Snow-White (1933 film)

Not to be confused with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film).

1933 film

Snow-White

Directed by| Dave Fleischer
Produced by| Max Fleischer
Starring| Mae Questel
Billy Murray
Cab Calloway
(vocal chorus)
Animation by| Roland Crandall
Color process| Black and white

Production
company

Fleischer Studios

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* March 31, 1933 (1933-03-31)

Running time

| 7 mins
Language| English

Snow-White (also known as Betty Boop in Snow-White) is a 1933 American animated short in the Betty Boop series from Max Fleischer's Fleischer Studios.[1][2] Dave Fleischer was credited as director, although virtually all the animation was done by Roland Crandall, who received the opportunity to make Snow-White on his own as a reward for his several years of devotion to the Fleischer studio. The resulting film, which took six months to complete, is considered both Crandall's masterwork and an important milestone of the Golden age of American animation.

## Synopsis

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A magic mirror resembling Cab Calloway proclaims Betty Boop to be "the fairest in the land", much to the anger of the Queen. The Queen orders her guards Bimbo and Koko to execute Betty. With tears in their eyes, they take Betty into the forest; as they prepare to execute her, they spare her by destroying their weapons, but fall into a pit before they can free her. Betty escapes into a frozen river, which encloses her in a coffin of ice. This block slips downhill to the home of the seven dwarfs, who carry the frozen Betty into an enchanted cave, running into Koko and Bimbo. The evil Queen, now transformed into a witch, turns Koko into a ghost as he sings "St. James Infirmary Blues". With her rivals disposed of, the Queen again asks the magic mirror who the fairest in the land is, but the mirror explodes in a puff of magic smoke that returns Betty and Koko to their normal states and changes the Queen into a hideous and mysterious dragon-like monster. The dragon-like monster chases the protagonists until Bimbo grabs its tongue and yanks it, turning the creature inside out and causing it to flee away. Betty, Koko, and Bimbo dance around in a circle of victory as the film ends.[3]

## Legacy

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Koko's dancing (including some moves that look like the much later "moonwalk" and "dab") during the "St. James" number is rotoscoped from footage of Cab Calloway.[4][5]

The film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1994. The same year, it was voted #19 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[6] The film is copyrighted by Paramount due to its copyright being renewed in 1961.[7]

## See also

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* Film portal
* United States portal
* Cartoon portal

* Snow White
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

## References

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1. ^ Zipes, Jack (2011). The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films. Routledge. p. 120\. ISBN 9781135853952.
2. ^ Westfahl, Gary (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Vol. Themes, Works, and Wonders, Volume 3. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1238\. ISBN 9780313329500.
3. ^ Wells, Paul (2013). Understanding Animation. Routledge. pp. 74–75\. ISBN 9781136158735.
4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: rahree (May 10, 2009), Koko the Clown sings "St. James Infirmary Blues" in Betty Boop's Snow White, retrieved May 14, 2018
5. ^ Vilas-Boas, Eric; Maher, John, eds. (October 5, 2020). "The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation". Vulture. "But in 1933, Fleischer Studios put Betty Boop and Koko the Clown in the seven-minute Betty Boop in Snow-White short animated by Roland C. Crandall, with a rotoscoped set piece in the middle, set to "St. James Infirmary Blues", performed by jazz artist Cab Calloway. [...] Here, Calloway seems to moonwalk along the animated landscape as Koko, arms out, singing a blues song about death and decay. When the witch casts her mirror over him, he becomes a ghost, at which point the rotoscoping gives seamlessly to impossible contortions."
6. ^ Beck, Jerry (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490.
7. ^ textsCatalog of Copyright Entries 1961 Motion Pictures Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 15 Pts 12-13

## External links

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* Snow White at IMDb
* The short film Snow White is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

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"Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm

* "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree"
* "Snow-White-Fire-Red"
* "Richilde"
* "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights"
* "Nourie Hadig"
* "Myrsina"
* "Bella Venezia"
* Disney franchise

Characters|

* Snow White
* Snow White (Disney)
* The Queen
* Evil Queen (Disney)
* Queen of Fables
* The Seven Dwarfs
* Prince Charming

Films|

* Snow White (1902)
* Snow White (1916)
* Betty Boop in Snow-White (1933)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
* The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955)
* Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
* Snow White (1961)
* The New Adventures of Snow White (1969)
* A Snow White Christmas (1980)
* Neberte nám princeznú (1981)
* Snow White (1987)
* Happily Ever After (1989)
* The Magic Riddle (1991)
* Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
* Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
* 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood (2004)
* 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006)
* Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
* Sydney White (2007)
* Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White—Another Bite @ the Apple (2009)
* Blanche Neige (2009)
* Grimm's Snow White (2012)
* Mirror Mirror (2012)
* Blancanieves (2012)
* Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
* Snow White: The Power of Dwarfs (2014)
* The Seventh Dwarf (2014)
* Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
* In the Mirror (2020)
* Snow White (2025)
* The Death of Snow White (2025)

| The Huntsman film series|

* Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
* soundtrack
* The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

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Other film references|

* Shrek (2001)
* Happily N'Ever After (2006)
* Shrek the Third (2007)
* Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
* Descendants (2015)
* Charming (2018)

