Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Director:

David Hand

Writers:

Wilhelm Grimm (fairy tales) &
Jacob Grimm (fairy tales) ...

Release Date:

4 February 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Walt Disney's New characters in his first full-length production!

Plot:

Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss.

Plot Keywords:

Dwarf | Queen | Prince | Poison | Kiss

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Roy Atwell	...	Doc (voice) (uncredited)
Stuart Buchanan	...	Huntsman (voice) (uncredited)
Adriana Caselotti	...	Snow White (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Collins	...	Dopey / Chipmunk & Squirrel sneezes (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig	...	Sleepy / Grumpy (voice) (uncredited)
Marion Darlington	...	Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert	...	Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)
Otis Harlan	...	Happy (voice) (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne	...	Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
James MacDonald	...	Yodeling Man (voice) (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw	...	Bashful (voice) (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen	...	Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
Purv Pullen	...	Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Stockwell	...	Prince (voice) (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Blancanieves y los siete enanos (USA: Spanish title)
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (USA) (poster title)
Blancanieves y los siete enanos (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Blancanieves y los siete enanitos (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Blanche Neige et les sept nains (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Branca de Neve e os Sete Anões (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (Germany) (West Germany) [de]
âÅÌÏÓÎÅÖËÁ É ÓÅÍØ ÇÎÏÍÏ× (Russia) [ru]
Biancaneve e i sette nani (Italy) [it]
Blanca Neus i els set nans (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Hófehérke és a hét törpe (Hungary) [hu]
I hionati kai oi 7 nanoi (Greece) [el]
Królewna Sniezka (Poland) [pl]
Lumikki ja seitsemän kääpiötä (Finland) [fi]
Mjallhvít (Iceland) [is]
Schneewittchen und die 7 Zwerge (Germany) (alternative spelling) [de]
Shirayuki hime (Japan) [ja]
Snövit och de sju dvärgarna (Sweden) [sv]
Sneeuwwitje en de zeven dwergen (Netherlands) [nl]
Sneeuwwitje en de zeven dwergen (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Snehvit og de syv dvergene (Norway) [no]
Snezana i sedam patuljaka (Serbia) [sr]

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Certification:

Denmark:7 (DVD release) | Denmark:7 (video re-release) | Denmark:A (video premiere) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 | UK:U (1938) (cut) | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | West Germany:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U (re-rating) (1987) | USA:Approved (PCA #3870) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1975) | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

In the original fairy tale, the Queen dies when she is forced to dance in burning metal shoes. Disney dropped the idea.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Doc hands Dopey the candle before sending him upstairs to see what was upstairs, he hands the candle over with the finger loop facing away from Dopey. When Dopey goes up the stairs, the candle has magically turned around, and the finger loop is around Dopey's finger.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Queen: Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness I summon thee. Speak! Let me see thy face.
Magic Mirror: What wouldst thou know, my Queen?
Queen: Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
Magic Mirror: Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.
Queen: Alas for her! Reveal her name.
Magic Mirror: Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.
Queen: Snow White!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#8.36)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Bluddle-uddle-um-dum (Dwarfs' Washing and Yodel Song)

Almost 70 Years Later, This Still Holds Up Well

This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. I've read where it took somewhere between two to five years to make, and the artwork still stands up to today's standards. It still looks good, especially with today's DVD technology and great-looking television sets. This film, along with Bambi, exhibit some fantastic watercolor-type artwork with the latter being ever more spectacular than this one.

The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The evil character - the queen - doesn't have that big a role so most of the time it's just a sweet, enjoyable film with nice characters. It's one of the those movies that makes you feel good as you are watching it.

To be honest, some of the scenes lag a bit and Snow White's operatic voice is a bit much for me, but those are the only complaints I could find in this classic film, one of the best ever from Disney.