Snow White's Scary Adventures is a popular theme park ride at Disneyland (an opening day attraction dating from 1955), Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. Fantasyland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom underwent an expansion from 2012 to 2014. The Snow White's Scary Adventures ride was replaced with Princess Fairytale Hall, where Snow White and other princesses are located for a meet and greet. Included in the 2013 expansion of Fantasyland is the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster. Snow White, her Prince, the Queen, and the Seven Dwarfs are also featured in parades and character appearances throughout the parks. Disneyland's Fantasyland Theater hosted "Snow White: An Enchanting Musical" from 2004 to 2006.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Theme parks
Snow White's Scary Adventures is a popular theme park ride at Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster is a ride in Fantasyland. Yes, Snow White's Scary Adventures. Yes, Snow White's Scary Adventures No, but there are several themed rides available at different parks.
what disney movie is the evil queen from
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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
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what is this movie about ?
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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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who are the main characters from this movie ?
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Snow White, Evil Queen, a Huntsman and seven dwarves are the main characters.
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what are the names of the dwarves ?
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Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey
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when was this movie released ?
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1937
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what genre of film is this  ?
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Animated musical fantasy
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are there any theme parks based on this film ?
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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's Scary Adventures is a popular theme park ride at Disneyland (an opening day attraction dating from 1955), Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. Fantasyland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom underwent an expansion from 2012 to 2014. The Snow White's Scary Adventures ride was replaced with Princess Fairytale Hall, where Snow White and other princesses are located for a meet and greet. Included in the 2013 expansion of Fantasyland is the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster. Snow White, her Prince, the Queen, and the Seven Dwarfs are also featured in parades and character appearances throughout the parks. Disneyland's Fantasyland Theater hosted "Snow White: An Enchanting Musical" from 2004 to 2006.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) | Theme parks
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
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
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
"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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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" 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 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
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
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
Snow White's Scary Adventures was removed to build Princess Fairytale Hall, a meet-n-greet. Another attraction themed to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" called the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opened in 2014. The attraction, which features Snow White's cottage and state of the art audio-animatronics, is the first roller coaster to move in a wobbling motion on track.
Magic Kingdom | Enchanted Forest
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)
"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 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" 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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 stage adaptation was originally created at The Muny in St. Louis in 1969 and was repeated there in 1972. After that, a production opened at the Radio City Music Hall on October 18, 1979, and closed on November 18, 1979, after 38 performances so Radio City could put on the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (went up November 25, 1979, to and closed after 91 performances on January 6, 1980). "Snow White" re-opened on January 11, 1980, and closed after 68 performances on March 9, 1980, a total of 106 performances. A video recording of one of the shows was briefly available on VHS and Betamax from Walt Disney Home Video in 1981.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical) | Productions
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
Disneyland's Fantasyland Theater hosted "" from 2004 to 2006.
Snow White (franchise) | Snow White: An Enchanting Musical
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 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
"Sleeping Beauty" was made while Walt Disney was building Disneyland (hence the six-year production time). To help promote the film, Imagineers named the park's icon "Sleeping Beauty Castle" (it was originally to be Snow White's). An indoor walk-through exhibit was added to the empty castle interior in 1957, where guests could walk through the castle, up and over the castle entrance, viewing "Story Moment" dioramas of scenes from the film, which were improved with animated figurines in 1977. It closed shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, supposedly because the dark, unmonitored corridors were a risk. After being closed for seven years, the exhibit space underwent extensive periodt refurbishment to restore the original 1957 displays, and reopened to guests on November 27, 2008.
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) | Theme parks
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 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 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"
Disneyland contains a dark ride based on the film in addition to the teacups, and Disneyland Paris also contains a hedge maze called Alice's Curious Labyrinth, which takes its inspiration from the film. The now-defunct Mickey Mouse Revue, shown at Walt Disney World and later at Tokyo Disneyland, contained characters and scenes from the film.
