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| 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) |
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| David Hand | (supervising) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Wilhelm Grimm | (fairy tales) (as Grimm) & | |
| Jacob Grimm | (fairy tales) (as Grimm) | |
| Ted Sears | (story adaptation) & | |
| Richard Creedon | (story adaptation) & | |
| Otto Englander | (story adaptation) & | |
| Dick Rickard | (story adaptation) & | |
| Earl Hurd | (story adaptation) & | |
| Merrill De Maris | (story adaptation) & | |
| Dorothy Ann Blank | (story adaptation) & | |
| Webb Smith | (story adaptation) | |
Produced by | |||
| Walt Disney | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Frank Churchill | |||
| Leigh Harline | |||
| Paul J. Smith | (as Paul Smith) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ken Anderson | (as Kenneth Anderson) | ||
| Tom Codrick | |||
| Hugh Hennesy | |||
| Harold Miles | |||
| Kendall O'Connor | |||
| Charles Philippi | |||
| Hazel Sewell | |||
| Terrell Stapp | |||
| McLaren Stewart | |||
| Gustaf Tenggren | |||
| John Hubley | (uncredited) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Hal Adelquist | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Ford Beebe | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Carl Fallberg | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Mike Holoboff | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Purv Pullen | .... | sound of birds (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| William L. Arance | .... | digital restoration artist (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| Bob Broughton | .... | visual effects (uncredited) | |
| Jim Carbonetti | .... | restoration artist: Cinesite (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| Andy Engman | .... | effects animator (uncredited) | |
| Thomas Rosseter | .... | digital restoration artist (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| Olivier Sarda | .... | digital artist (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| Thomas J. Smith | .... | restoration supervisor: Cinesite (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| James Valentine | .... | digital artist (restored version) (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Max Morgan | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Freeman High | .... | music arranger (uncredited) | |
| Freeman High | .... | musical director (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| William Cottrell | .... | sequence director | |
| Wilfred Jackson | .... | sequence director | |
| Larry Morey | .... | sequence director | |
| Perce Pearce | .... | sequence director | |
| Ben Sharpsteen | .... | sequence director | |
| Marge Champion | .... | movement model: "Snow White" (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Collins | .... | performance model and voice effects: "Dopey" (uncredited) | |
| Louis Hightower | .... | movement model: "Prince Charming" (uncredited) | |
| S. Barret McCormick | .... | press representative (uncredited) | |
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Snow White is the fairest one of all. The queen wants to be number one, so decides to come after her. Snow White, cut loose from the castle, stumbles upon a hut where seven dwarves are living - which is where the Queen comes for her, in disguise, with a poison apple...
This has classic written all over it. Disney's first major feature, the grand debut, cements the major features of those to come. It draws from very dark but fantastic material, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and alternates scenes of evocative darkness (the Queen's castle, the man sent to cut Snow White's heart out, and the forest that's alive, are some brilliant examples) with scenes of superlative cuteness and song and dance numbers.
Drawbacks:
There are some beautiful compositions, but the movement of the animation is not as fluid as it would become, even with Pinnochio, Disney's very next feature. Plus, the singing styles are very 1930's opera-style. I can see why i always used to just think of songs during musicals as things i had to wait through till the story got going again - its because almost every song in Snow White doesn't advance the story. Great musical numbers, like the ones in West Side Story, do. They don't feel like we're just waiting around. When most of the Snow White songs come on, the story gets put on hold.
Snow White is too naive, plain and perfect a character to hold our interest these days. Contemporary audiences just don't worship "perfect" people like this. Plus, the attempts at animation of real people is not good. Snow White and the Prince in particular just don't work - whereas the cartoony dwarves really come alive. Try watching her face when she talks.
Highlights:
All of the Queen's scenes are absolute gems, actually. And the dwarves are great. Seven great characters.
One of the best things Disney ever did was the Queen's angry walk down the staircase to the dungeon, and her subsequent making of a potion to transform herself into an old witch. The way the liquid she's mixing comes alive is fantastic, and the close-ups on the crow sitting on the skull are a nice touch.
The poison flooding towards the centre of the pot, engulfing the apple, and the jack o'lantern face on it afterwards.
Some of Disney's most classic songs come from Snow White: Whistle While You Work, Heigh Ho (its off to work we go), and one of the most beautiful Disney songs ever, Some Day My Prince Will Come.
There's also a very memorable piece of theme music that plays during the climactic storm scene.
10/10. An essential, marvellous work. A thing to see.