A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) is a retelling of Snow White, except it is set in the Smoky Mountains and there are orphans instead of dwarves. Pitrè, Giuseppe Fiabe, novelle e racconti popolari siciliane Volume Secondo. Palermo: Luigi Pedone Lauriel 1875 pp. 39-44

Among many things, the city of Sulmona where Giovanna Zazzera and Annibale Corvi lived, was the birthplace of the writer Ovidio Naso. Scholar Graham Anderson compares the tale to the Roman legend of Chione, or "Snow", recorded in Ovid's Metamorphoses. So once again the origins are fixed in Italy, again in the birthplace of Publius Ovidius Nasone, which would then later inspire Giambattista Basile together with the marriage of the Marquise Giovanna Zazzera with the Corvi family, to give life to the character. [40] [41] Eddie Collins as Dopey, [6] the clumsiest and most childlike of the dwarfs, who communicates through sounds and pantomime instead of speaking. [10] Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987–89) an anime television series based on Grimm's stories, as a four half-hour episodes adaptation. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1938 picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gág and published by Coward-McCann. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book in 1939. The book is a twist on the classic tale of Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. Since then it has been republished several times, including in 1999, 2004, and 2013. It’s not known exactly where the story comes from. There are several possible influences and origins, from various places around the world.

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I sette nani alla riscossa ( The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue) (1951), an Italian film based on the fairy tale. What is the moral of ‘Snow White’? Should we even attempt an analysis of the story in this respect?

Adriana Caselotti as Snow White, [6] an innocent and pure-hearted young princess who is forced to hide from her stepmother's jealousy in the cottage of the seven dwarfs. [7] Lumikki ja 7 jätkää (The Snow White and the 7 Dudes) (1953), a Finnish musical comedy film directed by Ville Salminen, loosely based on the fairy tale. [92]

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Stone Ocean (2002), the sixth part of the long-running manga series, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki features Snow White as one of the various fictional characters brought to life by the stand, Bohemian Rhapsody. She also appeared in its anime adaptation. The mirror explained that a Prince of a nearby kingdom had a new bride. This new bride, the mirror said, was much fairer than the evil Queen.

There's also a couple of conversions that combines the ATU tale type 709 with the second part of the type 410 Sleeping Beauty, in which, when the heroine is awakened, the prince's mother tries to kill her and the children she has had with the prince. Gonzenbach collected two variants from Sicily, the first one called Maruzzedda and the second Beautiful Anna; and Vittorio Imbriani collected a version titled La Bella Ostessina. [49] [50] Still, the Queen was bothered. So bothered was she that the Queen decided to be rid of the girl, once and for all. Discounts exclude the Relaxed Performance and lowest price seats. Discounts are subject to availability and may be withdrawn at any time. Executive and Executive Plus Memberships [ Find Out More]

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In a version from Mallorca collected by Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda titled Na Magraneta, a queen wishes to have a daughter after eating a pomegranate and calls her Magraneta. As in the Grimm's version the queen asks her mirror who's the most beautiful. The dwarf's role is fulfilled by thirteen men who are described as big as giants, who live in a castle in the middle of the forest called "Castell de la Colometa", whose doors can open and close by command. When the queen discovers thanks to her mirror that her daughter is still alive she sends an evil fairy disguised as an old woman. The role of the poisoned apple is fulfilled by an iron ring. [65] Hui, J. Y., Ellis, C., McIntosh, J., & Olley, K. " Ála flekks saga: A Snow White Variant from Late Medieval Iceland". In: Leeds Studies in English, 49 (2018): 45-64. http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/26324 Cadic, François Contes et légendes de Bretagne Tome Second Rennes: Terre de Brume University Press 1999 pp. 293-299 Snow White (1987), starring Diana Rigg as the Evil Queen and Nicola Stapleton and Sarah Patterson both as Snow White.