Television
series|

* The 10th Kingdom (miniseries)
* The Charmings (sitcom)
* White Snow (1995)
* The Legend of Snow White (anime series)
* Prétear (anime series)
* Once Upon a Time (drama series)
* "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (The Simpsons episode)
* The 7D (TV series)

Stage|

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912 play)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)
* A Snow White Christmas (musical)

Ballet|

* The Magic Mirror (1903)

Other media|

* Fables (comics)
* Mira, Mirror (novel)
* Mirror Mirror (novel)
* Red as Blood (short story)
* Schneewittchen (opera)
* Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (attraction)
* Snow White's Enchanted Wish (attraction)
* Snow White Grotto (attraction)
* Snow White: Happily Ever After (video game)
* "Snow, Glass, Apples" (short story)
* The Serpent's Shadow (novel)
* Fairest (novel)
* Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (short story collection)
* Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (OVA)
* Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (video game)
* Fairytale Fights (video game)
* Snow White with the Red Hair (manga)
* RWBY (TV series)
* The Wolf Among Us (video game)
* Dark Parables (video game)
* Six-Gun Snow White (novel)

Non-media|

* Snow White Cafe

* Category

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Betty Boop films

1932|

* Stopping the Show
* Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
* Betty Boop, M.D.
* Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
* Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
* Betty Boop for President
* Minnie the Moocher
* I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
* Betty Boop's Museum
* Crazy Town

1933|

* Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
* Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
* Is My Palm Read?
* Betty Boop's Penthouse
* Snow-White
* Betty Boop's Birthday Party
* Betty Boop's May Party
* Betty Boop's Big Boss
* Mother Goose Land
* Popeye the Sailor
* The Old Man of the Mountain
* I Heard
* Morning, Noon and Night
* Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
* Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

1934|

* She Wronged Him Right
* Red Hot Mamma
* Ha! Ha! Ha!
* Betty in Blunderland
* Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
* Betty Boop's Trial
* Betty Boop's Life Guard
* Poor Cinderella
* There's Something About a Soldier
* Betty Boop's Little Pal
* Betty Boop's Prize Show
* Keep in Style
* When My Ship Comes In

1935|

* Baby Be Good
* Taking the Blame
* Stop That Noise
* Swat the Fly
* No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
* A Little Soap and Water
* A Language All My Own
* Betty Boop and Grampy
* Judge for a Day
* Making Stars
* Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American
* Little Nobody

1936|

* Betty Boop and the Little King
* Not Now
* Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
* We Did It
* A Song a Day
* More Pep
* You're Not Built That Way
* Happy You and Merry Me
* Training Pigeons
* Grampy's Indoor Outing
* Be Human
* Making Friends

1937|

* House Cleaning Blues
* Whoops! I'm a Cowboy
* The Hot Air Salesman
* Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow
* Pudgy Picks a Fight!
* The Impractical Joker
* Ding Dong Doggie
* The Candid Candidate
* Service with a Smile
* The New Deal Show
* The Foxy Hunter
* Zula Hula

1938|

* Riding the Rails
* Be Up to Date
* Honest Love and True
* Out of the Inkwell
* The Swing School
* Pudgy and the Lost Kitten
* Buzzy Boop
* Pudgy the Watchman
* Buzzy Boop at the Concert
* Sally Swing
* On with the New
* Thrills and Chills

1939|

* My Friend the Monkey
* So Does an Automobile
* Musical Mountaineers
* The Scared Crows
* Rhythm on the Reservation

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Cab Calloway

Singles|

* "Saint Louis Blues" (1930)
* "Minnie the Moocher" (1931)
* "St. James Infirmary" (1931)
* "Nobody's Sweetheart" (1931)
* "Six or Seven Times" (1931)
* "You Rascal, You" (1931)
* "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1931)
* "Reefer Man" (1932)
* "I've Got the World on a String" (1932)
* "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (1933)
* "(Hep Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive" (1939)
* "Bye Bye Blues" (1941)
* "Blues in the Night" (1942)
* "The Honeydripper" (1946)
* "Little Child" (1956)
* "History Repeats Itself" (1966)
* "Minnie the Moocher" (1978)

Musical shorts|

* Minnie the Moocher (1932)
* Snow-White (1933)
* The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
* Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
* Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
* Alright (1990)

Band members|

* Eddie Barefield
* Danny Barker
* Mario Bauzá
* Chu Berry
* Jerry Blake
* Andrew Brown
* Doc Cheatham
* Cozy Cole
* Shad Collins
* R.Q. Dickerson
* Panama Francis
* Dizzy Gillespie
* Tyree Glenn
* J. C. Heard
* Milt Hinton
* Quentin Jackson
* Illinois Jacquet
* Hilton Jefferson
* Keg Johnson
* Claude Jones
* Jonah Jones
* Al Morgan
* Rudy Powell
* Ike Quebec
* Reuben Reeves
* Edwin Swayze
* Walter Thomas
* Ben Webster
* Morris White
* Lammar Wright Sr.

Related|

* The Cab Calloway Orchestra
* Camay Calloway Murphy (daughter)
* Blanche Calloway (sister)
* Sunset Cafe
* The Missourians
* Cotton Club
* Hepcat
* Jive talk
* Zoot suit
* Jitterbug
* Cab Calloway School of the Arts
* "Hi-De-Ho"

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