Alice in Wonderland (1951 film) | Theme parks
A comic strip adaptation of Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released to coincide with the release of the film. The comic strip was written by Merril de Marris and drawn by Hank Porter, both staff at Walt Disney Pictures. The original strip ran on Sundays from December 12, 1937 to April 24, 1938 and was distributed by King Features Syndicate. The sequence ran in Disney's "Silly Symphony" slot, as a Sunday topper for "Mickey Mouse". The strip used a number of story ideas that were ultimately abandoned in the film, including a more elaborate and comical meeting between the Prince and Snow White (in which Snow White creates a "dummy" of her dream prince, which the real Prince sneaks into), and an entire storyline in which the Evil Queen kidnaps the Prince to prevent him from saving Snow White.
Snow White (franchise) | Comic strip
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
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 Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster opened in 2013 as part of the New Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom. Snow White, her Prince, the Queen (both in the form of a regent and a hag), and the Seven Dwarfs are also featured in parades and character appearances throughout the parks.
Snow White (franchise) | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
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
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
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
"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
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
"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
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
Walt Disney Productions began exploring a possible live action/animation biographical film of author and poet Hans Christian Andersen in late 1937, before the December premiere of its film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the first feature-length hand-drawn animated film. In March 1940, Walt Disney suggested a co-production to film producer Samuel Goldwyn, where Goldwyn's studio would shoot the live-action sequences of Andersen's life and Disney's studio would animate Andersen's fairy tales. The animated sequences would be based on some of Andersen's best-known works, such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "Thumbelina", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Red Shoes", and "The Emperor's New Clothes".
Frozen (2013 film) | Origins
"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
Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi was one team that was given an attempt at a movie pitch, which was to follow the Dwarfs in which they trap the villain in the magic mirror and setting it up for "Snow White" movie. Given the possible demand, Buena Vista Games brought in Obsidian Entertainment, a game developer, who pitched a video game focusing on the Dwarfs' similar ancestors. DTS executives were not feeling that the two franchise launching projects were coming together well enough that they turned to Mike Disa, who worked on the Tinker Bell movie story. Disa and Evan Spiliotopoulos pitched a "Lord of the Rings"-style epic for the dwarfs while "connecting seamlessly" with the original movie, which was given permission to move forward.
Seven Dwarfs | Disney Dwarfs
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 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
Snow White's Scary Adventures is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park (Paris) theme parks, and formerly at the Magic Kingdom. Located in Fantasyland, it is one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on Disneyland's opening day in 1955. The ride's story is based on Disney's 1937 film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", their first animated feature film. The now-closed ride at the Magic Kingdom and the version at Tokyo Disneyland are named Snow White's Adventures, and the Disneyland Park (Paris) version is called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Disneyland version was originally known as Snow White and her Adventures before its redesign in 1983.
Snow White's Scary Adventures | 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"
The ride vehicles resemble the beds of the Seven Dwarfs and feature the names of each dwarf, much like their beds in the film. When guests board the ride vehicles, they enter the Dwarfs' cottage first. Here, the music and yodeling from "The Silly Song" can be heard, while birds, chipmunks, and other forest creatures perform housekeeping tasks such as hanging a clothesline and washing the dishes. Guests pass Snow White followed by some of her animal friends climbing the stairs to the second floor of the cottage. The guests then move past the Dwarfs, who are performing "The Silly Song".
Snow White's Scary Adventures | Disneyland 1983-2020
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
Ward Kimball had spent several months animating two sequences—a soup-eating musical number and a bed-building sequence—in "Snow White", which was cut from the film due to pacing reasons. Kimball was about to quit until Disney rewarded him for his work by promoting him to the supervising animator of Jiminy Cricket. Kimball then conjured up the design for Jiminy Cricket, whom he described as a little man with an egg head and no ears. Jiminy "was a cricket because we called him a cricket," Kimball later joked.
Pinocchio (1940 film) | Writing and design
The ride travels both indoors and outdoors, similar to Frontierland's major attractions, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain. Unlike roller coasters such as the Incredicoaster and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, this attraction is designed to appeal to a family-oriented crowd with enchanting scenery and cartoonish architecture; it retains details from the original 1937 film. The attraction features a new ride system of a "tilting vehicle". This new technology simulates the swaying and tipping one would expect to experience in a mine cart. Songs from the film, such as "Heigh-Ho", are featured in the attraction. Most of the Audio-Animatronics, including the Dwarf figures of Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Bashful performing their Yodel Song in the final scene, are recycled from the demolished "Snow White's Scary Adventures" attraction.
