Stories of the difficulty that cast and crew had with Marilyn Monroe during the making of this film have grown to almost mythical proportions. In the "farewell" telephone conversation between Monroe and Tony Curtis, her side-to-side eye movements clearly reveal that she was reading her lines directly from an off-screen blackboard. According to Curtis, Monroe was routinely 2 to 3 hours late to the set, and occasionally refused to leave her dressing room.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In 1937 Shirley Temple represented Walt Disney with a normal and seven mini Oscars representing Snow White and the dwarfs respectively.
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The film was a particular favorite of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.
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No rotoscoping was used for the depiction of Queen Grimhilde, as the animators preferred drawing the Queen over Snow White and devoted more attention to her depiction. The animators found that she "was more real and complex as a woman, more erotic, and driven to desperate acts by her magic mirror." Particulat attention was payed to her "lovely cruel mouth and eyes", and to her graceful movements.
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Scenes planned, but never fully animated: The queen holds the prince in the dungeon and uses her magic to make skeletons dance for his amusement.Fantasy sequence accompanying "Some Day My Prince Will Come" in which Snow White imagines herself dancing with her prince in the clouds beneath a sea of starsDwarfs building Snow White a bed with help from woodland creatures (can be seen during the "Disney's Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" special).The song "Music in Your Soup" where the dwarfs sing about the soup that Snow White had just made them (can be seen during the "Disney's Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" special; the song can be heard on the soundtrack).A musical number, "You're Never Too Old to Be Young", featuring the dwarfs. It was pre-recorded, but never animated (can be heard on the soundtrack as a demo).
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[June 2008] Ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation".
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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