While shooting parts of this movie in Dublin, some gypsy extras came up to Sir Christopher Lee between takes and inquired about his origins. From the observation of his physical type and the few things Lee told them about his father, their conclusion was that he must definitely have been of some gypsy ancestry himself. Knowing very little about his father's family, Lee gladly welcomed this assumption as a very believable one.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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HIDDEN MICKEY: Formed by three stones on the wall behind the Queen as she strides down to the basement to perform her spell.
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To keep the animators' minds working, Walt Disney instituted his "Five Dollars a Gag" policy. One notable example of this policy is when Ward Kimball suggested that the dwarfs' noses should pop one by one over the foot boards while they were peeking at Snow White.
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According to the audio commentary on the 2009 Diamond Edition Blu ray/DVD, Snow White's quote to the doves of "Want to know a secret? Promise not to tell?" would later be used in the Beatles' 1963 song "Do You Want to Know a Secret".
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Adolf Hitler's favorite film along with King Kong (1933) and Sun Valley Serenade (1941).
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Doc is the only one of the seven dwarfs who wears spectacles.
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This film and Star Wars IV A New Hope which was released nearly 40 years later were both thought to be a flop but ironically both films did well in the box office and each became considered the biggest success of Walt Disney and George Lucas respectively. Both films also won Oscars as well.
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The film came third in the UK's Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in order of how many seats they sold at cinemas.
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The throne of Queen Grimhilde has a peacock motif, possibly in reference to her vanity.
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The film was finally released on video in 1994, after several years of the studio resisting any notion of the idea. According to former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, the reason why the studio ultimately released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) on video was because the film was about to enter the public domain in Italy and would be prone to being pirated. Ultimately, Disney had their copyright on the movie extended.
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One of the first films to have related merchandise available at the time of premiere.
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Fifty ideas for the dwarfs' names and personalities were listed in the film's proposal; the list included all of the names finally included except Dopey and Doc (Dopey being the last to be developed). Some of the dwarfs were: Awful ("He steals and drinks and is very dirty"), Biggy-Wiggy or Biggo-Ego, Blabby, Deefy, Dirty, Gabby, Gaspy, Gloomy, Hoppy-Jumpy, Hotsy, Jaunty, Nifty, and Shifty. Sneezy was a last-minute replacement for Deefy. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz once wrote that he had heard that another name considered for a dwarf was "Snoopy" and that he was relieved that it had not been chosen as it would have probably prevented him from giving that name to his famous cartoon beagle.
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The Seven Dwarfs would later appear in a educational short film, The Winged Scourge (1943).
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'Jiminy Crickets' is mentioned twice by the dwarfs. It's an old expression usually used to express surprise.
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Even though Snow White is the youngest Disney Princess she is actually the oldest in the Disney franchise by film as she was the original Disney Princess with Cinderella and Aurora not making their debuts until the 1950s.
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The Prince was originally a much more prominent character, but the difficulty found in animating him convincingly forced the animators to reduce his part significantly.
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A love model was used for animators to help them give Snow White a more realistic look this worked so well that live models were brought in for animated features from then on. Many even were given costumes and acted out scenes to help with the drawing process.
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Held the title of highest grossing film ever for exactly one year, after which it was knocked out of the top spot by Gone with the Wind (1939).
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 26, 1938 with many of the Walt Disney voice artists reprising their film roles.
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The Queen is supposed to be Germanic in origin, but the book of spells she is reading is written in the Italian language.
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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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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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
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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