Snow White

By Buster1

  • Grimm fairy tales

    Brothers Grimm wrote Little Snow White along with other German folktales.

  • The Seven Dwarves

    "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was a Broadway play written by Winthrop Ames. The first dwarves were named Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, and Quee.

  • The First Time On Screen

    Winthrop Ames creates a 63 minute silent film based on his 1912 play.

  • Betty Boop's Adaptation

    The cartoon shows Betty Boop looking into her stepmother's looking glass and becoming the fairest of them all.

  • The Most Famous One: Disney's Adaptation

    Walt Disney animates the classic story in the first full-length cel-animated features. The dwarves were renamed to Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey and Doc

  • Apple Allegory in Nine to Five

    In Nine to Five, Lily Tomlin alludes to Snow White's poisoned apple by using poisoned coffee

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks

    In one episode of "Alvin and the Chipmunks," the kids are putting on a school play about Snow White.

  • Short-lived Comedy Series: The Charmings

    Snow White and her family wake up from a thousand-year curse and wake up in the 1980s. It won a Primetime Emmy Award for lighting direction.

  • Saved by the Bell

    On "Saved by the Bell," the kids put on a play about the fairy tale, but with a twist. Thus naming it "Snow White and the Seven Dorks."

  • Snow White With A Scary Twist

    The TV movie, "Snow White: A Tale of Terror," has the same story, but is set during the Crusades.

  • The 10th Kingdom

    In "The 10th Kingdom" series, a girl and her father go into a parallel universe where fairy tale princesses rule kingdoms.

  • Shrek

    Like many other fairy tale characters, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves makes cameos in Shrek

  • Fantasy in San Francisco

    In "Happily Ever After," an evil witch murders the keeper of the Fairy Tales and the "Charmed" sisters become twisted versions of themselves. One sister, Paige, takes a bite of Snow White's apple.

  • Disney at it Again

    Disney mocks its own work by recreating Snow White, but in New York and with a princess named Giselle.

  • Once Upon a Time

    Disney recreates updated versions of every fairy tale, including Snow White.