1937: Snow White - The Making of Walt's First Masterpiece

[@deepanshusinghal92]

Even after more than 80 years the animation hasn't aged a bit I was amazed at how beautiful it all looked

[@theonewhocooks111]

Man the 30s were so far ahead of its time (animation wise)

[@only257]

Agreed 😊

[@maxxdelarge6609]

I remember watching this film as an adult in 2000. I couldn't believe how perfectly animated it was, being such an old film. But the emotions it causes, joy, tenderness and sorrow, is what makes it a timeless animated movie.

[@cheery-hex]

Imo, no modern animation can hold a candle to the witch transformation scene. It's simply astounding!

[@stevensampson5823]

But Scary

[@АннаТрофимова-т3з]

It remains my favourite Disney princess movie. Every scene, supplemented by the marvellous music, is a complete masterpiece!

[@kentonclarkson1449]

The first DVD I bought was Snow White. A masterpiece of Art and Cinema. Clark Gable attended the premier and was crying at the end.

[@lillauser9483]

I just watched this today 25 years old It is unbelievably good I couldn't believe my eyes, especially it is so old

[@orboakin8074]

No joke. This was the first disney movie I ever watched. My father bought me and my sister a bootlegged VHS of the movie when we were kids in Nigeria in 2000. It is still a favorite of mine! Such a wonderful, well animated and written movie😄😄 Thank you Walt Disney. You are the greatest.

[@FilmQualia]

Considering its quality, this essay is crazyyy under-watched. Marvellous history, analysis and animation. 👏

[@Austinator0630]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves essentially defines what animation should be. It shouldn't be surprising why Walt Disney Animation is the king of all feature animation.

[@BigBadMadDog.]

I loved this film as a kid, when I first found out it was made in 1937, I was absolutely shocked. The animation has not aged a bit.

[@Beatngu23]

My favorite Disney princess of all time! My family called me little snow white when I was little. I had black curly hair, lips red, rosey cheeks, and pale skin as snow. I love her so much ❤❤❤

[@hamburgareable]

Oh, Snow white is my favorite, one of the greatest feature film cartoons that Disney ever facilitated in his career and its success, coupled with its timeless hand-drawn animation quality, has been unequalled up to this day. The first movie is always the starting point. There is absolutely zero question about that.

[@goopie93]

This has to be my favourite episode so far. I watch a lot of cartoons and animations in general and the idea of characters being emotional and having personalities is so common today that the fact that it once wasn't completely slipped my mind. I've always seen Snow Whit somewhat of a "starting point" for Disney animations but the thought of it being revolutionary in terms of storytelling and animation was something new to me. Thank you for this episode and I look forward to the next one :)

[@m.syauqiabdurahman2798]

It also Inspired Many Movie Including 1939 MGM Classic "The Wizard Of Oz"

[@CarStreetGasGone]

No

[@Soundofsilver2007]

This is the greatest KZbin video I've ever seen.

[@danthsmith]

You forget the brilliance of the songs. Timeless

[@MrDebkumarbasu]

The water ripples in the well.....to achieve that quality of realism in traditional animation in 1937.......LEGENDS!!!!!

[@CaresinVerse]

My favorite film of all time, very masterfully described and beautifully rendered. Thank you!

[@hilarioph]

Snow White could be the greatest animated movie of all time. Even the standard of Animation is more masterpiece since Walt Disney has been a history of Cinema Animation

[@cricket007-j9t]

THIS QUALITY IN1937 UNBELIEVABLE 🤯👏

[@christianheitmann4922]

The film has been digitally restored.

[@rp1692]

​@@christianheitmann4922but doesn't restoration mean restoring it to its original quality, not improving it? The quality of existing prints degrades over time. The pre-restoration prints weren't representative of what people saw in 1937.

[@naranara1690]

This is an insanely beautiful and well-made film. I really can't believe it predates 3 of my grandparents.

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

There was a beautiful feel I always had each time I watched this film as a kid and after I knew the history of the movie and how important it was, the experience became better. Great video, it makes me want to run in the woods and sing (but probably I will not do it)

[@dasc0yne]

My most prized collector's piece is a production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It's a beautiful iconic image from the end of the "Whistle While You Work" number with the bird perched on her finger. This drawing was used to make a production cel which was painted for a single frame in that shot.

