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As early as 1934, Disney was already thinking seriously about making a feature-length animated film. Disney had no intention of merely extending his established gag routines into a larger format: he was planning to take a fairy story and bring it to the screen with a kind of magical realism that was beyond the reach of live-action movies.

By the fall of 1934, the cast was already pretty well established in Disney's mind. A story team was being built and very soon more detailed outlines began to circulate-mimeographed sheets that delt with specific scenes and situations. Within a matter of three or four months, Snow White had developed from the embryonic state and was beginning to take shape as a viable endeavor.

The story at least was taking form. There was, however, a great deal more than story involved in a pioneering project of this kind. The Disney artists would be dealing with problems that neither they nor anyone else had confronted before.

Although much of the production work on Snow White was jammed into the final ten or twelve months, it was the result of more than three years of concentrated effort by Disney himself-three years in which he faced new problems almost daily. The whole venture was an enormous gamble from the very first. The industry was convinced that he had bitten off more than he could chew, and hints of impending disaster were commonplace in both the trade papers and the nations press. During this period, the Studio staff expanded to more than one thousand, many of whom were directly involved in the feature project.

Finally, at a cost of $1,500,000, Snow White was completed. Four days before Christmas, 1937, it was premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Hollywood. The audience was studded with celebrities. It was the kind of opening of which Disney had always dreamed. The reviews were sensational. Snow White, justifying all the Disney's hopes for it, was an overnight success-impressing itself on the imagination of the Western world.

The first original motion picture soundtrack record album was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released by Victor Records in 1937.

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs is the definitive Disney masterpiece. The first full-length animated feature ever made, it is timeless in its perfection and remains the most revered of all Disney films-from Pinocchio and Bambi to Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Disney's immortal fairy tale springs to magical life as the lovely Snow White finds romance with a charming young Prince. When Show White's vain and wicked stepmother, the Queen, consults her Magic Mirror, her worst fear is confirmed-that Snow White's beauty surpasses even her own! Snow White is forced to flee into the forest, where she befriends seven lovable dwarfs-Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Happy and Doc. But despite the dwarfs' loyalty, they cannot protect Snow White against the Queen's evil spell..which can only be broken by Love's First Kiss!

The above prelude was taken from the backcover of the video, copyright of Disney Pictures.

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