Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 83 min

genre: fantasy

theme: animated

director: Ben Sharpsteen

Score: 8 / 10

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. The production was supervised by David Hand, and the film's sequences were directed by Perce Pearce, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Wilfred Jackson, and Ben Sharpsteen.

Plot

Having lost both of her parents at a young age, Snow White is a princess living with her wicked and cold-hearted stepmother, the Queen. Fearing that Snow White's beauty will outshine her own, the Queen forces her 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.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	Dick Rickard Dorothy Ann Blank Earl Hurd Merrill De Maris Otto Englander Richard Creedon Ted Sears Webb Smith
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
director	Ben Sharpsteen David Hand Larry Morey Percival C. Pearce Wilfred Jackson William Cottrell
events	jealousy parent–child relationship persecution vanity
genre	adventure animation fantasy romance
keywords	bite buried alive crush dwarf evil queen first kiss hag huntsman lightning love\'s first kiss magic mirror orphan poison queen scullery maid sing snow white spring true love\'s kiss young age
musicBy	Frank Churchill Leigh Harline Paul Smith
nomination	Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
producer	Walt Disney
productionCompany	Walt Disney Productions
publisher	RKO Radio Pictures
theme	animated children's musical romantic fantasy trick