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[[File:Ss-chinashop.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The China Shop]]'']]
 
[[File:02101934 WDA TDIDGrasshopper.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Grasshopper and the Ants]]'']]
 
[[File:Donald-duck-1st-02.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Donald Duck]] debuts in ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]''.]]
 
[[File:Donald-duck-1st-02.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Donald Duck]] debuts in ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]''.]]
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[[File:OrphansBenefit1934Poster.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Orphan's Benefit (1934)|Orphan's Benefit]]'']]
[[File:Ss-goddessofspring.jpg|thumb|250px]][[File:02101934_WDA_TDIDGrasshopper.jpg|thumb|250px]][[File:OrphansBenefit1934Poster.jpg|thumb|250px]]
 
[[File:Ss-chinashop.jpg|thumb|250px]]
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[[File:Ss-goddessofspring.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Goddess of Spring]]'']]
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An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year '''1934'''.
==Production==
 
*After dinner one evening, [[Walt Disney]] reveals his plan to make ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' to his key animators, acting out every part in front of them and estimating the budget (incorrectly) at $250,000.
 
*August 9 - The first outline for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' is prepared.
 
*September - [[Adriana Caselotti]] first auditions for the voice of [[Snow White (character)|Snow White]] in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''.
 
*October 3 - Story meeting for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'':
 
:*Music in Your Soup
 
:*The bed building sequence
 
:*Snow White teaching the Dwarfs how to say their prayers
 
:*The [[Prince (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|Prince]] being taken to the Dungeon of the [[Queen's Castle]]
 
:*[[Sleepy]] traps the fly in Snow White's glass coffin
 
:*The final chase of the [[Witch (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|Witch]] is planned out more or less as it will appear in the final film
 
:*Title cards will be used to show the passage of time.
 
*October 9 - Story meeting for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'':
 
:*The Seven Dwarfs are named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy, [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Doc]] and [[Sleepy]] - other dwarfs are also suggested, including Hickey, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Shorty, Wheezy, Burpy, Dizzy and [[Dopey]].
 
:*The seven dwarfs' discovery of Snow White in their cottage
 
:*The scene in which the [[Raven (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|raven]] falls into the skull after seeing the Witch
 
:*The poisoned comb is included in the story at this point; when it fails the Witch captures the Prince
 
:*Snow White kissing the dwarfs goodbye
 
:*The [[Prince (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|Prince]]'s escape from the [[Queen's Castle]]
 
*October 13 - Story meeting for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'':
 
:*Discussion as to whether the [[Queen]] should be fat and comical or beautiful and sinister
 
:*Running gag with [[Sleepy]] and the fly
 
:*Huntsman's attempt to kill Snow White to be treated as a shadow effect against a large rock
 
*October 15 - Story meeting for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'':
 
:*[[Grumpy]]'s reaction to the poisoned comb.
 
:*The dwarfs singing Snow White a song they haven't sung in years
 
:*The [[Queen]]'s capture of the Prince
 
*November 2 - A memo is circulated at the studio offtering $5.00 for every gag submitted and ultimately used in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''.
 
   
 
==Theatrical releases==
 
==Theatrical releases==
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===Feature Films===
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*[[May 24]] - ''[[Hollywood Party]]'' (with ''[[The Hot Chocolate Soldiers]]''; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
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===Shorts===
 
===Shorts===
*January 13 - ''[[The China Shop]]''
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*[[January 13]]
*January 13 - ''[[Shanghaied]]''
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**''[[The China Shop]]''
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**''[[Shanghaied]]''
*February 10 - ''[[The Grasshopper and the Ants]]''
 
