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throughout the movie.  And this Greek goddess



             of  eternal  spring,  her  abduction  to  the


             underworld and return was the ancient's way of


             explaining the turning of the seasons.  Now, you


             and I go to Genesis 1, and that's how we would



             explain the turning of the seasons.




                    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, December


             21st, 1937, took in $1.4 million.  It took over


             three years to make it, and I believe there were


             750  artists  that  worked  on  this  film  ─  it  was



             either this film or one of the others.  I believe it


             was  this  one.   Walt  said  this  is  the  one  that


             started it all.  It is the first and still one of the



             most  popular  of  the  full-length  animated


             features based upon an ancient fairy tale which


             is  documented  by  the  Grimm  Brothers  in


             1812.  It has an occult theme.  In the beginning



             is  the  supernatural.   It  talks  about  the  magic


             mirror and its ability to see and know all within



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