[@CeeLiberty]

Awesome info! Great video. My heart hurts at the horror that is happening to the "new" Snow White" Walt is rolling in his grave...again!

[@ggt47]

Yes! Snow White! The most iconic princess of all time. And animated film ever. I love it . Always . Watching it tonight. Adrianna Caselotti was/-is pretty.

[@MattDraper]

Really fantastic work! You dig into the details and importance of Snow White in such a clear and insightful way. I would put this side by side with any retrospective Disney created on the film themselves. Looking forward to whatever comes next!

[@daviddrabick9018]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs proved that animation was a medium that could compete with- and top- any other. The standard of quality it represents remains the Gold Standard even today for cartoons. As a child, I enjoyed the ride; as a man, I still do. And Grumpy has remained my favourite, because he changes the most, and for the better; he goes from hostility for Snow White, to leading the charge against her evil enemy, whom they all fear. Good vs. Evil, pity vs. cruelty, love vs. jealousy, grief and joy, it is all in this film. Snow White is feminine and sympathetic, and so we want her to succeed. She proves her worth by heing kind, gentle, and strong in the face of adversity. She has skills and characteristics that fit her for happiness. She touches other's lives and makes them better, and those that love her reciprocate, and that is true empowerment. Disney's live action "remake", and the scorn its advocates have for its masterpiece namesake, will be as forgettable as any of their other recent attempts to top the great days of the company.

[@Texaslawhorn]

Classic and timeless! Definitely no need to be remade.

[@elwoodblues9613]

6:55 - the Multiplane Camera - next time you're in San Francisco, stop by the Walt Disney Museum in the Presidio. In the bookstore on the left, you'll find an actual multiplane camera that the Disney studios used to photograph their masterpieces.

[@HannahDonohue]

Hugely enjoyed this! Thank you! My favorite Disney animated film is Sleeping Beauty, but as a kid it was always Snow White. I'm fascinated by Walt-era Disney film history.

[@MiaArianaMia]

Snow White is still an amazing movie till this day. and it without it, there would be no Disney Studios if it hadn’t won the academy award in 1939.

[@WillScarlet16]

This movie was one of the biggest gambles of its time, and Disney drove himself to near-bankruptcy trying to make it, not sure if it would ever be a success. 87 years later, the Disney execs think "Hey, it'll be easy and quick to make, and make a lot of money really fast."

[@veronicaclarke7499]

I haven't seen this since I was a kid. You make me want to see it again.

[@MorningForestMusings]

There's so many things about Snow White that I've taken for granted. How much opposition there was to feature length animation, or the idea of watching cartoons for more than 20 minutes.

[@easytiger9604]

great vid Charlie! can't even fathom the amount of work you put into this, and it turned out awesome! I absolutely love Snow White, and I owe a lot to Disney for Mulan, Robin Hood and Hunchback too

[@huntingfashiondolls3307]

I was 6 yo when i saw it by the first time. It was just the most amazing movie i had ever seen with my 6yo eyes, and i can say even now, i still appreciate it as before

[@PatrickWDunne]

This is an amazing episode. This channel deserves hundreds of thousands more followers.

[@francescomanzo3939]

One of the greatest films of all time. And this video is great, too!

[@jamesracioppi2574]

Wonderful documentary. It was I think one of the German expressionist pioneers of film that called Snow White the greatest film (live action or otherwise) of all time. Thanks

[@ilovelegos2000]

I watched this as a little girl in the early 2000s. I'm 21 now. I feel like watching this again

[@howtobutter1115]

how did they make this in 1937

[@StoryMemories86]

With lots of vision!

[@topsdaily_productions]

Slavery

[@doggodoggo3000]

@@topsdaily_productions It really wasn't like that. This was the first animated feature to ever exist. Look at the state of animation when this company started just 11 years before. This film is one of the best 100 years later. "crunch" is still a problem in creative fields today. Like cyberpunk 2077 and the problems CDPR is facing. Are the employees there "slaves?" Greatness has never been associated with a good work/home life balance, sadly. But yea they were working really hard.

[@topsdaily_productions]

@@doggodoggo3000 you have zero sense of humour jeez fix your life good bye

[@doggodoggo3000]

@@topsdaily_productions Maybe it wasnt funny? think of that?

