Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' now on Blu-Ray, coming to DVD on November 24

October 31, 10:01 PMNashville Gospel Music & Entertainment ExaminerKathryn Darden

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Snow White cover graphic from press kit

You may know that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs just released on high-def. Blu-Ray, but did you know Snow White has a Nashville connection? Read on for details!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released this month in high-definition Blu-ray, and the standard def. DVD will release on November 24. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the debut movie in Disney’s new product line – the Diamond Collection - which promises to deliver high definition content, superior picture and sound, and more to the movies in the collection.

Snow White - Groundbreaking Disney Movie

Add this to the list of "firsts" for Snow White as it was also first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full color, the first to be produced by Walt Disney, and the first to be considered a Walt Disney Animated Classic (Wikipedia).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Review

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs features a sharp and colorful the picture as well as great clarity of the sound - not bad for a movie shot in 1937. The movie is a sweet story with some very scary moments which I think children will still find as entertaining today as they did in 1937.

Snow White's vain and evil stepmother (voiced by Lucille La Verne), who dabbles in witchcraft and black magic, decides to kill the young princess she keeps as a scullery maid. The little princess is forced to hide deep in the woods where the forest animals and seven kindly dwarfs take her in. Snow White has learned to clean and cook from the years she spent cleaning the castle, and she offers to performs those tasks for the dwarfs if they will take her in.

Snow White's Bedtime Prayer

One of the sweetest scenes shows Snow White kneeling beside her small bed saying her bedtime prayers. Sadly, you don't see that anymore in Disney movies in the 21st century.

Although children will probably find Snow White's (Adriana Caselotti) high, trilling, munchkin voice funny, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a charming movie for children and families, offering enough excitement and action to hold a child's attention in the modern world.

Snow White's Nashville Connection

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has a Nashville connection as Lucille La Verne, who was the voice of the Wicked Queen and the Old Crone in Snow White, was born in Nashville, TN in 1872. The likeness of the Old Crone was patterned after La Verne.

Coming soon to my doll collecting column: Snow White dolls - a variety of Disney dolls for fans of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs