| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
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Spotlight:
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Generations of readers were frightened and delighted by the story of Snow White, terrorized by her wicked, jealous stepmother. The film version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in Hollywood on this date in 1937. The first full-length, animated feature film was made by Walt Disney and cost $1.5 million. Some 750 artists made nearly one million drawings for the 83-minute film, 250,000 of which were used. In the film based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the dwarfs were given names: Happy, Bashful, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey and Doc.
Quote:
"A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming."
Today in History:
- Pilgrims: went ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620)
- radium: radioactive element was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie (1898)
- crossword puzzle: first printed in the US, in The New York World (1913)
Today's Birthdays:
- Benjamin Disraeli: English PM (1804-1881)
- dramatic actors: Jane Fonda (68), Samuel L. Jackson (57), Kiefer Sutherland (39), Julie Delpy (36)
- comic actors: Ray Romano (48), Andy Dick (40)
Word of the Day:
fabulist: a storyteller, a teller of lies; the Brothers Grimm have been described as fabulists.
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