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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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