The Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
What Is It?: Disney’s
historic debut animated feature boasts the studio’s trademark painterly
artwork, enchanting music, and darkness. The Wicked Queen and her ghostly
mirror adviser are terrifying. Snow White’s escape into a dark wood is the
stuff of nightmares, and the Queen’s transformation into an apple-wielding
witch (in a sequence inspired by Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) would give a nightmare nightmares. If you
can stomach the endless capering of those Seven Dwarves, you’ll find some
rewarding stuff in this not-quite perfect Disney classic.
Why Today?: Today
is Compliment Your Mirror Day.
