Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

107 mins | Fantasy | 1961

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CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Asst dir
PRODUCER
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dir of photog
ART DIRECTORS
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
SET DECORATORS
Set dec
Set dec
COSTUMES
Cost des
MUSIC
Mus supv & cond
Edward B. Powell
Orch
Sp material
SOUND
Arthur Kirbach
Sd
Frank W. Moran
Sd
VISUAL EFFECTS
Spec photog eff
Spec photog eff
Main titles
DANCE
Ice choreog
MAKEUP
Makeup
Hairstyles
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the fairy tale "Schneewittchen" in Kinder und Hausmärchen collected by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (Germany, 1812--14).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHORS
SONGS
"A Place Called Happiness," "I Said It Then I Say It Now" and "Because I'm in Love," music and lyrics by Harry Harris; "Once in a Million Years," music and lyrics by Earl Brent.
SONGWRITER/COMPOSER
DETAILS
Premiere Information:
Philadelphia opening: 21 Jun 1961
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Chanford Productions
26 May 1961
LP19570
Physical Properties:
Sound
Westrex
Color
De Luxe
Widescreen/ratio
CinemaScope
Duration(in mins):
107
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

In the faraway kingdom of Fortunia lives beautiful Princess Snow White, betrothed to the handsome Prince Charming of the neighboring land of Bravuria. As Snow White skates around the ice rink on her 17th birthday, her father, King Augustus, dies, and the princess is left at the mercy of her wicked stepmother, who is determined that Snow White will never replace her as queen. Encouraged by Oga, her sinister adviser, the queen orders her chief executioner to murder Snow White, but he allows her to escape into the forest. (Years before he also failed to carry out orders to kill Prince Charming.) Snow White happens upon the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, which is occupied by the Three Stooges while the dwarfs are gold-prospecting in King Solomon's mines. The Three Stooges, traveling puppeteers, have adopted the prince and, unaware of his royal blood, have made him part of their medicine show. When the queen learns from her magic mirror that Snow White still lives, she transforms herself into a witch, flies to the cottage, and gets Snow White to take a bite from a poisoned apple that induces a sleep of death. As the queen rides homeward on her broom, the Three Stooges destroy her life forever by making a wish upon a magic sword they have taken from Oga. All ends happily as Prince Charming, after many perilous journeys, finds the sleeping princess and restores her to life with a magic kiss of ...

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In the faraway kingdom of Fortunia lives beautiful Princess Snow White, betrothed to the handsome Prince Charming of the neighboring land of Bravuria. As Snow White skates around the ice rink on her 17th birthday, her father, King Augustus, dies, and the princess is left at the mercy of her wicked stepmother, who is determined that Snow White will never replace her as queen. Encouraged by Oga, her sinister adviser, the queen orders her chief executioner to murder Snow White, but he allows her to escape into the forest. (Years before he also failed to carry out orders to kill Prince Charming.) Snow White happens upon the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, which is occupied by the Three Stooges while the dwarfs are gold-prospecting in King Solomon's mines. The Three Stooges, traveling puppeteers, have adopted the prince and, unaware of his royal blood, have made him part of their medicine show. When the queen learns from her magic mirror that Snow White still lives, she transforms herself into a witch, flies to the cottage, and gets Snow White to take a bite from a poisoned apple that induces a sleep of death. As the queen rides homeward on her broom, the Three Stooges destroy her life forever by making a wish upon a magic sword they have taken from Oga. All ends happily as Prince Charming, after many perilous journeys, finds the sleeping princess and restores her to life with a magic kiss of love.

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