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The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 2012 Disney non-fiction book commemorating the 75th anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written in conjunction with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film.

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In 2012, Disney will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Snow White movie, a beloved classic and an important milestone in film history. This book, created with the Walt Disney Family Foundation, run by Walt’s daughter Diane, is an exploration of the making of the film that includes never-before-published facts and art.

The Fairest One of All won the award for Best Animation Book at the 2012 A113 Animation Awards.

Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first shown to a theatrical audience in December 1937 and brought overwhelming, joyous applause from a house full of hardened film-industry professionals. In subsequent months it would open around the world, happily acclaimed by audiences and critics everywhere as one of the best films of the year, if not the decade.

From today’s perspective, its stature is even greater—named as one of the best movies of all time by the American Film Institute, and still beloved by children and adults around the world, Snow White can be seen as the flowering of an all-too-brief Golden Age of animation as well as a fascinating document of its time.

Such a level of artistic achievement doesn’t happen by accident. Walt Disney and a staff of exceptionally talented artists labored over Snow White for four years, endlessly working and reworking their scenes to achieve an ever higher standard. The result, as we know, was magnificent and game-changing for the Disney Studios and, indeed, for the art of animation itself.

This book is the first to reconstruct that process in exacting detail, with the loving attention it deserves from an internationally noted film scholar. Author J.B. Kaufman spent years researching the film’s history, interviewing participants, and studying the marvelous archival art that appears in these pages. The result is a work that can be appreciated equally as a piece of film history and as a collectable art book, a joy for anyone who loves film, animation, and the magical world that Walt Disney created.

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Media
Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack/video) • Snow White (soundtrack/video)

Television: A Poem Is...
Video games: Game Boy Color gameKingdom Hearts Birth by SleepKingdom Hearts χKingdom Hearts Unchained χ/Union χDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDopey's Wild Mine Ride • " Seven Dwarfs: Queen's Return"
Books: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked QueenRoyal WeddingsDisney Princess BeginningsMirror, MirrorKilala PrincessSnow White: Fair & Sinister Heart
Cancelled projects: Snow White ReturnsAtari 2600 video gameThe Seven DwarfsRose Red

Disney Parks
Castle of Magical DreamsCinderella Castle Mystery TourClub VillainDisney Animation BuildingFairy Tale ForestMickey Mouse RevueOnce Upon a Time AdventurePrincess PavilionSeven Dwarfs Mine TrainSnow White's AdventuresSnow White's Scary AdventuresSnow White GrottoStorybook Land Canal BoatsSnow White's Enchanted WishSorcerer's Workshop

Entertainment: Cinderella's Surprise CelebrationCinderellabration: Lights of RomanceDisney Dreams: An Enchanted ClassicDisney Villains: Unfairly Ever AfterDream Along with MickeyFantasmic!Golden Fairytale FanfareMickey and the Wondrous BookMickey's Magical Music WorldMickey's Gift of DreamsMickey's Magical CelebrationOnce Upon a MouseOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!Royal Princess Music CelebrationSingin', Dancin', Heigh Ho!Snow White: An Enchanting MusicalThe Golden MickeysThe Starlit Princess WaltzVillains Tonight!Club Mouse Beat
Parades: A Million Splashes of ColourCelebrate A Dream Come True ParadeDisney's Dreams On Parade: Moving OnDisney's FantillusionDisney's Magical Moments ParadeDisney's Party ExpressDisney Carnivale ParadeDisney on ParadeDisney Stars on ParadeDisney Stars 'n' CarsDreaming Up!Festival of Fantasy ParadeFlights of Fantasy ParadeHappiness is Here ParadeMain Street Electrical ParadeMickey's Rainy Day ExpressMickey's Soundsational ParadeMickey's Storybook ExpressSpectroMagicSnow White's Golden Anniversary CelebrationThe Wonderful World of Disney ParadeMinnie's Tiara of DreamsDisney Harmony in Color! Parade
Fireworks: Disney EnchantmentFantasy in the SkyIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationMomentousOnce Upon a TimeReach for the StarsRemember... Dreams Come TrueWishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney DreamsWonderful World of AnimationWorld of Color: Celebrate!Wondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney Friends Springtime ProcessionalDisney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Summer: Club Mouse BeatMickey's WaterWorks
Halloween: Disney's Maleficious Halloween PartyDisney Villains Wicked GatheringFrightfully Fun ParadeHocus Pocus Villain SpelltacularHouse of De Vil-lainsInferno Dance PartyIt's Good to be Bad with the Disney VillainsJack Skellington's Villainous GatheringKooky Spooky Halloween NightMickey's Boo-to-You Halloween ParadeRe-Villains! Halloween ParadeThe Villains Rockin' HalloweenThe Villains WorldThe Villains' Halloween "Into the Frenzy"Treat TrailsVillains GroveVillains Mix and MingleVillains Night Out!
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy ParadeDisney Christmas StoriesDisney Winter Magic CavalcadeMickey's Most Merriest CelebrationRoyal Christmas Wishes

Characters
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow WhiteThe Evil QueenMagic MirrorThe PrinceHuntsmanDocGrumpyHappyBashfulSleepySneezyDopeyForest AnimalsRavenVultures

Deleted: The First KingThe First Queen
Comic Book: Jiminy CricketBreezyPepito SerapeWitch Empress MammonaScabraRavenWitch of PotionsSir FridoGray SorceressQueen YunakaKing ClawWoozy WizardFairy FawnGlaucoWicked Prince
Musical: Snow White
Remake: Snow WhiteEvil QueenMagic MirrorJonathanHuntsmanSeven DwarfsGood KingRoyal GuardsBandits

Objects
Magic Mirror (2025) • Poisoned AppleHeart BoxSnow White's Necklace
Locations
Original: The Queen's CastleCottage of the Seven DwarfsDwarfs' MineThe ForestThe Prince's Castle

Remake: The Queen's CastleCottage of the Seven Dwarfs

Songs
Original: "I'm Wishing" • "One Song" • "With a Smile and a Song" • "Whistle While You Work" • "Heigh Ho" • "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum" • "The Silly Song" • "Someday My Prince Will Come"

Deleted: "Music in Your Soup" • "You're Never Too Old" • "Hidden in My Heart"
Remake: "Good Things Grow" • "Waiting on a Wish" • "All is Fair" • "Princess Problems" • "A Hand Meets a Hand" • "Snow White Returns"
Other Songs: "Welcome to the Kingdom" • "Will I Ever See Her Again?"

See Also
Unused DwarfsLegacyMusical (Soundtrack) • Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-HoSnow White ReturnsOne Hour in WonderlandThe Walt Disney Christmas ShowThe 7DStill the Fairest of Them All: The Making of Snow White