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Director:
Robert Clampett
Writer:
Warren Foster (story)
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Release Date:
16 January 1943 (USA) more
Plot:
So White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
One of the all-time greats! more (31 total)

Cast

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Mel Blanc ... Dwarfs / Queen / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge ... Mammy (voice) (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge ... So White (voice) (uncredited)
Zoot Watson ... Prince Chawmin' (voice) (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
So White and de sebben dwarfs (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
7 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:G (Nova Scotia)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the 11 shorts banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the pre-1947 color Looney Tunes shorts) for alleged racism. Ted Turner continued the ban when he acquired these cartoons and stated that these films will not be re-issued and will not be put on home video. Warner Bros., however, reacquired these shorts in 1996 when Time Warner purchased Turner Entertainment, which returned them to their original aegis for the first time since 1957. These cartoons will probably never air on television again, and only non-Warner Bros.-licensed public-domain video tapes will probably ever have these shorts on them. more
Quotes:
Prince Chawmin': Man, what you got dat made So White think you so hot?
'Dopey' Dwarf: Well, dat is a military secret!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) more
Soundtrack:
Dixie more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
One of the all-time greats!, 14 August 1999
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Author: Steven Bailey (skad13@aol.com) from Jacksonville Beach, Florida

There's no way on Earth you'll ever see it on Cartoon Network, even though it's in their vaults. It would cause more controversy than BIRTH OF A NATION these days. But viewed with an open mind, it's one of the most hysterical cartoons ever made, by "Termite Terrace" or any other studio. It's more like a tribute to great black jazz than anything else, with perhaps the most astounding score ever recorded for a cartoon. Granted, "Prince Chawmin'" has dice for teeth, but I wouldn't say he's any more offensive than Martin Lawrence on his Fox TV series. If you can get a copy of it on videocassette (and you can, just not

readily), you'll be very gratified.

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