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nAnclassic tale of love found, lost, and found again…
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nOfnjealousy and hatred, but also of kindness repaid in kind…
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nOfnscullery-maid-turns-princess…
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nOfnevil-queen-turns-witch…
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Of true love’s kiss and happily ever after!
Of true love’s kiss and happily ever after!n
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nWaltnDisney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the firstnand best of its kind. As a matter of fact, it is THE firstnfull-length cel animated film, and Walt Disney’s first full-lengthnfilm.
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nIt’snbeen awarded and applauded, lauded and loved, re-released andnreimagined and spun off into theme park rides, games, a video game,nand a Broadway musical.
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nAndnit just happens to have been one of my daughter’s very favoritenthings in the whole world, for a few months.
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nSnownWhite premiered on this date in 1937.
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nDidnyou know…?
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| These are some early ideas for the characters. |
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nUntilnSnow White, animated films had been short, and everyone tried to talknDisney out of creating Snow White. Even Disney and Disney! WaltnDisney wanted to make the film, but his brother Roy Disney and Walt’snwife Lillian Disney tried to convince Walt not to go through with thenproject. Hollywood types shrugged off “Disney’s Folly,” and Waltneven had to mortgage his house in order to finish the movie.
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nThenmovie cost an enormous amount – 1.5 million dollars!
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| Disney received his special Academy Award from popular child actor Shirley Temple. |
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nButnwhen the movie premiered, it received a standing ovation from a crowdnof stars. Reviewers raved about it, called it art, and recommended itnfor adults as well as children. The film earned a special AcademynAward, and it quickly grossed eight million dollars – an enormous,nrecord-breaking amount at the time! n
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nOvernthe years, Snow White has made $185 million in theaters alone. Whennyou adjust for inflation, it is the tenth highest-grossing movie ofnall time!
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nOfncourse, way, way, way more money has been made with the video and allnthe merchandise—the dolls, games, books and coloring books, lunchnboxes, Halloween costumes, sheets, figurines, and so much more!
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nFun stuff…
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- Whichnof these Snow White characters can you map onto other Disneynanimated movies?
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nA princess (or would-benprincess)
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nA handsome (but boring?) prince (or other leading man)
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nAbsent parent(s)
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nA jealous stepmother (ornother jealous female villain)
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nA comic relief animal (orntwo or five or…)
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nComic relief sidekick(s)
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- Here are some Snow White coloring pages.
- And here is an online Snow White puzzle.
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| “Frozen” is the latest monster hit from Disney! |
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nFifty-threenfeature-length animated movies later, Disney and its subsidiarynstudios have created a whole lot of masterpieces. Still, to somenextent they all owe a huge debt to that first big gamble: SnownWhite!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nWinternSolstice, aka Yalda
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nInternationalnDalek Remembrance Day
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nBah,nHumbug Day
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nLooknon the Bright Side Day
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nAnniversarynof the first crossword puzzle
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nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest pages on:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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