*February 17 - ''[[Camping Out]]''
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*[[February 10]] - ''[[The Grasshopper and the Ants]]''
*March 3 - ''[[Playful Pluto]]''
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*[[February 17]] - ''[[Camping Out]]''
*March 24 - ''[[Funny Little Bunnies]]''
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*[[March 3]] - ''[[Playful Pluto]]''
*April 14 - ''[[The Big Bad Wolf (film)|The Big Bad Wolf]]''
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*[[March 24]] - ''[[Funny Little Bunnies]]''
*May 19 - ''[[Gulliver Mickey]]''
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*[[April 13]] - ''[[The Big Bad Wolf]]''
*May 24 - ''[[The Hot Chocolate Soldiers]]''
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*[[May 19]] - ''[[Gulliver Mickey]]''
*June 9 - ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]''
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*[[June 9]] - ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]''
*June 16 - ''[[Mickey's Steamroller]]''
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*[[June 16]] - ''[[Mickey's Steam-Roller]]''
*July 14 - ''[[The Flying Mouse]]''
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*[[July 14]] - ''[[The Flying Mouse]]''
*August 11 - ''[[Orphan's Benefit (1934)|Orphan's Benefit]]''
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*[[August 11]] - ''[[Orphan's Benefit (1934)|Orphan's Benefit]]''
*September 1 - ''[[Peculiar Penguins]]''
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*[[September 1]] - ''[[Peculiar Penguins]]''
*September 29 - ''[[Mickey Plays Papa]]''
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*[[September 29]] - ''[[Mickey Plays Papa]]''
*November 3 - ''[[The Goddess of Spring]]''
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*[[November 3]] - ''[[The Goddess of Spring]]''
*November 17 - ''[[The Dognapper]]''
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*[[November 17]] - ''[[The Dognapper]]''
*December 15 - ''[[Two-Gun Mickey]]''
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*[[December 15]] - ''[[Two-Gun Mickey]]''
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==Character debuts==
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*[[January 13]] - [[Antique Boy Figure]], [[Antique Girl Figure]], [[Satyr]], [[Antique Shop Clock]]
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*[[February 10]] - [[Hop the Grasshopper]], [[Ants (The Grasshopper and the Ants)|Ants]]
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*[[April 13]] - [[Grandma]]
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*[[June 9]] - [[Donald Duck]], [[Peter Pig]], [[The Wise Little Hen (character)|The Wise Little Hen]]
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*[[July 14]] - [[The Flying Mouse (character)|The Flying Mouse ]], [[Butterfly Fairy]], [[Bats (The Flying Mouse)|Bats]]
 
*[[July 31]] - [[Bobo the Elephant]]
 
*[[August 11]] - [[Clara Cluck]]
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*[[September 1]] - [[Peter Penguin]], [[Polly Penguin]], [[Shark]], [[Blowfish]]
 
*[[September 10]] - [[Eli Squinch]]
 
*[[September 29]] - [[Elmer]]
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*[[November 3]] - [[Persephone (The Goddess of Spring)|Persephone]], [[Pluto (The Goddess of Spring)|Pluto]], [[Pluto's Minions]]
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==Production==
 
*After dinner one evening, [[Walt Disney]] reveals his plan to make ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' to his key animators, acting out every part in front of them and estimating the budget (incorrectly) at $250,000.
 
*[[August 9]] - The first outline for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' is prepared.
 
*September - [[Adriana Caselotti]] first auditions for the voice of [[Snow White]] in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
 
*[[October 3]] - Story meeting for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'':
 
**"[[Music in Your Soup]]"
 
**The bed building sequence
 
**Snow White teaching the Dwarfs how to say their prayers
 
**The [[The Prince|Prince]] being taken to the Dungeon of the [[Queen's Castle]]
 
**[[Sleepy]] traps the fly in Snow White's glass coffin
 
**The final chase of the [[The Evil Queen|Witch]] is planned out more or less as it will appear in the final film
 
**Title cards will be used to show the passage of time.
 
*[[October 9]] - Story meeting for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'':
 
**The Seven Dwarfs are named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy, [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Doc]], and Sleepy - other dwarfs are also suggested, including Hickey, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Shorty, Wheezy, Burpy, Dizzy, and [[Dopey]]
 
**The seven dwarfs' discovery of Snow White in [[Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs|their cottage]]
 
**The scene in which the [[Raven (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|raven]] falls into the skull after seeing the Witch
 
**The poisoned comb is included in the story at this point; when it fails the Witch captures the Prince
 
**Snow White kissing the dwarfs goodbye
 
**The Prince's escape from the [[Queen's Castle]]
 
*[[October 13]] - Story meeting for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'':
 
**Discussion as to whether the Queen should be fat and comical or beautiful and sinister
 
**Running gag with Sleepy and the fly
 
**[[Huntsman (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)|Huntsman]]'s attempt to kill Snow White to be treated as a shadow effect against a large rock
 
*[[October 15]] - Story meeting for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'':
 
**[[Grumpy]]'s reaction to the poisoned comb.
 
**The dwarfs singing to Snow White a song they haven't sung in years
 
**The Queen's capture of the Prince
 
*[[November 2]] - A memo is circulated at the studio offering $5 for every gag submitted and ultimately used in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
   
 
==People==
 
==People==
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===Births===
 
===Births===
*[[January 5]] - [[Phil Ramone]] (recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer)
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*[[January 5]] - [[Phil Ramone]] (recording engineer, record producer, violinist, and composer)
*January 8 - [[Roy Kinnear]] (British character actor)
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*[[January 8]] - [[Roy Kinnear]] (actor)
*January 13 - [[Rip Taylor]] (actor and comedian)
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*[[January 26]] - [[Bob Uecker]] (former baseball player, sports commentator, comedian, and actor)
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*[[February 6]] - [[Marty Sklar]] † ([[Walt Disney Imagineering|Imagineer]])
*January 22 - [[Bill Bixby]] (film and television actor and producer)
 
*February 5 - [[Don Cherry]] (Hockey player and commentator)
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*[[February 14]] - [[Florence Henderson]] (actress, voice actress, singer, and talk show host)
*[[February 6]] - [[Marty Sklar]] (imagineer)
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*[[March 26]] - [[Alan Arkin]] (actor, director, musician, and singer)
*February 14 - [[Florence Henderson]] (actress and singer)
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*[[March 31]] - [[Shirley Jones]] (singer and actress)
*February 17 - [[Barry Humphries]] (comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor)
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*[[April 11]] - [[Richard Karron]] (actor and voice actor)
*March 26 - [[Alan Arkin]] (American actor, director, musician and singer)
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*[[April 24]] - [[Shirley MacLaine]] (actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author)
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*[[May 10]] - [[Gary Owens]] (voice actor, disk jockey, radio announcer, and personality)
*March 31 - [[Shirley Jones]] (American actress and singer)
 
 
*[[May 25]] - [[Robert Jani]] (creative director of [[Walt Disney Productions]])
*April 7 - [[Ian Richardson]] (Scottish actor)
 
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*[[June 16]]
*April 11 - [[Richard Karron]] (American actor)
 
*April 16 - [[Vicar]] (cartoonist)
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**[[Bill Cobbs]] (actor)
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**[[Jane Henson]] † (puppeteer and wife of [[Jim Henson]])
*April 18 - [[James Drury]] (actor)
 
*April 20 - [[Robert DoQui]] (actor)
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*[[July 1]] - [[Jean Marsh]] (writer and retired actress)
*April 29 - [[Akira Takarada]] (Japanese film actor)
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*[[July 10]] - [[Jerry Nelson]] (puppeteer, singer, and musician)
*June 16 - [[Bill Cobbs]] (actor)
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*[[July 28]] - [[Bud Luckey]] (story artist and voice actor)
*June 16 - [[Jane Henson]] (puppeteer and wife of [[Jim Henson]])
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*[[August 24]] - [[Kenny Baker]] (actor and musician)
*July 8 - [[Marty Feldman]] (comedian and writer)
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*[[September 2]] - [[Chuck McCann]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, and television personality)
 
*[[September 11]] - [[Ian Abercrombie]] (actor)
*July 10 - [[Jerry Nelson]] (Muppet performer and musician)
 
 
*[[September 28]] - [[Janet Munro]] (actress)
*July 26 - [[Shūichirō Moriyama]] (actor and voice actor)
 
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*[[October 30]]
*July 28 - [[Bud Luckey]] (story artist and voice actor)
 
 
**[[Hamilton Camp]] (singer, songwriter, actor, and voice actor)
*July 31 - [[Jolene Brand]] (actress)
 
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**[[Jane Baer]] (animator)
*[[August 5]] - [[Cammie King]] (former child actress)
 
*[[August 16]] - [[Donnie Dunagan]] (actor)
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*[[November 13]] - [[Garry Marshall]] (actor, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, and comedian)
*August 24 - [[Kenny Baker]] (actor and musician)
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*[[November 15]] - [[Joanna Barnes]] (actress and writer)
*[[September 2]] - [[Chuck McCann]] (film actor, television actor, stage actor, and voice actor)
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*[[December 9]] - [[Judi Dench]] (actress, voice actress, occasional singer, and author)
* [[September 11]] - [[Ian Abercrombie]] (actor)
 
*September 28 - [[Janet Munro]] (actress)
 
*October 30 - [[Hamilton Camp]] (singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor)
 
*November 13 - [[Garry Marshall]] (actor and director)
 
*November 15 - [[Joanna Barnes]] (actress and writer)
 
*December 9 - [[Judi Dench]] (actress)
 
*[[December 16]] - [[Pete Schrum]] (actor)
 
*December 28 - [[Maggie Smith]] (actress)
 
*[[Robert Jani]] (creative director)
 
   
===Deaths===
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==Artists joined==
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*[[Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]] - Directing animator on ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', and ''[[Robin Hood (film)|Robin Hood]]''. Worked as an animator on ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (film)|Peter Pan]]'', and ''[[Pinocchio (film)|Pinocchio]]''.
*May 23 - [[Bonnie and Clyde]] (outlaws, robbers and criminals)
 
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*[[Milt Kahl]] - Directing Animator on ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'', and ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
*July 28 - [[Marie Dressler]] (actress)
 
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*[[Frank Thomas]] - Directing Animator on ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''The Jungle Book'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', and ''Mary Poppins''.
 
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*[[Ward Kimball]]
==Character debuts==
 
*June 9 - [[Donald Duck]], [[Peter Pig]]
 
*July 31 - [[Bobo the Elephant]]
 
*August 11 - [[Clara Cluck]]
 
*September 10 - [[Eli Squinch]]
 
   
 
{{Timeline|prev=1933|next=1935}}
 
{{Timeline|prev=1933|next=1935}}
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[[Category:Years in Disney history| 1934]]
 
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 19 February 2024

Ss-chinashop

The China Shop

02101934 WDA TDIDGrasshopper

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Donald-duck-1st-02

Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.

OrphansBenefit1934Poster

Orphan's Benefit

Ss-goddessofspring

The Goddess of Spring

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1934.

Theatrical releases

Feature Films

Shorts

Character debuts

Production

  • After dinner one evening, Walt Disney reveals his plan to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to his key animators, acting out every part in front of them and estimating the budget (incorrectly) at $250,000.
  • August 9 - The first outline for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is prepared.
  • September - Adriana Caselotti first auditions for the voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  • October 3 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
    • "Music in Your Soup"
    • The bed building sequence
    • Snow White teaching the Dwarfs how to say their prayers
    • The Prince being taken to the Dungeon of the Queen's Castle
    • Sleepy traps the fly in Snow White's glass coffin
    • The final chase of the Witch is planned out more or less as it will appear in the final film
    • Title cards will be used to show the passage of time.
  • October 9 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
    • The Seven Dwarfs are named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy, Grumpy, Happy, Doc, and Sleepy - other dwarfs are also suggested, including Hickey, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Shorty, Wheezy, Burpy, Dizzy, and Dopey
    • The seven dwarfs' discovery of Snow White in their cottage
    • The scene in which the raven falls into the skull after seeing the Witch
    • The poisoned comb is included in the story at this point; when it fails the Witch captures the Prince
    • Snow White kissing the dwarfs goodbye
    • The Prince's escape from the Queen's Castle
  • October 13 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
    • Discussion as to whether the Queen should be fat and comical or beautiful and sinister
    • Running gag with Sleepy and the fly
    • Huntsman's attempt to kill Snow White to be treated as a shadow effect against a large rock
  • October 15 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
    • Grumpy's reaction to the poisoned comb.
    • The dwarfs singing to Snow White a song they haven't sung in years
    • The Queen's capture of the Prince
  • November 2 - A memo is circulated at the studio offering $5 for every gag submitted and ultimately used in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

People

Births

Artists joined