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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first animated feature film produced in the United States and the first cel animated feature film.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, American animated musical film, released in 1937, that established Walt Disney as one of the world’s most innovative and creative moviemakers. Along with Pinocchio (1940), it is widely considered to be Disney’s greatest film achievement.
Loosely based on the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the plot is set into motion when a vain, wicked queen consults her magical mirror and learns that her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, is now the “fairest in the land.” Instantly resentful, the queen enlists a woodsman to murder Snow White, but he cannot commit the act and exhorts the young girl to escape. In the forest Snow White discovers a cottage inhabited by seven eccentric dwarfs, who warmly welcome her into their home after she offers to cook and clean for them. The queen eventually learns of Snow White’s whereabouts and, disguising herself as an old hag, fatally poisons her stepdaughter with a tainted apple. The heartbroken dwarfs stand guard over the girl’s body until a handsome prince restores her to life with a kiss.
•Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
•Directors: David Hand (supervising director); Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, and Ben Sharpsteen (sequence directors)
•Producer: Walt Disney
•Writers: Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, and Webb Smith
•Music: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul Smith
•Running time: 83 minutes
•Adriana Caselotti (Snow White)
•Lucille La Verne (Queen/Witch)
•Roy Atwell (Doc)
•Eddie Collins (Dopey)
•Pinto Colvig (Sleepy/Grumpy)
•Billy Gilbert (Sneezy)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Watch the classic animated film of Snow White, the beautiful princess who flees from her jealous stepmother and finds refuge with the dwarfs. Stream on Disney+ or buy on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and digital.
- Moroni Olsen
Nov 11, 2023 · Learn all about the seven dwarfs in Snow White, their names, personalities, appearance and memorable moments. Find out which one you are with a fun quiz and trivia.
- What were the original seven dwarfs' names?In the 1812 fairytale, the dwarfs aren't given names. In the 1912 Broadway play, they're named Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick and Quee.
- Are there more than seven dwarfs in the animated Disney movie?Several other dwarfs were proposed for the movie, but didn't make the cut, including Awful, Biggy, Blabby, Burpy, Dirty, Gabby, Gaspy, Gloomy, Hopp...
- Are any of the seven dwarfs related?There is no indication of the dwarfs' being related. Their relationship is perhaps best described as roommates and co-workers who are also friends.
- How does the original Disney version of Snow White differ from the fairytale by the Brothers Grimm?Besides the dwarfs remaining nameless, the Evil Queen makes two more attempts on Snow White's life than she does in the movie, and the dwarfs save...
A classic fairy tale adapted by Disney, the film tells the story of a princess who flees from her jealous stepmother and finds refuge with seven dwarfs in the forest. She is poisoned by the Queen, but a prince's kiss awakens her from the Sleeping Death.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), an animated film based on the fairy tale, featuring Adriana Caselotti as the voice of Snow White. It is widely considered the best-known adaptation of the story, thanks in part to it becoming one of the first animated feature films and Disney 's first animated motion picture.
