In 1937 the release of Disney's first full length-animated film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” in Technicolor, goes on to become the most successful sound film of all time.
Snow White was first shown at the Carthay Circle Theatre on December 21, 1937. It was released across the United States on February 4, 1938. With international earnings of $8 million during its initial release, the movie for a bit had the record of highest grossing sound movie at the time.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is the first full-length animated feature (83 minutes in length) in color and with sound, one of Disney's greatest films, and a pioneering classic tale in film history. It was financed due in part to the success of Disney's earlier animated short, The Three Little Pigs (1933).
What makes the 1937 Disney animation Snow White unique?
it is the first celluloid animated (hand drawn) feature film and the earliest Disney animated feature film. The popularity of the movie led it to being re-released theatrically many times and the home video finally released in 1990.
In 1937 the release of Disney's first full length-animated film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” in Technicolor, goes on to become the most successful sound film of all time.
99 Years of Storytelling. In 1937, Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, pioneering a new form of family entertainment.
Walt Disney's decision to make Snow White, which was the first animated feature to be produced in English and in Technicolor, flew in the face of the popular wisdom at the time.
The Wizard of Oz wasn't the first film to be shot in Technicolor (that was Pioneer/RKO's Becky Sharp in 1935), but the use of colour was still so novel that the transition mid-scene is said to have elicited gasps from contemporary audiences.
The first Technicolor cartoon to be commercially released was Disney's Flowers and Trees (USA, 1932), a "Silly Symphonies" short that also became the first cartoon to win an Oscar.
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 full-length traditionally animated feature film and the first Disney animated feature film.
The original story of Snow White is taken from a 19th-century German fairy tale or folk tale, written by the Brothers Grimm. The German brothers known for their various folk tales and stories, published 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' in 1812, which features the tale of Snow White as story number 53.
Fiddlesticks is a 1930 Celebrity Pictures theatrical cartoon short directed and animated by Ub Iwerks, in his first cartoon since he departed from Walt Disney's studio. The short features Iwerks' character Flip the Frog. It is the first complete sound cartoon to be photographed in color.
Snow White is only 14 years old, making her the youngest. Jasmine, who is supposed to be 15, is the second youngest. Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest, both 19 years old.
Tiana is recognized for being Disney's first African American princess. As the film's writers and directors, Clements and Musker claim that their decision to depict Tiana as an African American young woman came naturally simply as a result of the location in which the story takes place.
Snow White is maybe the most notable of all princesses ever put to paper or screen in Disney's illustrious history. While being the youngest princess at 14-years-old, she's also the first princess in the first animated feature ever.
That is inaccurate. In the original story written by the Brothers Grimm, Snow White first appears as a blonde haired seven-year old child. The name “Snow White” derived from her pale skin. Her hair darkens, which causes it to be as black as ebony by the time she was fourteen.
In “Little Snow-White,” as the original story was called, the Evil Queen asks a hunter to take Snow White into the forest to kill, as happens also in the movie. (In the original version, the child is also only 7 years old, as opposed to Disney's 14. Neither seems old enough to consider marriage.)
September – High definition television broadcasts are sent from a new 30 kW (peak power) transmitter below the Eiffel Tower in Paris. November 9 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits television signal of 800 kHz bandwidth on a coaxial cable laid between New York and Philadelphia.
APRIL 17, 1937 – DEBUT OF CARTOON CHARACTER DAFFY DUCK The anthropomorphic black duck, produced by Warner Bros., made its first appearance in the short film “Porky's Duck Hunt” (1937). He also appeared in other cartoon series such as “Looney Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies.”
Daffy Duck was created back in 1937 by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett at Warner Bros Cartoons. Who voiced Daffy Duck? Daffy Duck was initially voiced by the legend Mel Blanc himself. After his death, actors played Daffy Duck's voice, including Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Joe Alaskey, and others.
It has now been over 70 years since Walt Disney's live-action film adaptation of Treasure Island had its world premiere in London in June of 1950. Today, the film stands as a landmark feature for Walt, representing his first full-length live-action feature film.
