The Story of the Production

        "Walt Disney's first attempt at making a feature-length cartoon was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a milestone in motion picture
history. Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Disney's
eighty-three-minute entertainment is one of the most popular and beloved
movies ever made. Once known as Disney's Folly, it is now called Disney's
Masterpiece.
        Production began in 1934 and was completed in 1937. More than 750
artists worked on the picture, creating at least on million drawing, of
which over 250,000 were used. Studio chemists in the Disney paint
laboratories ground their own pigments from special formulas and mixed
1,500 colors and shades for the characters and backgrounds. The multiplane
camera, invented and developed by Walt Disney Studio technicians, first
reached a high degree of perfection in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
With is, animated scenes achieved a three-dimensional quality because
characters and backgrounds could be photographed on several levels or planes.
        The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave Snow White
a special award in 1939, with nine-year-old Shirley Temple making the
presentation to Walt Disney of a large golden Oscar and seven miniature
replicas. There are eight songs in the picture, several of which are now
considered "standards" in the trade: "I'm wishing," "One Song," "With a Smile
and a Song," "Whistle While You Work," "Heigh-Ho," "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum,"
"The Dwarf's Yodel Song," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come." The songs have been translated into thirteen languages and are well known throughout the world, wherever this record-breaking picture has played."

Story

From the old fairy tale, a jealous queen attempts to get rid of her beautiful step-daughter, Snow White, who takes refuge with seven dwarfs in their forest home. The queen changes into a witch and tempts Snow White with a poisoned apple which puts her into an everlasting sleep, until a prince finds her in a glass coffin and awakens her with Love's First Kiss.

Movie Info

Director: Dave Hand
Music: Frank Churchill
Songs: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Larry Morey and Paul J. Smith
Voices: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille la Verne, Otis Harlan, Scotty Matraw, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert and Pinto Colving
Academy Award: Special Award for creation of a full-length animated movie.

Mistakes

While Dopey and Sneezy are dancing with Show White, they show Dopey's hand playing the drums.
- Doc's lantern disappears when they reach the house after working in the mine.
- Dopey breaks off the front door handle and seconds later it's there again.
- When the dwarfs reach the house after working, they drop some tools and scurry behind the trees. A couple of minutes later they have tools again.

Lyrics

Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Washing Song)
    Music: Frank Churchill
    Lyrics: Larry Morey
    Performed by: [Dwarfs] Step up to the tub It ain't no disgrace Just pull up your sleeves And get up in place Then scoop up the water And rub it on your face An' go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle Ud-dle-um-dum Pick up the soap Now don't try to to bluff Work up a lather An' when ya got enough Get your hands full of water Ya snort an ya snuff An' go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle Ud-dle-um-dum Ya douse an souse Ya rub and scrub Ya sputter and splash all over the tub You may be cold and wet when your done But ya gotta admit it's goot clean fun So splash all ya like It ain't any trick As soon as your through You'll feel mighty slick Bunch of old nanny goats Ya make me sick, goin' An' go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle Ud-dle-um-dum Now scrub good an' hard It can't be denied That he'll look mighty cute As soon as he's dried Well it's good for the soul And it's good for the hide To go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle Ud-dle-um-dum

Heigh-Ho
   Music: Frank Churchill
   Lyrics: Larry Morey
   Performed by: [Dwarfs]

We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through

To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we really like to do

It ain't no trick to get rich quick

If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a pick

In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! In a mine!

Where a million diamonds shine!

We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn till night

We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig up everything in sight

We dig up diamonds by the score

A thousand rubies, sometimes more

But we don't know what we dig 'em for

We dig dig dig a-dig dig

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho

Chorus

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

It's home from work we go

(Whistle)

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

(Chorus)

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

(Whistle)

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho hum

(Chorus three times)

Heigh-ho (until fade)

Music in Your Soup
   Music: Frank Churchill
   Lyrics: Larry Morey
   Performed by: [Dwarfs]

With a spoon and a bowl

With the music in your soul

You can cheer things up with the zub, zub, zub

Of the music in your doup

With a gulp

With a grin

Get a wiggle on your chin

You can make things hum with a zum, zum, zum

Of the music in your soup

Swing that spoon

Gota keep on dippin'

Scoop up that soup

Gotta keep on sippin'

Till the bowl is dry

And your face is drippin'

Let her rip!

Let her roar!

To the first and the second

And the third encore

You're Never Too Old to be Young
    Music: Frank Churchill
    Lyrics: Larry Morey
    Performed by: [Dwarfs]

Yodel:

Yodel-ay-ee-hoo (etc.)

(Repeat)

Chorus

You're never too old to be young

When you start to lose your figure

And your hips are gettin' bigger

Your chest may slip

But don't you fret

No matter how weak your knees may get

(Chorus)

Though your teeth are out

And your whiskers sprout

And your arches give away

You're never too old to be young and gay

(Yodel)

When ya ain't got any fuzz upon your dome

Why the dickens should you care

If you ain't got any hair

'Cuz you never have to use a brush and comb

When you know your legs are gonna give out soon

When your joints begin to squeak

If you practice for a week

You can walk around and play yourself a tune

Your voice may crack when you try to sing

But you can't be good at everything

(Yodel, etc.)

(Chorus)

One Song
    Music: Frank Churchill
    Lyrics: Larry Morey
    Performed by: Harry Stockwell [Prince] One Song I have but one song One song Only for you One heart Tenderly beating Ever entreating Constant and true One love That has possessed me One love Thrilling me through One song My heart keeps singing Of one love Only for you

The Silly Song
    Music: Frank Churchill
    Lyrics: Larry Morey
    Performed by: [Dwarfs]

Yodel: Ho-la-la-ee-ay Ho-la-la-ee-ay Ho-la-la-ee-ay-ee-la-ee-ay-ee-lee-ay Ho-la-la-ee-ay Ho-la-la-ee-ay Ho-la-la-ee-ay-ee-la-lee-ay-lee-o-lee-ay (repeat) I'd like to dance and tap my feet But they won't keep in rhythm You see, I washed them both today And I can't do nothing with 'em Chorus Ho hum the tune is dumb The words don't mean a thing Isn't this a silly song For anyone to sing? I chased a polecat up a tree Way out on upon a limb And when he got the best of me I got the worst of him (Chorus) (Yodel, etc.)

Some Day my Prince will Come
   Music: Frank Churchill
   Lyrics: Larry Morey
   Performed by: Adriana Caselotti [Snow White] Some day my prince will come Some day we'll meet again And away to his castle we'll go To be happy forever I know Some day when spring is here We'll find our love anew And the birds will sing And wedding bells will ring Some day when my dreams come true

I'm Wishing
   Music: Frank Churchill
   Lyrics: Larry Morey
   Performed by: Adriana Caselotti [Snow White]

I'm wishing for the one I love To find me today I'm hoping And I'm dreaming of The nice things he'll say (Repeat)

With a Smile and a Song
    Music: Frank Churchill
    Lyrics: Larry Morey
    Performed by: Adriana Caselotti [Snow White] With a smile and a song Life is just a bright sunny day Your cares fade away And your heart is young With a smile and a song All the world seems to waken anew Rejoicing with you As the song is sung There's no use in grumbling When the raindrops come tumbling Remember, you're the one Who can fill the world with sunshine When you smile and you sing Everything is in tune and it's spring And life flows along With a smile and a song