Snow White, the first Disney princess, premieres on TV … – Vanitatis (press release) (registration) (blog)

With discretion. Here’s how television premieres this December 6, the first Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Within the Princesses container, with which Disney Channel celebrates the December bank and anticipates Christmas, Saturday night the film that 77 years ago the ‘madness’ of Disney debuts considered. A historical issue that, as a chain of DTT has not been announced with fanfare as it happened with Bambi (1942), released in Telecinco the June 19, 2011, or Cinderella (1950), in Four on 25 December 2013. In the first case, the premiere marked A ‘prick’ full-blown with a 11’2% of share . . Until the usual telefilm that typically issued Antena 3 in their afternoons weekend I had more audience

Walt Disney (1937)

The policy of replacing classic Disney has placed, very smart and profitable fed in a popular position that does not occupy other classics of film history. This policy never included issuing them on television, something that has only occurred in recent years. Since the late 80s, the Mickey Mouse factory relaunched its classic in film and also on VHS. Moreover, Buena Vista, Disney’s distributor, made these apareciesen every nine years or so , just in time for a new generation of’d like to see again.

In the case the pioneering film Disney canon, including VHS to be asked twice. After the revival of 1992 and an incessant advertising campaign, Snow White came to the Spanish videoclubs on 5 October 94. Long-awaited premiere was held by publications such as Frames , which devoted a cover of that month ( something unusual in the case of an animated film) and a tremendous success. Only in our country, about 1,300,000 units VHS , which made him one of the most successful videos in history were sold.

A mythical film

Considered the best animated film by the American Film Institute, the first Disney was born of another White move starring Marguerite Clark in 1916. The then Walt Disney jovencísimo saw a screening of the film, the story ended up falling and since then, an obsession he was around his head. adapt himself to the big screen

In the 30s, when characters in his films as Mickey or Donald were already very popular, it was time to do so. Everyone felt that releasing a full-length animated film supposed madness. “Disney’s Folly” then said. The ‘Uncle Walt’ insisted to the eyebrows, invented the multiplane camera, creating dimension of the characters with respect to funds and offered his animators five dollars for every gag that could invent.

Image from the film ‘Snow White’ (Disney)

There were people who came to say that many colors on the screen for over an hour cease blind viewers. Prints laughable today and at the time, that December 21, 1937 , when the film premiered at the Carthay Circle of New York and any doubt about it cleared. Charles Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich and Carole Lombard were there to check the success of the ‘madness of Disney’. For when the prince awoke with a kiss Snow White, the entire audience was already in tears.

In our country reached the October 6, 1941 and became a symbol in technicolor, and he drew the baby boomers, hour and a half, the hardships of their daily lives. As much as your main character vitiated by nature and remember more dwarves or witch, is this the final version of the princess who bit the apple poisoned. Disney Channel viewers can ‘taste it’ this Saturday for the first time in a free TV.