Review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) by Doug N — 27 May 2018

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

Review by: Doug Nau.

Rating:*****/5.

Directed by: David Hand.

(supervising).

William Cottrell.

Wilfred Jackson.

Larry Morey.

Perce Pearce.

Ben Sharpsteen.

Produced by: Walt Disney.

Written by: Ted Sears.

Richard Creedon.

Otto Englander.

Dick Rickard.

Earl Hurd.

Merrill De Maris.

Dorothy Ann Blank.

Webb Smith.

Based on the fairytale by: The Brothers Grimm "Snow White".

Starring: Adriana Caselotti.

Lucille La Verne.

Roy Atwell.

Pinto Colvig.

Otis Harlan.

Pinto Colvig.

Scotty Mattraw.

Billy Gilbert.

Eddie Collins.

Moroni Olsen.

Stuart Buchanan.

Harry Stockwell.

Songs by: Frank Churchill (Music).

Larry Morey (Lyrics).

Score composed by: Paul J.Smith.

Leigh Harline.

A beautiful girl, Snow White (Adriana Caselotti), takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen (Lucille La Verne). The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. The dwarfs grow to love their unexpected visitor, who cleans their house and cooks their meals. But one day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage disguised as an old peddler woman and persuades Snow White to bite into a poisoned apple. The dwarfs, warned by the forest animals, rush home to chase the witch away, but they are too late to save Snow White from the poisoned apple. They place her in a glass coffin in the woods and mourn for her. The Prince (Harry Stockwell), who has fallen in love with Snow White, happens by and awakens her from the wicked Queen's deathlike spell with "love's first kiss".

"The one that started all..." and this timeless story still holds up to its standard very well with generation of audiences today it's simple but adds a whole another dimension of entertaining and sentimental moments, as well as drama down right scary and chilling scenes, for example the scene when Snow White runs in terror through the forest with imaginary creepy eyes leering at her, it is worth noting the big reason for its scary parts is largely thanks to the The Evil Queen is one of the best and most scariest villain behind Maleficent, as well as the most beautifully drawn female villain ever. Speaking of the characters I really loved the Seven Dwarfs, their very funny, my favorite of all the Dwarfs is Dopey, who's the funniest and most adorable. Snow White is most sweetest and childlike of the Disney princess. The artistry of the animation is so beautiful and ravishing, some of the best looking animation I've ever seen. The scene where Snow White runs through the forest is the most creepy and chilling scene in any animated movie I've ever seen.

The Songs are some of the best Disney has ever written. There so memorable and charming, I especially I love "whistle While you Work", "With a Smile and a Song", and "I'm Wishing/One Song". The standouts of them all are "Heigh-ho", and "Some day my prince will come" (such a beautiful song). The Score composed by Paul J. Smith is so lush, richly detailed, and one of his best work ever. My favorites are "Overture", "Magic Mirorr", "Far into the Forest", "Chorale for Snow White", "Have a Bite", "Love First's Kiss", "I been Tricked", and " Let's See what's upstairs".The voice cast was fantastic some of the best ever assembled, My favorites are Roy Atwell as Doc, Pinto Colvig as Grumpy, Otis Harlan as Happy, Pinto Colvig as Sleepy, Scotty Mattraw as Bashful, Billy Gilbert as Sneezy, and Eddie Collins as Dopey. I also really love Adriana Caselotti, I know she voice is very high-pitched vocally but she offers a distinct voice that totally fits her character. The standout being Lucille La Verne who voiced her so fantastically good and scary as The Evil Queen.

So overall this is not only the best Disney movies I've ever seen, its not a crown jewel in the Disney canon because its history as the first full length feature film, but a huge achievement in artistry and in setting the standards for animated films of today. The songs are so charming and beautiful, some of the best I've ever heard. The animation is some of the best looking and most beautiful drawn animation I've ever seen.