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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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
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
"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
"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
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
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
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
The Seven Dwarves appear in the 1990 "Snow White" film voiced by Jim Cummings and Rob Paulsen.
Seven Dwarfs | Snow White (1990)
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
The Merry Dwarfs is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929.
The Merry Dwarfs | Introduction
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
"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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"I Sette Nani cattivi contro i Sette Nani buoni" (The Seven Bad Dwarves Against the Seven Good Dwarfs) was published in 21 parts, from issue #101 to 130 (Nov 30, 1939 - June 13, 1940). The story continued the "Snow White" adventures printed on the magazine's back page, and was drawn by Nino Pagot. In the story, Dopey (Cucciolo) has disappeared, and Grumpy (Brontolo) and Doc (Dotto) set off to search for him. They're taken prisoner in the realm of King Severo, where they learn that Dopey was kidnapped by the Seven Bad Dwarfs, who want to take the diamond mine from their Good counterparts.
Paperino e altre avventure | The Seven Bad Dwarves Against the Seven Good Dwarfs
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
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 Seventh Dwarf (), is a German 3D computer-animated film, created in 2014. The film is based upon the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty and characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a sequel to the films "7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood" (2004) and "7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough" (2006), and is the first animated film in the series. The film was released in cinemas on 25 September 2014 in Germany and on 31 July 2015 in the United States. The director Harald Siepermann died in February 2013 during the production of the film.
The Seventh Dwarf | Introduction
"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
"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
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
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
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
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
"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 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
"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"
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
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
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
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
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
The Dwarf and the Giant (French: "Nain et géant") is a 1901 French silent short film directed by and starring Georges Méliès. It is the earliest known film depicting a person shrinking down.
The Dwarf and the Giant | Introduction
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>
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
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
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
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
The following is a list of names of the Seven Dwarfs from multiple versions of the Snow White story. There are many adaptations of the story of Snow White; including animation, films, books, plays, etc.
Seven Dwarfs | Additional Appearances
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)
In one scene the Gnomes discover an old man bemoaning his fate, and him they magically transform to a youth of great beauty. Many other acts of kindness are performed, all of great interest. Finally, the band of Gnomes discover a balloon, and the fairy queen being helped into the basket by the Gnomes, is last seen flying away watched by her adoring subjects." The film was billed at being 1000 feet in length and having a set release for December 12, 1910. Though an announcement stated that the release would be delayed to "Christmas week". No release was ever confirmed in any trade publication after it was delayed into January 1911.
Gnome Motion Picture Company | "The Birth of the Gnomes"
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
The Seven Dwarfs or Dwarves are characters in the fairy tale "Snow White". The term may also refer to:
Seven Dwarves (disambiguation) | 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
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
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
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
They also love gold and jewels with a passion, making it their job to mine for them every day. Even stranger, they have no fear whatsoever for the Witch of the South. Their names are Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Doc, and Dopey, and are obviously (and somewhat oddly) named for the Seven Dwarfs in "Snow White", which is a different fairy tale altogether.
Dorothy of Oz (manhwa) | The Seven Star Dwarfs
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
The short was released on the 2006 Walt Disney Treasures DVD box set "". The short is included in the extra "From the Vault" section of the DVD, because the film includes many characters drinking beer.
The Merry Dwarfs | Home media
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
On 26 October 2006, a sequel to the original film was released: "7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug" ("Seven Dwarves - The Forest Is Not Enough"). The main cast stayed the same, apart from Markus Majowski, who was unable to film due to theatre contract commitments. He was replaced by Gustav Peter Wöhler in the film. On 25 September 2014, the animated film "The 7th Dwarf" was broadcast in the cinema. The actors of the films took over their roles.
7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood | Sequel
"The Silly Song", also known as "The Dwarfs' Yodel Song", is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" sung by Otis Harlan, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Roy Atwell, and Scotty Mattraw. This features an instrument septet. The dwarfs yodel in this song. The melody is taken from the Irish folk song "Peggy Lettermore".
The Silly Song | Introduction
Winter is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in October 30, 1930 by Columbia Pictures.
Winter (1930 film) | Introduction
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
"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 film was released on DVD by Panik House Entertainment on August 22, 2006. It was later released by Synapse Films on September 29, 2009.
Blind Beast vs. Dwarf | Home media
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was eventually completed and released on December 21, 1937. Tytla was next assigned to animate Stromboli, an explosive puppeteer and kidnapper in "Pinocchio". "Bill was powerful, muscular, high-strung and sensitive, with a tremendous ego," wrote Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book "The Disney Villain". "Everything was 'feelings' with Bill. Whatever he animated had the inner feelings of his characters expressed through very strong acting. He did not just get inside Stromboli, he was Stromboli and he lived that part." Animator T. Hee saw Tytla so wrapped up in his work, that he quietly scurried out of the room.
Bill Tytla | Continued Disney career
Five red-dressed cheerful gnomes come out of their houses singing a song praising the Sun while marching up the hill. They go inside and bottle sunlight into a special milk. One of the gnomes rides a cart pulled by a cricket and sings a song and puts the bottles by the door and takes the scroll. A grumpy blue-dressed top-hat-wearing goblin shoots the hat off the gnome with a bow and arrow and the hat flies to a tree. Another arrow flies over the gnome's head, and the gnome throws a bottle at the goblin, who ends up having sunshine on his back and runs back home to the goblin swamp.
The Sunshine Makers (1935 film) | Plot
With the re-release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1944 came the tradition of re-releasing Disney films every seven to ten years. "Pinocchio" was theatrically re-released in 1945, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1978, 1984, and 1992. RKO handled the first two reissues in 1945 and 1954, while Disney itself reissued the film from 1962 on through its Buena Vista Distribution division. The 1992 re-issue was digitally restored by cleaning and removing scratches from the original negatives one frame at a time, eliminating soundtrack distortions, and revitalizing the color. Despite its initial struggles at the box office, a series of reissues in the years after World War II proved more successful, and allowed the film to turn a profit.
Pinocchio (1940 film) | Reissues
Calker's arrangements became noted for their distinctive swing flavor. After Disney's success with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the Lantz studio planned to make its own feature, "Aladdin and His Lamp", featuring the ascendant comedy duo of Abbott and Costello, but after "Mr. Bug Goes to Town" failed at the box office, "Aladdin" never made it to actual production. Late in the decade, Lantz attempted to do a feature-length cartoon again, but it never came to fruition.
Walter Lantz Productions | 1940–1946: Swingin' Symphonies and a "Guess Who"
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
Some of the titles included "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Pinocchio" (1940), and what was then a recent release, the movie version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that was presented in 1954. The recording and publishing of "20,000" was unusual: it did not employ the movie's cast, and years later, a 12 in 33⅓ rpm album, with a nearly identical script, but another different cast, was sold by Disneyland Records in conjunction with the re-release of the movie in 1963. Because of the popularity of 7" and other formats, SP (78 rpm, 10") records became less popular and the production of SPs in Japan was suspended in 1963.
Extended play | Notable EP releases
1. Turkey in the Straw: "Steamboat Willie" (1928) - Traditional 2. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: "Three Little Pigs" (1933) - Pinto Colvig/Mary Moder/Dorothy Compton/Billy Bletcher 3. Heigh-Ho: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) - The Dwarf Chorus
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song | Disc One
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
Lord Maliss was based on Basil Rathbone. However, the Walt Disney Productions chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and spokesman Tom Deegan regarded the projects as "blatant rip-offs" of their properties. This led to a lawsuit by The Walt Disney Company in 1987 following the release of "Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night", Afterwards Filmation promised their characters would not resemble the ones from the Disney version and changed the title of the film to "Happily Ever After". Working titles included "Snow White in the Land of Doom", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfelles", and "Snow White: The Adventure Continues." "Happily Ever After" was reportedly completed by 1988 and was supposed to be released in the United States in 1990; however, Filmation went out of business in 1989.
