Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | |
| Director(s) | William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen |
| Producer(s) | Walt Disney (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Disney |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Overview:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Ben Sharpsteen and William Cottrell and produced by Walt Disney.
The film was based on the books Snow White from (Kinder - und Hausm?rchen) written by The Brothers Grimm published in 1857.
SYNOPSIS
Disney's first full-length animated masterpiece is perhaps the "fairest of them all" in the history of animation. Walt Disney took a big risk making this adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale (it took two years and cost $1.5 million). While many scoffed at the idea, Disney had the last laugh as generations have been delighted by this tale of pure and simple love. Because a jealous queen wants her dead, Snow White flees into the forest where she's taken in by seven little diamond-mine workers. A poisonous apple sent by the queen puts her soundly to sleep until her Prince Charming rouses her with a kiss. The animators modeled their work on live actors (Margary Belcher as Snow White, Louis Hightower as the Prince, and La Verne as the evil Queen). Great music and spectacular images make classic family entertainment. And who can't sing along with "Heigh Ho," "Whistle While You Work," and "Someday My Prince Will Come."
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989.
Academy Awards 1938 --- Ceremony Number 11 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, L | Nominated |
| Special Award | To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon. | Won |
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Quotes from
Snow White: Why... why, yes, I am, but...
Queen: The... the little men are not here?
Snow White: No, they're not, but...
Queen: [Sniffing] Mm-hmm. Baking pies?
Snow White: Yes, gooseberry pie.
Queen: It's apple pies that make the menfolks' mouths water. Pies made from apples like these.
Snow White: Oh, they do look delicious.
Queen: Yes, but wait 'til you taste one, dearie. Like to try one? Go on. Go on, have a bite.
Snow White: I'm awfully sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you. But you don't know what I've been through. And all because I was afraid. I'm so ashamed of the fuss I made.
Snow White: You're Sleepy!
Sleepy: [Yawning] How'd you guess?
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Facts about
- The queen holds the prince in the dungeon and uses her magic to make skeletons dance for his amusement.
- Fantasy sequence accompanying "Some Day My Prince Will Come" in which Snow White imagines herself dancing with her prince in the clouds beneath a sea of stars
- Dwarfs building Snow White a bed with help from woodland creatures.
- The song "Music in Your Soup" where the dwarfs sing about the soup that Snow White had just made them.
- A musical number, "You're Never Too Old to Be Young", featuring the dwarfs. It was pre-recorded, but never animated.
The movie was to start with scenes involving Snow White's mother, but they had to be cut to avoid the wrath of the censor.
At a recording session, Lucille La Verne, the voice of the Wicked Queen, was told by Walt Disney's animators that they needed an older, raspier version of the Queen's voice for the Old Witch. Ms. Laverne stepped out of the recording booth, returned a few minutes later, and gave a perfect "Old Hag's voice" that stunned the animators. When asked how she did it, she replied, "Oh, I just took my teeth out."
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