because of her beauty called Snow White. The young Queen however dies on her childbed. Many years later, the King marries again to a beautiful but cold-hearted woman . The stepmother greets Snow White who has grown into a beautiful young woman. The new Queen studies black magic and witchcraft. She is very vain and every day ask her ancient magic mirror: "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?" When the mirror after many years reveals Snow White has become the most beautiful, the Queen kills the King and forces Snow White to work as a scullery maid.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film) | Plot
The result was the "Silly Symphony" "Flowers and Trees", the first film commercially released in full Technicolor. "Flowers and Trees" was a major success, and all "Silly Symphonies" were subsequently produced in Technicolor. By the early 1930s, Walt Disney had realized that the success of animated films depended upon telling emotionally gripping stories that would grab the audience and not let go, and this realization led him to create a separate "story department" with storyboard artists dedicated to story development. With well-developed characters and an interesting story, the 1933 Technicolor "Silly Symphony" cartoon "Three Little Pigs" became a major box office and pop culture success, with its theme song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" becoming a popular chart hit.
Walt Disney Animation Studios | 1929–1940: Reincorporation, "Silly Symphonies" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released for the Game Boy Color system in 2001.
Snow White (franchise) | "Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Bosley Crowther, writing in his review for "The New York Times", complimented that "the colors are rich, the sounds are luscious and magic sparkles spurt charmingly from wands", but criticized its similarity with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". He further wrote that "the princess looks so much like Snow White they could be a couple of Miss Rheingolds separated by three or four years. And she has the same magical rapport with the little creatures of the woods. The witch is the same slant-eyed Circe who worked her evil on Snow White. And the three good fairies could be maiden sisters of the misogynistic seven dwarfs." "Time" harshly wrote that "Even the drawing in "Sleeping Beauty" is crude: a compromise between sentimental, crayon-book childishness and the sort of cute, commercial cubism that tries to seem daring but is really just square.
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) | Critical response
I sette nani alla riscossa, internationally released as The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue in 1965, is a 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Paolo W. Tamburella.
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue | Introduction