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A film comes to theaters

In 1937 Disney released first American animated feature film in movie history: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937 this film was premiered at the Carthay Cirle Theater in Los Angeles, Califorinia. On February the 4th 1938 the film came to theaters. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures, who also released films as King Kong. Snow White was one of only two animated films in Americans Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American films of all time. And it was called the greatest animated film of all time.

The birth of Snow White

The production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began in 1934, so they worked 3 years on the movie. In June 1934 Walt contacted the New York Times to tell them about making Snow White. The film had to be produced with a budget of $250.000, which ran up to a total cost of… Read the rest of this entry »

Live action and animation

With one film completed Walt Disney went to Hollywood. When he showed his showcase, consisting only one movie “Alice’s Wonderland” to a cartoon distributor, he received a contract for twelve more films. The “Alice’s” films were featuring a live girl working with cartoons. This was a good start for Walt.

Animation in 1923

Walt’s idea was to make the best cartoons anyone had ever seen. He had no plans, no specific stories, only a conviction. This was rather hard to achieve at the time, considering…  Read the rest of this entry »