Film Forum

U.S., 1937
Directed by David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen
Starring Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Produced by Walt Disney
Approx. 88 min.

“The first animated feature from The Walt Disney Company—and the first traditionally animated feature ever produced—was a critical and commercial success that is as beloved today as when it premiered more than 85 years ago. With its artful animation, charming characters, and tuneful score, SNOW WHITE created a template for how to bring fantasy to the big screen that is still studied today. The film was nominated for its original score, and the following year the Academy gave Disney a Special Award for the film (one full-sized Oscar® and seven small ones), recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.” – The Academy Museum

Reviews

“There has never been anything in the theatre quite like Walt Disney's SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, seven reels of animated cartoon in Technicolor, unfolding an absorbingly interesting and, at times, thrilling entertainment. So perfect is the illusion, so tender the romance and fantasy, so emotional are certain portions when the acting of the characters strikes a depth comparable to the sincerity of human players, that the film approaches real greatness.”
 – Variety

“The word genius is easily used and has been cheapened, but when it is used to describe Walt Disney, reflect that he conceived of this film, in all of its length, revolutionary style and invention, when there was no other like it—and that to one degree or another, every animated feature made since owes it something.”
 – Roger Ebert