[@olawetterberg8515]

Saw it yesterday, can't remeber since last time. Man, the animations, light, details are so much better than the current mass-production "money grab" movies they spew out nowdays. OG disney movies really felt special...

[@macginther2484]

Great review. I learned alot about the process and why Disney's decision to infuse realism in this masterpiece gives it an emotional depth. Showing other animated films of the time gave me some context, realized what a great leap forward Snow White represented. Well done.

[@kimosabe2396]

I just saw the trailer for the Snow White Live Action coming out next year, im so excited!

[@only257]

The original 1937 movie looks better 😊

[@hamburgareable]

@@only257 I agree! I´d rather rewatch it more than the remake coming out next year!

[@jeffreylaveaux2254]

I am so excited that the snow white movie is the 1th walt Disney movie of ALL 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@neo7i]

one of the greatest films

[@WhatsSoGreatAboutThat]

Great video! I never tire of hearing about how these films were made. For a while, Snow White was the only VHS tape I had as a child so I watched it so many times! I don't know what I'd consider my favourite Disney film, but I also remember watching Robin Hood a lot. Now, it's probably The Lion King.

[@SagnikBiswas043]

Can't believe that it's 1937 animation 😀

[@ajax_the_terrible_gorilla9818]

This is incredible! Thank you sir...

[@Anitations]

As an animator, I appreciate this examination of Disney's Snow White. You touched upon its inspirations, technical feats and cultural impact with concise clarity. My only criticism was that you brought up "The Old Windmill" as a case for the multiplane camera technique. While that is true, this animated short was essentially a demo/exercise in many of the innovations and effects that would eventually be implemented into Snow White, such as animation for animals, water and weather effects. Overall, though, a great video essay and intriguing channel project. Subscribed.

[@CarStreetGasGone]

No

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

Great video. I just want to say THANK YOU for your videos. I recently bought The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu and Metropolis. They are AMAZING!!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! ^-^

[@NicholasTranscends]

Nice work brother. I appreciate this take care... Snow White is #1 for me! Be well!

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

Well done with this segment on your project. Please keep up the good work. I have some more ideas for you in future projects. 1937: Grand Illusion, 1st foreign Best Picture Oscar nominee, 1937: Captains Courageous, a true adventure at sea. 1938: Adventures of Robin Hood, a grand adventure in Technicolor. 1938: The beginnings of Bugs Bunny. 1938: Michael Curtiz, America's greatest unknown directors.

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you so much for uploading this valuable doc here!! It´s really wonderful to get to know how this wonder of animation was created!

[@jorger5777]

Great video!

[@joshstillcool]

Snow White is a masterpiece but Fantasia (1940) is Walt's greatest achievement imo. He flung technology 100 fold forward to create it. He used a 2.40:1 aspect ratio (unheard of for *any* film at the time) and utilized multiple speakers to create surround sound (again, absolutely unheard of). They had to do a traveling road show to accommodate theaters to present it. It was designed to be in continual rotation with new shorts being added each year. Walt always looked forward and refused to do sequels. Fantasia is the only thing he ever looked back on and wondered why it wasn't the success it was destined to be. Fantasia is his magnum opus and, again imo, the greatest animated film ever made.Great job covering Snow White's depth and impact in only 12mins! Here's a bonus tidbit. Walt's animators weren't really keen on humor, so, as incentive, Walt paid any animator that came up with a good joke for the movie was paid $100 for each joke!

[@jrb_sland5066]

Hi Josh - one correction: Fantasia was shot in 1940's standard 1.33:1 aspect ratio. I know this can be confusing, because there were re-releases of the movie in the 1960s and 1970s that used the 1953 Cinemascope print format in order to access its 4-track magnetic sound system to carry the original 3 tracks of the 1940 road show release. These re-releases were often screened by unthinking projectionists who recognized a C'scope magtrack print and played it using their usual C'scope anamorphic projection lenses, giving the picture a widened look that degraded the appearance of the movie at 2.40:1 aspect ratio. I'm guessing this is what you saw. Fantasia looks much better at 1.33:1. More presentation format info/history: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

Thanks man, I love Fantasia! I actually have it on my list of films to cover, but it there are a few for 1940 and I’m worried about doing to much Disney stuff so close together.

