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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Animated Feature Films

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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Release Year
1937 1
Country
United States 1
Classification
Original Language
English 1
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Created By

Walt Disney, Figures

Produced by Walt Disney; supervising director David Hand led the credited directing team.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

In Medium

Animation, Media Forms
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/topic/Snow-White-and-the-Seven-Dwarfs-film-1937, first paragraph
    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
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