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Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs
is a 1937 American animated film based on
Snow White, a fairy tale by the Brothers
Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated
feature in motion picture history, as well as
the first animated feature film produced in
America, the first produced in full color, the
first to be produced by Walt Disney, and the
first in the Walt Disney Animated Classics
canon.
Snow White" was the
first animated feature film ever. Costing $1.4
million, and featuring such classic songs as
"Someday My Prince Will Come," "Heigh Ho," and
"Whistle While You Work," the film was in
production for three years and utilized more
than 750 artists. From many who auditioned for
the voice of Snow White (Walt turned down Deanna
Durbin), he chose the young singer Adriana
Caselotti. Harry Stockwell, the father of Dean
Stockwell, did the voice of the prince, and many
radio and screen personalities were selected for
other roles, including Lucille LaVerne as the
Queen and Billy Gilbert as Sneezy. Pinto Colvig
(Goofy) did the voice of two of the Dwarfs.
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