Trivia
The names of the Seven Dwarfs ("Bashful", "Doc", "Dopey", "Grumpy", "Happy", "Sleepy" and "Sneezy") were created for this production, chosen from a pool of about fifty potentials. Blabby, Jumpy, Shifty, and Snoopy were among those that were rejected.
Snow White is the second-oldest surviving film that meets the length requirement (70 minutes or more) to be considered for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The oldest is The New Gulliver from the USSR. Snow White is also the first feature-length animated film produced in the United States and the oldest animated feature film in Technicolor. Six animated feature films - as defined by the AMPAS, the AFI and the BFI - were made before it: three traditionally animated films by Quirino Cristiani from Argentina; one (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using silhouette animation by Lotte Reiniger from the Weimar Republic; and two using puppet animation (the aforementioned-mentioned New Gulliver and The Tale of the Fox by Ladislas Starevich).
The movie's title uses the word "dwarfs" which was the traditional plural of "dwarf". The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, published the same year Snow White was released, introduced the spelling "dwarves". Both plural forms have been used interchangeably since then.
The song "Someday My Prince Will Come" has become a jazz standard that has been performed by numerous artists, including Buddy Rich, Oscar Peterson, and Miles Davis.
Because Disney did not have its own music publishing company when the earlier animated films were produced, all the rights to publish the music and songs from this film are actually still controlled by the Bourne Co. In later years, the Studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from many of the other films, but not this one. Prior to Snow White, a movie soundtrack recording was unheard of and of little value to a movie studio.
While recording the voice of the Queen as the Witch, Walt Disney was not happy with the voice Lucille La Verne was producing. After several retakes La Verne asked if she could go to the bathroom. When she returned and tried again to do the voice, she performed it perfectly. Amazed, Disney asked how she had achieved it. La Verne replied that she had removed her false teeth.
On very early playings of The Price Is Right's game Cliff Hangers, a portion of "The Silly Song" was played as the climber ascended the mountain.
As of 2006, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of three Disney full-length animated classics that still have never been shown complete on television. The others are Fantasia, and Song of the South.
As of 2006, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of three Disney full-length animated classics that still have never been shown complete on television. The others are Fantasia, and Song of the South. Snow White makes an appearance in the popular Playstation 2 game Kingdom Hearts as one of the seven fabled Princesses of Heart.