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | Attraction
Their first well known movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Although this movie was a hit and the Disney Company was growing in world-wide fame, they were still not saved from their debt woes. They continued their work, and after the success of several more full-length animated movies, the company gradually arose from debt. As a new invention known as the television graced America, Walt wanted to plan a show. Knowing this was not enough, he was also working on a plan to build an amusement theme park. Soon later, the television movies were big hits and Disneyland was set up within a matter of a few years.
Walt Disney: An American Original | Summary
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
In 1938, shortly after the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Walt Disney became interested in making an animated film based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit". However, in a letter to a friend, Potter wrote that she refused Walt Disney's "scheme to film Peter Rabbit", saying, "I am not very hopeful about the result. They propose to use cartoons; it seems that a succession of figures can be joggled together to give an impression of motion. I don't think the pictures would be satisfactory... I am not troubling myself about it!" In 1935, the story was loosely adapted in the "Merrie Melodies" short film, "Country Boy".
The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Adaptations
By 1934, Disney had become dissatisfied with producing formulaic cartoon shorts, and believed a feature-length cartoon would be more profitable. The studio began the four-year production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", based on the fairy tale. When news leaked out about the project, many in the film industry predicted it would bankrupt the company; industry insiders nicknamed it "Disney's Folly". The film, which was the first animated feature made in full color and sound, cost $1.5 million to producethree times over budget. To ensure the animation was as realistic as possible, Disney sent his animators on courses at the Chouinard Art Institute; he brought animals into the studio and hired actors so that the animators could study realistic movement.
Walt Disney | Golden age of animation: 1934–1941
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
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
For the original 1955 version of the attraction, titled "Snow White and Her Adventures", it was intended for park guests to experience Snow White's story through her point of view, which is why she herself wasn't in her own attraction (although a figure of her was added to the ride for a brief period in the 1970s). After guests boarded their ride vehicles, they would begin their adventure by venturing the mine where the dwarfs dig for diamonds. At the mine's exit, Dopey could be seen pointing to a sign reading "BEWARE OF THE WITCH". After passing by a forest full of Snow White's animal friends, the guests would approach a fork in the road, with arrows pointing to the dwarfs' cottage or the Wicked Witch's Castle, the vehicles would turn in the direction of the castle, with two vultures ominously perched on a tree near it.
Snow White's Scary Adventures | Disneyland 1955-1981 version
Princess Aurora (and, to a lesser extent, Prince Phillip, Fauna, Flora and Merryweather, Maleficent and her goons) makes regular appearances in the parks and parades.
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) | Theme parks
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
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"
"The Film Daily" (Dec 28, 1930): "This Disney "Silly Symphony" doesn't stand up with previous releases. The synchrony is well done and the animation up to the average but it lacks gags for laughs. Much snow, skating and sliding, with the usual animal antics for nothing particularly clever."
Winter (1930 film) | Reception
The "Night on Bald Mountain" segment is featured in the Storybook Land Canal Boats attraction at Disneyland Park in Paris.
Fantasia (1940 film) | Theme parks
The Merry Dwarfs is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929.
The Merry Dwarfs | Introduction
Tokyo Disneyland represents a mix of the American versions at the time of the park's opening, although it is largely based on the pre-1994 Walt Disney World version. It begins in the castle where the Queen transforms into the Witch, moving on to the dungeon and passing her on boat. After going through the forest, guests enter the cottage and instead of seeing the dwarfs passing up the stairs seeing the shadow, the Seven Dwarfs are seen Doing The Dwarfs' Yodel song, with Snow White watching from the stairs (similar to the beginning in Disneyland and in Disneyland Paris). Exiting the cottage, guests find the Witch outside waiting for them, then enter the mines (mix in the Disneylands in California and Paris and Similar to the Pre-1994 version).
Snow White's Scary Adventures | Tokyo Disneyland
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
Walt Disney Productions began production of their first feature-length animated film in 1934. Taking three years to complete, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", premiered in December 1937 and became the highest-grossing film of that time by 1939. In the 1940s, Disney began experimenting with full-length live-action films, with the introduction of hybrid live action-animated films such as "The Reluctant Dragon" (1941) and "Song of the South" (1946). That same decade, the studio began producing nature documentaries with the release of "Seal Island" (1948), the first of the "True-Life Adventures" series and a subsequent Academy Award winner for Best Live-Action Short Film.
