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Disney\u2019s long-awaited feature \u2018Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs\u2019 was rapturously received at Radio City, New York, inspiring three-hour queues for tickets. The reviews that America woke up to on 14th January 1938 were euphoric: a masterpiece had landed.\n\u201cIt is a classic as important cinematically as The Birth Of A Nation\u201d, Frank Nugent wrote in The New York Times.\xa0\xa0\u201cYou\u2019ll not, most of the time, realise you are watching animated cartoons\u201d, he continued. \u201cAnd if you do, it will only be with a sense of amazement\u201d.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how the technical feat of creating the world\u2019s first feature-length animation (nicknamed \u2018Disney\u2019s Folly\u2019) was all the more remarkable considering the inexperienced cartoonists on the crew; reveal why the UK censors very nearly classified it as unsuitable viewing for children; and challenge the notion that the Disney version of the Grimm tale is any less morbid than its literary forebears\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; The Music Hall Presents Walt Disney's Delightful Fantasy, 'Snow hite and the Seven Dwarfs'-Other New Films at Capitol and Criterion\u2019 (The New York Times, 1938):\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/14/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-music-hall-presents-walt-disneys.html\n\u2022 \u2018The Making of Snow White\u2019 (Disney, 1994):\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7X8u-EjADw&t=4s\n\u2022 \u2018Disney's Folly: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs\u2019 (Neatorama, 2012):\nhttps://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/13/disneys-folly-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/\nWant to hear more \u2018Snow White\u2019 chat from the team? There\u2019s over SEVEN MINUTES of extra content today, cut for time from today\u2019s episode and exclusively available to our top-tier subscribers. Head to\xa0patreon.com/Retrospectors\xa0to support the show and get exclusive bonus content each week. Thanks!\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\xa0\n#30s #Film #Arts #Technology #Inventions #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices