Walt Disney Honored in 1938 Stage Magazine

Orson Welles on front cover of Stage, June 1938.

In the June 1938 issue of STAGE: The Magazine of After Dark, Walt Disney was honored with their annual "Palm" awards for the entertainment industry. The glowing tribute is for his success with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Also included is an unusually nice photograph of Walt.

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All images courtesy of the Rick Payne collection. Used with permission. See what Rick has for sale at dadric's attic.

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."

Read the entire article below...

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Walt Disney's Snow White Oscar

Oscar night February 23, 1939. On hand at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles was Walt Disney. At age 38, he'd already been the recipient of seven Academy Awards from previous years (the first of which he garnered back in '32 for his ground-breaking color Silly Symphony, Flowers and Trees--first Oscar ever awarded to an animated film).

But his award this night was different. As anyone who is a fan of Disney already knows, Walt was presented an Honorary Academy Award for Snow White's

significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.

The Oscar consisted of one full size statue and seven miniatures. Shirley Temple, after presenting the award, said, "Aren’t you proud of it Mr. Disney?"  Walt replied “I’m so proud I think I’ll bust.”
 

See a colorized image of Walt receiving the award from Shirley at Daveland.

Walt Disney holds the record for winning the most Academy Awards with 22 wins in the competitive categories. He was also the recipient of 3 Honorary Awards and an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Walt holds the record for most nominations as well with a total of 59.

His Oscars including the Snow White set are on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco as seen in the video below.



See also Walt Disney Oscar page

Hollywood Snow

As part of the Golden Anniversary celebrations of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the fictional princess was honored on June 28, 1987 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame..."for her contribution to the film industry." It is located at 6910 Hollywood Blvd. near Disney's El Capitan Theater.

Creative Commons image courtesy of Thomas Hawk's Hollywood Stars set.

Image via the Kennetti Snow White Database.

The video below is not the highest quality, but it offers a glimpse of the ceremony where such names were present as Roy E. Disney, Ward Kimball, Richard Frank and Adriana Caselotti. Even Snow White herself steps up to the podium to speak.

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