SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) (97 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
Kinder und Hausmärchen
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
First published in 1812 as a collection of 86 German fairy tales and expanded in later editions to include more than 200 stories by 1857, it was translated into English as Grimms' Fairy Tales. Schneewitchen or "Little Snow White" was the 53rd tale.
Walt Disney was attracted to the story because of the comedic possibilites of seven dwarfs. It was released in 1937 as the first feature-length animation in motion picture history.
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
1 hour, 23 minutes
A princess grows up as a servant working under the jealous eye of her evil step-mother. Upon finding out that Snow White has grown to be more beautiful than she, the step-mother orders her killed. Snow White escapes, but not for long.
Film Comments
FILM COMMENTS
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
OSCAR NOMINEE
WINNER
Special Award
- (Walt Disney)
- Music (Scoring)
- (Leigh Harline)
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1937 Domestic Box Office Rank: #1[1]
- 1937 Worldwide Box Office Rank: #1[1]
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $977[1]
Walt Disney, a successful producer of short-reel animation, thought he could release a feature animation for roughly 10 times the cost of a short-reel or $250,000. He was forced to mortgage his house when production costs surpassed $1 million.
Within 2 years of release, the film, which had taken in $6.5 million, was the highest grossing sound film of all time - a record soon eclipsed by Gone with the Wind (1939).