“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” quotes

(1937)
Movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Title Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Year 1937
Directors William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen
Genre Musical, Romance, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Plot – The wicked Queen has a little daughter, the gentle Snow White, and treats her horribly. Years later, questioning the magic mirror, the Queen learns that the fairest girl around is just her own daughter. Driven by envy, the sovereign orders to suppress Snow White, but the assassin releases her into the woods touched by the grace of the girl. She's rescued by some animals and hosted by the Seven Dwarfs. When the cruel Queen discovers the truth, she manages to find the girl using her magic powers.
All actors – Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Hall Johnson Choir, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Moroni Olsen
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  • “When she breaks the tender peel, to taste the apple in my hand, her breath will still, her blood congeal, then I'll be fairest in the land!”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    [Tag:apple, death, magic]
  • There may be an antidote. Nothing must be overlooked. Ah, hear this! The Victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by "Love's First Kiss". Love's first kiss... bah! No fear of that. The dwarfs will think she's dead. She'll be buried alive!
    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
  • “- The Evil Queen: Because you've been so good to poor old Granny, I'll share a secret with you. This is no ordinary apple, it's a magic wishing apple.
    - Snow White: A wishing apple?
    - The Evil Queen: Yes! One bite, and all your dreams will come true.”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
    [Tag:magic, reality, wishes]
  • “Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.”
    Moroni Olsen - Magic Mirror
    [Tag:beauty, grace]
  • “- Happy: This is Dopey, he don't talk none.
    - Snow White: You mean he can't talk?
    - Happy: He don't know, he never tried.”

    Otis Harlan - Happy
    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
  • “Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest of them all.”
    Moroni Olsen - Magic Mirror
    [Tag:beauty, landscape]
  • “Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
  • “- Grumpy: They ain't acting this way for nothing!
    - Sleepy: Maybe the old Queen's got Snow White.”

    Pinto Colvig - Grumpy
    Pinto Colvig - Sleepy
    [Tag:behavior, danger]
  • “- The Evil Queen: My faithful huntsman, you will kill her!
    - Huntsman: But Your Majesty! The little princess!
    - The Evil Queen: Silence! You know the penalty if you fail.”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    Stuart Buchanan - Huntsman
  • “- Grumpy: Now, I'm warnin' ya. Don't let nobody or nothing in the house.
    - Snow White: Why, Grumpy, you do care.”

    Pinto Colvig - Grumpy
    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
    [Tag:advice, caution]
  • “- Huntsman: I can't do it! Forgive me. I beg of Your Highness, forgive me.
    - Snow White: Why, I don't understand.
    - Huntsman: She's mad! Jealous of you! She'll stop at nothing!”

    Stuart Buchanan - Huntsman
    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
  • “- Grumpy: She's an old witch! And I'm warnin' ya, if that queen finds her here, she'll swoop down and wreak her vengeance on us!
    - Snow White: But she doesn't know where I am.
    - Grumpy: She don't, eh? She knows everything. She's full of black magic! She can even make herself invisible. Pfft! Might be in this room right now!”

    Pinto Colvig - Grumpy
    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
  • “- The Evil Queen: Snow White lies dead in the forest. The huntsman has brought me proof. Behold, her heart.
    - Magic Mirror: Snow White still lives, fairest in the land. 'Tis the heart of a pig you hold in your hand.”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    Moroni Olsen - Magic Mirror
    [Tag:death, heart, lies]
  • “I'm awfully sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you. But you don't know what I've been through. And all because I was afraid. I'm so ashamed of the fuss I made.”

    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
    [Tag:fear, shame, sorrow]
  • “- The Evil Queen: Reveal her name.
    - Magic Mirror: Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.
    - The Evil Queen: Snow White!”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    Moroni Olsen - Magic Mirror
    [Tag:name]
  • “Dip the apple in the brew. Let the Sleeping Death seep through. Look! On the skin! The symbol of what lies within. Now, turn red, to tempt Snow White, to make her hunger for a bite.”

    Cordélia Ferreira - The Evil Queen
    [Tag:apple, magic, poison]
  • “She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles!”

    Pinto Colvig - Grumpy
    [Tag:danger, women]
  • “- Doc: Shh! Not so loud. You'll wake her up.
    - Grumpy: Ah, let her wake up! She don't belong here nohow!”

    Roy Atwell - Doc
    Pinto Colvig - Grumpy
  • “There's seven little chairs. Must be seven little children. And from the look of this table, seven untidy little children.”

    Adriana Caselotti - Snow White
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