The Disney studio's 1937 fairy tale, the first American cel-animated feature film, dismissed in production as Disney's folly and released to enormous success. It proved that audiences would sit for a feature-length cartoon and set the template of the animated musical feature the industry still uses.
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Produced by Walt Disney; supervising director David Hand led the credited directing team.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, American animated musical film, released in 1937, that established Walt Disney as one of the world’s most innovative and creative moviemakers.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Description, original language
The Disney studio's 1937 fairy tale, the first American cel-animated feature film, dismissed in production as Disney's folly and released to enormous success.
- In Medium: Animation
- Created By: Walt Disney
View the Source 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (film) (Wikipedia)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on the 1812 German fairy tale "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm.
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