Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Today we feature the movie that started it all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first movie in the Disney Animated Canon and the first full-length traditionally animated film ever. Walt Disney wanted to make this movie both because he saw the financial potential of full-length features and he wanted to give more prestige to the art of animation. Many people thought the project was foolish, and Disney even had to take out a loan to get the money to finish the film. Snow White became a milestone in animation and movie history and when adjusted for inflation is one of the highest grossing movies ever made. Snow White is a beautiful, young princess described as the "fairest in the land," a description that draws the ire of her stepmother, the evil queen. The queen sends a huntsman to kill Snow White, but he instead urges her to flee. Snow White escapes through the forest and comes upon the house of the...