Snow White (Disney franchise)

Snow White is a Disney franchise that began in 1937 with the theatrical release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Films

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the 1st full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.^[1]

Descendants

Descendants is a live-action Disney Channel Original movie based on the lives of the children of various Disney heroes and villains when they attend the same prep school.

Rose-Red

Disney is planning a live-action spin-off film revolving around the character Rose-Red from the story Snow-White and Rose-Red, who will added into the plot of the Disney film. The story will take place right after Snow White eats the apple and falls into her Sleeping Death, her estranged sister, Rose Red, must undertake a dangerous quest with Grumpy and the other dwarves to find a way to break the curse and bring Snow White back to life.^[2]

D2V films and TV series

House of Mouse & Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Animated television series House of Mouse, which included many Disney character animated cameos, included the characters in the special Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

Once Upon a Halloween

The Evil Queen appeared in a starring role in the film Once Upon a Halloween, a 2005 direct-to-video film in DVD made by Walt Disney Home Entertainment of Walt Disney Pictures, featuring Evil Queen (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) and Disney Villains. The film features clips from Disney movies plus shorts and songs.

Once Upon a Time

Fantasy television series Once Upon a Time regularly include live action interpretations of characters including Snow White, the Evil Queen, the Huntsman, the Prince, the Mirror, and Grumpy (including the other dwarves as smaller characters).

Sofia the First

Snow White appearances in the twenty-seventh and second episode The Enchanted Feast of the series Sofia the First Season 2 is an 2013 American animated television series franchise loosely based on 1937 movies Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney. It is the second animated series and the earlist in the series Sofia the First released on April 4, 2014.

The 7D

The 7D is a Disney series centering on The Seven Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The series premiered on July 7, 2014 on Disney XD.

Short films

The Seven Dwarfs made rare appearances in shorts, despite their popularity; they simply were too numerous to animate efficiently. Commissioned shorts The Standard Parade (1939), The Seven Wise Dwarfs (1941, using mostly recycled footage), All Together (1942) and The Winged Scourge (1943) all include appearances.

Theme park attractions

Snow White's Scary Adventures

Snow White's Scary Adventures is a popular theme park ride at Disneyland (an opening day attraction dating from 1955), Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Included in the 2013 expansion of Fantasyland is the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster. Snow White, her Prince, the Queen (both in the form of a regent and a hag), and the Seven Dwarfs are also featured in parades and character appearances throughout the parks.

Snow White Grotto

Snow White Grotto is an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Tokyo Disneyland at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan and at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is a wishing well located at the west of the Sleeping Beauty Castle (for Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland) or Cinderella Castle (for Tokyo Disneyland).

Snow White: An Enchanting Musical

Disneyland's Fantasyland Theater hosted Snow White: An Enchanting Musical from 2004 to 2006.

Broadway musical

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Disney-produced Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (also known as Snow White Live!) played at the Radio City Music Hall. Music and lyrics for four new songs were created by Jay Blackton and Joe Cook, respectively; titles included "Welcome to the Kingdom of Once Upon a Time" and "Will I Ever See Her Again?". It ran from October 18 to November 18, 1979 and January 11 to March 9, 1980, a total of 106 performances.

Video games

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Atari)

The first attempt at a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs video game was for the Atari 2600 as part of their line of children's games. It was never officially released, although a "homebrew" version was made available on a limited basis.

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released for the Game Boy Color system in 2001.

Kingdom Hearts

Snow White also makes an appearance in the PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts as one of the seven fabled Princesses of Heart. A world based on the movie, Dwarf Woodlands, appears in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for the PSP.

Snow White: Queen's Return

In 2013's free-to-play mobile game Snow White: Queen's Return (also known as Seven Dwarfs: The Queen's Return), an uncanonical continuation of the film, the Queen has survived the fall at the climax of the film and then reverted to her youthful form to cast a curse on Snow White and the dwarfs and their entire forest.

Music

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney film, was the 1st commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released in January 1938 as Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title) and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues.

1. "I'm Wishing" - Adriana Caselotti
2. "One Song" - Harry Stockwell
3. "With a Smile and a Song" - Adriana Caselotti
4. "Whistle While You Work" - Adriana Caselotti
5. "Heigh-Ho" - The Dwarfs Chorus (Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan & Scotty Mattraw)
6. "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)" - The Dwarfs Chorus (Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan & Scotty Mattraw)
7. "The Silly Song The Dwarfs' Yodel Song (The Silly Song)" - The Dwarfs Chorus (Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan & Scotty Mattraw)
8. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" - Adriana Caselotti

Comic strip

Snow White comic strip

A comic strip adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released to coincide with the release of the film. The comic strip was written by Merril de Marris and drawn by Hank Porter.

References

1. Hischak, Thomas. "The Oxford Companion to the American Musical". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
2. "Disney Plans Live-Action Film About Snow White's Sister (Exclusive)". Retrieved March 31, 2016.