[@jessicawhittemoore7829]

@@onehundredyearsofcinema Snow White came in 1938 not 1937

[@hamburgareable]

@@jessicawhittemoore7829 It did come out in 1937.

[@Midoriventure]

@@onehundredyearsofcinema Don't worry about it! I'm a very childish film watcher in certain ways, and honestly I'm not much likely to jump on any videos on your channel that *aren't* cartoons, but the quality of this video is so good I'm tempted. I want more of it. Old Disney was so good. I would love to see more videos from you on it.

[@Tararu3500]

Wonderful. Good choice for 1937. Thank you.

[@kriitikko]

Snow White is actually the first film I saw in theatre, back in the 90's when a lot of Disney classics were re-released with a new dub in Finland. As for my favorite Disney movie, it's a tie between Fantasia which made me love classical music and Beauty and the Beast in which I think they took all their decades worth of experience in turning fairy tales to movies and perfected the formula. This channel is really good. I only discovered it recently but I am hooked. :-)

[@notomatoesbbq]

This was awesome, great work man!

[@savannawind]

My daughter loves it, she is 5, it is one of those movies which has withstood the test of time.

[@CarloRufinoSabusap]

Squirrel at far left on 4:04 isn't painted in for a few frames

[@hibarehan9735]

Carlo Rufio GREAT observarion

[@mineonlyedwardcullen]

what do you mean?

[@StoryMemories86]

Very informative, concise and just the right length. Snow White has definitely been one of my favorite films! And has been one of the most influential, along with The Little Mermaid. I think it’s difficult for us to look back and understand where the people who were calling it Disney’s folly were coming from. Exactly as the host mentioned, the animation from pre-1937 is leagues behind what was created for Snow White and even the Oldmill. So when they call it Disney’s Foley maybe in 1936 they were comparing it to cartoons that have been produced the previous year. So take a look at the concept art (caricature Snow White and shifty and thrifty Dwarfs) and imagine that as an hour and a half cartoon. #NotMySnowWhite 😂

[@jimpickard3850]

Charlie, you must have a brain the size of a planet ... the knowledge and skill with which you put these videos together is breathtaking ... I'm in awe !

[@CarStreetGasGone]

He has google

[@jimpickard3850]

@@CarStreetGasGone Cynical

[@Aurora-Welch]

Walt Disney really put everything in motion. Like If he never created Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Like animated films would not exist.

[@olamfilms]

Thanks for these videos! So good! 👍💯🔥

[@theeternally-wanderingcosm326]

Amazing vid I always liked snow white it's look so natural

[@adamstevens2048]

Great video! My favourite Disney films are The Lion King and Aladdin.

[@aliciamesa5382]

Nice job! Thank you. 😀

[@SceneComparisons]

great episode top 3 animated disney movie fantasia sleeping beauty lion king

[@mcarthurscanvas]

When animation was made with pure talent. Not the fake 3d computer stuff today.

[@talktalk2412]

Intresting to see a live action version of the Witch at the window as that part in the film scared the heck out of me

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs is already 85! Almost didn't get made because of a $1.5 million venture but thanks to his wife Walt pushed forward Had no idea it was based on the 1812 Brothers Grimm fairy tale which was much darker Amazing it's still Walt Disney's first success and paved the way for all animated films It inspired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to produce the brilliant fantasy film, “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939 Charlie Chaplin gave it a big thumbs up It was something else they actually had audiences cry at an animated feature and has made $418 million thanks to reissues inspiring theme parks and a Broadway show Snow White is a nice character even though the voice actress sounds very Betty Boop-ish The prince has no personality and very little lines The Dwarfs are funny and easy to distinguish The Queen is standard being very vain but her design is impressive and becomes much scarier as the old hag I am glad though they featured more of the characters in kingdom hearts video games Most of the animators credited in “Snow White” are men, but the majority of inkers and painters were women The effort shows despite rigorous hours and the movie got a lot of recognition at the national library of Congress and the national film registry

[@rclark777]

The fact that Sergei Eisenstein called this film "the greatest".

[@BadGuyRants]

Why does this video open with a qualifier? Obviously Snow White is a film that is way more fulfilling as an adult than as a child. The craftsmanship alone is astonishing.

[@jasongray797]

I think Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" is woefully underrated... the colors, the 'fantastical realism', the Cheshire Cat's cagey comedy. pls do a video on that movie

[@tsp1999]

you've got to credit also the director, David Hand

[@jon4715]

It's pretty incredible that Snow White really feels like the peak of 2D animation. Still looks better than anything.

[@arnesahlen2704]

Thank goodness we can return to your fine presentation as the Rachel Zegler trashfire explodes well before completion. THANK YOU.

[@catarinasilva9148]

Great analysis!

[@only257]

Great movie one of my favorites 😊

[@peggysartoris7371]

Would love to learn more about Pinnochio

[@tali813]

Great vid. Thank you for posting this. :D

[@igloozoo3771]

Wished I saw this commentary when I was growing up in the 80s...I would have appreciated Cartoons way more.

[@hughmc1133]

This is the movie that made Disney and the new remake will be the film to end Disney. How apt.

[@Tea_998]

Just what I was thinking. Isn’t it ironic and somehow poetic at the same time?!

[@margauxkramer8791]

Great analysis but I heavily disagree when you said "The cartoon needed to have a connection with the audience, something earlier cartoons couldn't do." That is COMPLETELY false. when Fleisher Studios first made cartoons (which Walt Disney paid people to give him credit instead of Fleisher), they were made only for adults and that's because of the cartoons themselves. They had talked and shown depression, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, death, inmates being electrocuted. This were topics that the audiences were able to connect with. Fleisher made his cartoons specifically to be relatable to the audience, which was why audiences continued coming back for them. Walt Disney was NOT the first to make a connection with audience members through cartoons first BUT he was the first to make it for kids.

[@Dawnemperor1]

Margaux Kramer All respects to Fleischer studios and their contributions to animation history. There are a lot of creators/animators who pre-dated Disney that don’t get enough credit. And when I think of surreal, trippy, and creative animation, Fleischer is the first to come to mind. That being said, I think what Disney wanted to do was have a greater focus on stories and themes that connected with the audience in terms of having empathy for the animated characters onscreen rather than just laughing at their gags. Fleischer cartoons featured mature content and creative animation, but Disney was going in a different direction. It doesn’t make one superior.

[@solameencuentro]

Excellent video!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@Endgame707]

Snow White is a beautiful princess ❤️

[@joeannlendayaday3328]

Watching this movie today, 2-9-2020. Aired in GMA station, Philippines. Fantastic! I was brought back in 1930's😘😘😘

[@BrandonKohout]

It’s the animated movie that started it all.

[@Rodney_TheOperaRat]

What I like about Snow White of how she treats the Dwarfs like they’re her children which is very sweet and motherly🩵❤️🩷

[@harry-g8m6m]

My 2 favorite Walt Disney feature-length animation films are: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & Sleeping Beauty. Each is a timeless masterpiece. Glorious music is the quintessential element giving a psychological/emotional unity to the motion picture. Prof. Dr. Dr. H. James Birx, New York USA

[@edcampion3998]

Number one is the jungle book a true classic but technically i think the best is pinnochio

[@terryhammond1253]

Foe me the Evil Queen remains the single greatest villain in all of film history.

[@Sameir8055]

Woww...!! Really love this channel. Thanks a lot. Looking to explore more from this channel.

[@SlipperySoap]

So awesome 🤩😁!!!!

[@hotwax9376]

While this video describes the production of Snow White well, I have one problem with it: the idea that more "lifelike" animation is more relatable. There are many animated cartoons that I've seen that were not lifelike, yet I enjoyed and found relatable just as much as Snow White-style cartoons. More lifelike animation may be more relatable for some, but not necessarily for me. And weren't some of the cels in the multiplane camera made of glass instead of celluloid?

[@PwkKelly]

The evil queen is so creepy even if she is fake

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

Gale Sondergard who was going to play The Wicked Witch of the West in 1938 could of played The Evil Queen, as she has the facial features and the figure.

[@caroltenge5147]

4:34 Zasu Pitts.

[@cormacphillips2585]

Im sure there's more written and made about Snow White than you could digest in a year. Loving ypur insight. Tron is my favourite Disney movie. Terrible movie but it looked so different and its sequel only borrowed didn't reinvent.

[@coffeeNTrees]

Well done.

[@Fami64]

Glad to hear that they added my old Kentucky home and flip the frog