''Snow-White'' (also known as ''Betty Boop in Snow-White'') is a 1933 American

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short in the '' Betty Boop'' series from

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's Fleischer Studios.

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was credited as director, although virtually all the animation was done by

Roland Crandall Roland Dimon "Doc" Crandall (August 29, 1892 - August 14, 1972) was an American animator. He is best known for his work at Fleischer Studio, especially on the Betty Boop version of ''Snow White'' and as lead animator with Seymour Kneitel on the ...

, 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

A magic mirror resembling Cab Calloway proclaims Betty Boop to be "the fairest in the land", much to the anger of

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. The Queen orders her guards

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and Koko to

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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 the 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.

Legacy

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" and " dab") during the "St. James" number is

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d from footage of Cab Calloway. The film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States

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and selected for preservation in the

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in 1994. The same year, it was voted #19 of the

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of all time by members of the animation field. The film is copyrighted by Paramount due to its copyright being renewed in 1961. A fan music video for the 2017 single "Mercury" by American

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uses footage from the cartoon, as does

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's 2020 single

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snow White (1933 Film) 1933 films 1933 animated films 1930s American animated films 1930s animated short films United States National Film Registry films Films based on Snow White 1933 short films American black-and-white films Betty Boop cartoons Short films directed by Dave Fleischer Articles containing video clips Paramount Pictures short films Fleischer Studios short films 1930s English-language films

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