Walt Disney Studios (division) | Background
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)
At the castle entrance, the vehicles would begin to escape toward the direction of the cottage, only for a gate to fall down and trap the guests inside. As the guests went through the castle halls, passing by skeletons moaning "Go baaack!", guests would see the Witch at her cauldron, preparing her poisoned apple. Then, after escaping the castle, the vehicles wind through a dark forest filled with living trees, before finally reaching the dwarfs' cottage, with the Witch standing in the doorway to offer the guests her apple. Finally, the vehicles would travel toward the entrance of a cave, with the Witch standing above it trying to move a boulder to crush the guests with.
Snow White's Scary Adventures | Disneyland 1955-1981 version
In September 1937, during the production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", animator Norman Ferguson brought a translated version of Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" to the attention of Walt Disney. After reading the book, "Walt was busting his guts with enthusiasm" as Ferguson later recalled. Disney then commissioned storyboard artist Bianca Majolie to write a new story outline for the book, but after reading it, he felt her outline was too faithful. "Pinocchio" was intended to be the studio's third feature, after "Bambi". However, due to difficulties with "Bambi" (adapting the story and animating the animals realistically), Disney announced that "Bambi" would be postponed while "Pinocchio" would move ahead in production.
Pinocchio (1940 film) | Development
The original version of the ride at Magic Kingdom in Florida which ran from 1971 to 1994 was very different, and arguably more frightening. Snow White was not seen at all, and the Dwarfs showed up only briefly in one scene. There were also seven witch figures in this version, whereas there were only six in the 1994 version. The queue was similar to Tokyo Disneyland's current queue. It featured the Dwarfs' mine, with their cottage visible in the distance. Guests began by entering the castle in a scene very much like the 1994 ride; however, there was no part where Snow White was seen cleaning.
Snow White's Scary Adventures | Magic Kingdom
Specific references made to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" include:
List of Disney references in Enchanted | "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
"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
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
The two-story Shorts Building is one of the most significant remnants of Disney's former Hyperion studio. It originally consisted of two buildings, constructed in 1934 and 1937, to accommodate the company's rapidly expanding animation department. The 1934 structure was called the "Animation Building No. 2" and Walt and Roy Disney had their offices there prior to the move to Burbank. The animation for scores of Disney shorts of the 1930s, including "The Band Concert" (1935) and the Oscar-winning "The Old Mill" (1937), was created in this complex, and it was here that Walt hatched his risky idea for America's first full-length animated feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937).
Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) | Shorts Building
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
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
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 animators used CGI animation to bring to life the magical world of Gerda. Rollan, the secondary character is a Spaniard.Therefore, artists went to Spain for inspiration. Over 300 sketches of streets, buildings and the coast were made. However, the Scandinavian landscape from the original series is still present. For visualization, a 3D model was made in the center of the Voronezh-based animation studio. Designs of the panorama in the city of trolls was inspired by a very specific place on the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Ringedalsvatnet. There the iconic Norwegian rock formation Troll Tongue rock (Trolltunga) was chosen as a template for the movie sets.
The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice | Animation
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
During the song "Rockin' All Around the World" (in melody of Status Quo's "Rockin' All Over the World"), Muppets inspired by the Audio-Animatronic children characters from the "It's a Small World" attraction appear. Costumed characters from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Brer Bear" from "Song of the South" (1946), Bongo and Lulubelle from "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947), and the "Country Bear Jamboree" attraction have cameos.
The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Other characters' appearances
The theatre hosted the official premieres of "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), Walt Disney's first animated feature length film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) and "Gone with the Wind" (1939), among many other notable films. For Disney's "Fantasia" (1940), the most elaborate audio system in use at the time, Fantasound, a pioneering stereophonic process, was installed at this theatre. For the glamorous world premiere of MGM's "Marie Antoinette" (1938), with Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power, the gardens around the theater were restructured and enhanced to resemble the landscaping of the Palace of Versailles.
Carthay Circle Theatre | Premieres