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THE FAIREST ...AND THE SCARIEST OF THEM ALL - Page 3
A Scary Tribute to Disney's Masterpiece

In addition to the capture and torture of the Prince, several other story strands didn't make it into the final 1937 animated masterpiece SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. One of the planned sequences was Snow White's very own "Dream Sequence". This extremely beautiful sequence - completed in storyboard phase - was to be seen as Snow White sang "Some Day My Prince Will Come", but it was reportedly rejected by Walt Disney himself to keep the narrative more intimate. Whether the decision to omit it was correct or not, it's clear that the epic romantic quality of the movie would have taken major steps forward if the dream sequence had been included into the final movie. Just imagine all this in the gorgeous final animation of 1937: Snow White and the Prince meet and dance on the clouds, comical baby stars bustle around, while dark storm clouds threaten the lovers' starlit rendezvous at the end (a witty reference to the Evil Queen).

However, more important is that if this dream sequence would have been made, it had taken place approximately the same time as the Queen started flooding the dungeon to drown the chained Prince. Now, wouldn't that be drama at its best ? One can only imagine what a breathtaking contrast it would have been to see Snow White's innocent, gorgeous dream against the pure horror of the flooding dungeon: Raging waters envelop the chained and gagged Prince, struggling in his manacles desperately as the water starts to reach his tightly chained feet. The helpless young man is going to drown.

But a rescue is at hand. Enter Snow White's animal friends. Birds - and maybe also some other friendly critters of the castle - manage to steal the key and liberate the Prince from his chains in the flooding dungeon. A new hope fills the Prince with furious energy - and thus, an epic escape follows: Sword duels with the guards, the Prince leaping over tables, swinging on chandeliers - and finally finding his trustworthy horse and speeding for the forest in order to find Snow White before the Queen does. But... he is too late. Snow White has bitten the apple. Thus follows the finale that we all know - but just think it: Wouldn't the Prince's sorrow at Snow White's coffin in the final 1937 movie be so much more justified after all the horror and desperation at the Queen's dungeon ? It would make perfect sense, in addition with the true wonder and joy of the Love's First Kiss leading to a Happy Ending.

Even though Walt Disney chose a less epic direction for the final movie, there is still plenty of extraordinary contrast of light and dark that makes SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS a true masterpiece. Not even PINOCCHIO (1940) manage to contrast innocence, wonder, and sincere fun with such real-life horrors as Snow White being nearly stabbed in the back by a sinister Huntsman, or being buried alive while only in sleep - not forgetting the true horror of Snow White's nightmare escape into the dark forest or the ferocious climactic chase of the evil Queen. The purpose for these kinds of horrors is to underline the true beauty and sincere wonder of happy endings and fairytale magic. Walt Disney's 1937 masterpiece SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS is still the best example of such great and functional contrast - and it would have been even a better one, a true epic romantic adventure, if all the planned sequences and later refinements would have been produced into the movie.

And they lived
happily ever after

On the next page
KenNetti presents the highlights
the 1937 comic book adaptation
scripted by Merrill de Maris

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THE FAIREST ...AND THE SCARIEST OF THEM ALL
A Scary Tribute by KenNetti to Disney's Masterpiece

Front Page
The Fairest ...and the Scariest of Them All
Introduction

Page 2
A Doomed Love Triangle
The Prince Is Captured
Dark Secrets of the Dungeon

Page 3
An Epic Love Story
Snow White's Dream Sequence
The Happy Ending

Page 4
The 1937 Merrill de Maris Comic Book Excerpts
Scary Snow White Image Gallery

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SNOW WHITE'S SCARY ADVENTURES
A Little Tribute to Disneyland's Original "Spook Ride"
The Scary Adventures Front Page

THE KENNETTI SNOW WHITE DATABASE
The Home for All Things Scary and Beautiful
The Snow White Database Front Page
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Research, text, and image processing by
Kenneth Sundberg

All original artwork � Disney

Information & image sources:
Richard Holliss & Brian Sibley - Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs & the Making of the Classic Film (Hyperion, 1987/1994)
The Complete Story of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, Times Mirror Books, 1987)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Collector's
Edition 2-Disc DVD (Disney DVD)
The 1937 comic book (published in Finland by Sanoma Osakeyhti�
in 1973, in Finnish Aku Ankka ("Donald Duck") magazine
and Kenneth Sundberg's extensive research on several
other Snow White publications by Disney
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