Happily Ever After (1990 film) | Production and release
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
Seven of the surviving Munchkin actors from the film were present. As a result of the popularity of the 1939 film, the word "munchkin" has entered the English language as a reference to small children, persons with dwarfism, or anything of diminutive stature.
Munchkin | 1939 film
The film originally aired May 23, 1995 on Fox Network. Subsequent International releases include Brazil as "Os Mistérios do Planeta Rustia" (The Mysteries Of Planet Rustia ), Germany as "Rusta - Planet der Tränen" (Rusta - Planet of Tears ), Spain as "Enana blanca" (White Dwarf), Hungary as "Fehér törpe" (White Dwarf), and Sweden as "Den vita dvärgen" (The White Dwarf).
White Dwarf (film) | Releases
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
This was also cut for budget and technical reasons. The Toon Patrol (Stupid, Smart Ass, Greasy, Wheezy, and Psycho) satirizes the Seven Dwarfs (Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey), who appeared in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937). Originally, seven weasels were to mimic the dwarfs complement, but eventually, two of them, Slimey and Sleazy, were written out of the script. Further references included The "Ink and Paint Club" resembling the Harlem Cotton Club, while Zemeckis compared Judge Doom's invention of the dip to eliminate all the toons as Hitler's Final Solution. Doom was originally the hunter who killed Bambi's mother.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Writing
These excised sequences are considered lost. In order to pad the running time after these cuts, a new prologue featuring a carnival barker was added, as was the alternate epilogue featuring the reconciliation of the dwarf lovers. The truncated version—now only 64 minutes long—had its premiere at the Fox Criterion in Los Angeles on February 12, 1932. It subsequently opened in New York City that summer, premiering on July 8, 1932. Regionally, the film attracted controversy upon its theatrical release, and was pulled from screenings in Atlanta. In the United Kingdom, the film was banned by the British censors, and remained as so for over thirty years before being passed with an X rating in August 1963.
Freaks (1932 film) | Censorship
The rest of the film was scored, as was standard for Warner Bros. cartoons, by Carl W. Stalling.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs | Overview
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
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Joels, Merrill E. and supporting cast, with Glenn Osser and his Orchestra; original music and story adaptation by Paul Davis. Caravan Records, New York, 1950. LP Record.
Merrill Joels | Other record albums
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
The Seven Dwarfs are a group of seven fictional dwarfs each with an age above 100 years old that appear in the fairy tale "Snow White" and others.
Seven Dwarfs | Introduction
The film was released in the middle of the Disney animators' strike of 1941. Strikers picketed the film's premiere with signs that attacked Disney for unfair business practices, low pay, lack of recognition, and favoritism. At one theater, sympathizers paraded down the street wearing a "dragon costume bearing the legend 'The Reluctant Disney'". Some critics and audiences were put off by the fact that the film was not a new Disney animated feature in the vein of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" or "Pinocchio", but essentially a collection of four short cartoons and various live-action vignettes. On the other hand, "Photoplay" said it was "one of the cleverest ideas to pop into that fertile mind of Walt Disney and results in this rare combination of a Cook's tour of the Disney studio, a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Mickey Mousedom and two of Disney's latest cartoon features...
The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film) | Release and reception
"Snow White" is included in the boxed DVD set "Treasures from American Film Archives: 50 Preserved Films" (2000).
Snow White (1916 film) | Home media
With interfering managers wanting a tragic back story for Dopey, Disa decided that he could not go forward. Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter about two month later ended production on the film. "The 7D" is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation franchise based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". This series is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios classic series. The TV series details the 7D working for Queen Delightful where they protect Jollywood from the Glooms and other threats.
Seven Dwarfs | Disney Dwarfs