by Allan Fish
(USA 1937 82m) DVD1/2
Once upon a time…
p Walt Disney d David Hand w Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Dick Richard, Merrill de Maris, Webb Smith story Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm m Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Paul Smith m/ly Larry Morey, Frank Churchill
VOICES BY:- Adriana Caselotti (Snow White), Harry Stockwell (Prince Charming), Lucille la Verne (Queen), Billy Gilbert (Sneezy), Otis Harlan (Happy), Roy Atwell (Doc), Moroni Olsen (The Mirror), Pinto Colvig (Sleepy/Grumpy), Scooty Mattraw (Bashful),
Is there any film in movie history more beloved by children and adults alike? The Wizard of Oz? E.T.? Star Wars? Maybe as much, but somehow Snow White resounds stronger. Certainly its making was the most troubled and the risk taken that much greater than by the makers of that aforementioned trio. Indeed, it was not only a first – the first animated feature cartoon, rather than animated feature, as fans of Starewicz and Reiniger will testify – but it had nearly as much of an impact as The Jazz Singer had had a decade previously. It may not be the best Disney feature, but it’s still some kind of marvellous. (more…)