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Title: Snow White

Date: 1917

Distributor: Famous Players Film Co.

Director: J. Searle Dawlyer

Cast: Marguerite Clark, Dorothy G. Cumming, Creighton Hale, Lionel Braham, Alice Washburn

Summary: Queen Brangomar is jealous of the beautiful Snow White and forces the princess to work as a maid. When Prince Florimund falls in love with Snow White anyway, Brangomar hires Berthold to kill her. Berthold instead takes Snow White to the forest to live with the seven dwarfs. The Queen finds Snow White and gets her to eat the poisoned apple. Snow White recovers and marries Florimund. Queen Brangomar is turned into a peacock.

Notes:Walt Disney is said to have patterned his animated “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) from his memories of seeing this film as a young man.
         

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