"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", one of the most famous and beautiful cartoons of all time, which children still enjoy watching today, "celebrates" its 75th birthday today, since it premiered on December 21, 1937 in Hollywood.
It is the first full-length animated film in the history of film production in America, the first produced by Walt Disney, as well as the tenth most commercial film of the XNUMXth century.
Work on the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" began in early 1934, and in June of the same year, Disney announced the production of its first feature-length animated film in the New York Times.
Before this full-length, only short animated films and series were realized in Disney's production. Walt Disney faced problems at the very beginning of working on the film, as his brother and business partner Roy Disney, as well as his wife Lillian tried to dissuade him from the idea.
Disney hoped to expand the studio's reputation and increase revenue in this way, and it succeeded. The famous film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was one of only two animated films, (the other being Disney's "Fantasia") to be included in the list of the 100 greatest American films of all time by the American Film Institute (AFI).
The film was directed by David Hand, while William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Moray, Perce Pearce and Ben Sharpstein directed certain sequences. Adriana Caselotti, Lucille Verne, Pinto Kolvig, Roy Atwell and others lent their voices to the characters.
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