Snow White Awarded "Grand Art" Trophy at 1938 Venice Film Festival

In a 1980 article from the British film magazine, The Movie, author Flavia Paulon recounts the history and somewhat rocky start of the Venice Film Festival.

Established in 1932, the festival soon caught the interest of both filmmakers and movie lovers alike. It grew quickly over the next few years playing to crowds of some 2000 spectators and attracting films from numerous studios in nearly 20 countries.

Then in 1938, on the brink of world war, political controversy arose at the festival...

"...the Biennale established a special award (The Grand Trophy) and gave it to Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

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