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Snow White (franchise)

Snow White is a Disney media franchise that began in 1937 with the theatrical release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

"Snow White (Disney)" redirects here. For the character, see Snow White (Disney character).

Snow White

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Snow White
by the Brothers Grimm

  • The Standard Parade (1939)
  • The Seven Wise Dwarfs (1941)
  • All Together (1942)
  • The Winged Scourge (1943)

Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)*

Descendants (2015)*

Once Upon a Halloween (2005)*

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

Comics[edit]

A comic strip adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released to coincide with the release of the film. The comic strip was written by Merrill de Marris and drawn by Hank Porter, both staff at Walt Disney Pictures.[10]


The original strip ran on Sundays from December 12, 1937 to April 24, 1938 and was distributed by King Features Syndicate.[11] The sequence ran in Disney's Silly Symphony slot, as a Sunday topper for Mickey Mouse.


The strip used a number of story ideas that were ultimately abandoned in the film, including a more elaborate and comical meeting between the Prince and Snow White (in which Snow White creates a "dummy" of her dream prince, which the real Prince sneaks into), and an entire storyline in which the Evil Queen kidnaps the Prince to prevent him from saving Snow White.[12] Both of these abandoned concepts were notably recycled for use in Sleeping Beauty.


The comic was packaged and released as a comic book in 1938, 1944, 1951, 1987 and 1995 by Whitman Comics, Dell, Gold Key, Gladstone and Marvel.[13]


Mondadori, the Italian publisher of Disney comics, produced various stories in comic book format featuring characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for Italian (and eventually European) consumption: the first such story, originally serialized in 1939 in the weekly magazine Donald Duck and Other Adventures (Paperino e altre avventure), was Snow White and Basilisk the Wizard (Biancaneve e il mago Basilisco) by Federico Pedrocchi (script) and Nino Pagot (art), a direct sequel to the American comic strip adaptation where Snow White's infant son is kidnapped by an evil wizard and rescued by the Seven Dwarfs. The following year, Pedrocchi and Pagot produced another story starring the Seven Dwarfs. Several other Italian stories, often with scripts by Guido Martina and art by Romano Scarpa or Luciano Bottaro, were published in the 1950s and 1960s.[14]

Short films[edit]

The Seven Dwarfs made rare appearances in shorts, despite their popularity; they simply were too numerous to animate efficiently. They appeared in the shorts The Standard Parade (1939, using mostly recycled animation), 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941, using mostly recycled footage), All Together (1942, using mostly recycled animation) and The Winged Scourge (1943).

Video games[edit]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Atari)[edit]

The first attempt at a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs video game was for the Atari 2600 as part of their line of children's games. It was never officially released, although an unfinished prototype was released as a reproduction cartridge for collectors at the 2002 Classic Gaming Expo, complete with cover art based on Atari's Disney video games of the era.

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[edit]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released for the Game Boy Color system in 2001.