Snow White (1916 film)

Snow White

Theatrical poster to Snow White (1916)
Directed by J. Searle Dawley
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Daniel Frohman
Written by Winthrop Ames
Starring Marguerite Clark
Creighton Hale
Release date(s) 1916
Running time 63 min. (18 frame/s)
Country USA
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Snow White is a 1916 American silent film made by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and produced by Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley, from the Grimm brothers story; Winthrop Ames adapted it to the screen from his play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that he had written under the pseudonym "Jessie Graham White" and had produced in 1912 at his Little Theatre on Broadway. It was Walt Disney's inspiration for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

This film is available for viewing on the Treasures From American Film Archives #4 DVD.

Primary cast

Trivia

Two of the dwarfs are changed after first 10 min of their appearance.

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