Snow White at MCO

The last time I visited Walt Disney World, I'd meant to stop in and snap a few photos at the Disney Store inside Orlando International Airport (MCO). Unfortunately, time did not permit. That's the bad news. The good news is that TokyoMagic of Meet the World shot his own pics on a recent trip. Here's what I wanted to get...Snow White sitting out in front of the store

And next to her is the Magic Mirror which reveals, depending upon where you're standing, the three lenticular images of Aurora, Ariel or Cinderella.

All images courtesy of Meet the World. Used with permission.

A Deadly Summer DVD

Coming in 2012 is yet another Snow White retelling, this one a straight-to-DVD release in the horror genre. Snow White: A Deadly Summer is scheduled to star Shanley Caswell, Eric Roberts and Maureen McCormick.
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Poster Art released November 2011

Synopsis: A modern retelling of a timeless tale. Snow is abducted at the order of her wicked stepmother and taken to an isolated wooded discipline camp, run by a ruthless hunter. When each of her fellow seven campers begin dying off one by one, Snow must uncover the dark and twisted secret of the forest before she becomes the next victim.

Snow White TV Special (50th Anniversary - 1987)

We wrap up our month-long look at the Snow White 50th Anniversary with a television show...

Screen captures via DTVzone.

This one hour special, Disney's Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was shown on NBC's weekly series The Magical World of Disney. In the Michael Eisner introduction to the show, it's clear that it aired around Christmastime. The copyright at the end of the program and the episode title both indicate that it was created in 1987. (I make a point of this because there are numerous online sources that state various and differing airdates for this program.)

Hosted by Dick van Dyke, the show included live-action and animated segments telling the history of the film and revealing for the first time the deleted "soup-eating" and "bed-building" scenes.

Dick van Dyke

The special guest-stars included Jane Curtin as the Evil Queen and Sherman Hensley as the Magic Mirror. The storyline that runs throughout the other historical and musical segments of the program has the Queen placing a spell on Grumpy in an attempt to get him to persuade the other Dwarfs to retire. Much of the show was shot on location at night throughout Disneyland with a couple of singing and dancing numbers by Dick Van Dyke and the Seven Dwarfs.

Jane Curtin

Sherman Hensley

 Dwarfs exit "mine shaft" at Big Thunder Mountain

Fantasyland song and dance

As mentioned earlier, the program was introduced by Michael Eisner. Later, partway through the show, things slowed a little with a weaker musical number by a few television stars of the day. Yet, Dick van Dyke picked things up, and Linda Ronstadt, singing at Snow White's Grotto, finished it off in style with Some Day My Prince Will Come .

Michael Eisner intro

Linda Ronstadt at Snow White's Grotto

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Now here's the entire program in six parts...

Part I

Videos posted by DTVzone.

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

You'd think that a Snow White television program from the 1987 might not hold up too well in today's video game, action adventure society. Yet, in fact, it does. Dick van Dyke is timeless, and following his lead, the program is informative and entertaining...even 24 years after its original airing.

Jelly belly and a stormy sky

Good Morning, it's a wee bit blustery here and a coat colder, we had a minus 4 frost again which goes against the grain of what the weather men forecast.

I am still waiting for my test results, but we are close to the ten days they said and my tummy turns to jelly every time there is a phone call for me. I just hope they don't keep me waiting much longer because I just can't concentrate and everything I try and create ends up in the bin at the moment, so this is a share of a sample card I did for Stampalot a couple of weeks ago using the Andy Skinner A Winters Tale set.

I stamped the tree with black archival ink and brayered another in reverse for the reflection in the water................this tree is really a bit big for that technique I think as the water looks to be a bit excessive to me. Next I sponged Adirondack eggplant and sunset orange and TH tumbled glass and finally stamped Art Impression worker stamps along the shoreline.

Have a good day everyone and thank's for dropping by.

Lobby Cards (50th Anniversary - 1987)

This set of North American lobby cards was sent out to participating theater owners (those who paid) to help promote the 50th anniversary re-release of the film. The 11" x 14" color glossies were printed on a paper material not unlike photo stock.

The movie title appears in the margin below the image. To the right is the "TECHNICOLOR" logo and "G" rating. The fine print reads, "Re-released by Buena Vista Distribution, Co., Inc. © MCMXXXVII Walt Disney Productions."

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Snow White UK Press Kit (50th Anniversary - 1987)

This press kit was sent out to media outlets in the United Kingdom for the 1987 theatrical return of Snow White. The film was released through U.K. Distributors Ltd., and the enclosed promotional materials included a fold-open synopsis card with movie credits on the back, five B+W 8x10 photos, and eleven pages of production information,.

The folder featured a nice "show-your-hands" graphic of Snow and the boys on the front cover along with the 50th Anniversary logo. The promotional materials were tucked under the inside flap where the contact info for U.K. Distributors was printed.

Folder Front Cover, approximately 12.28" x 8.66" (312 mm x 220 mm)

Inside Folder

Materials Under Inside Flap

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The fold-open card includes the story synopsis and info on the film's making in condensed form.

Card Front 8.27" × 11.69" (210mm × 297mm)

Inside

Card Back

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Printed in the lower right corner of all the B+W 8x10s is the year in Roman numerals and the Disney copyright, "©MCMXXXVII The Walt Disney Company"

Glossy 8x10s

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The eleven pages of production information highlight the making of the film and the hoopla of it's initial 1937 premiere. Each page is printed on the A4 international standard size paper of 210mm × 297mm (8.27" × 11.69").

Promotion Pages

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Information on the North American 1987 anniversary presskit is listed in Ted Hake's 2007 Price Guide to Disney Collectibles, 2nd edition, p. 868. Note that the 8x10s each featured multiple images...

"One Stop" Snow White Poster (50th Anniversary - 1987)

One Stop Posters, the distributors for two of the Snow White buttons seen in the previous post, were also the guys responsible for this giant-size, 'in-your-face' door poster. At 26" across and 72" long, this is absolutely the largest piece of memorabilia I've ever tried to run through my pint-size scanner. It took forever...but it was certainly worth it.

Six feet down in the lower left hand corner is the One Stop logo and info. The lower right has the Walt Disney Company 1987 copyright.

Closer detail of Snow and the Dwarf "carvings"...

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The artist's initials "DD" are placed next to Dopey's "woodcut" image.