Snow White Cinema Classics

Overview

Snow White isn't just a German fairy tale committed to the page by the Brothers Grimm — it's also a piece of film history. Sure, Kristen Stewart has played the lovely lass deemed the fairest of them all, complete with Chris Hemsworth as her sequel-earning huntsman protector; however the story's movie heritage is much, much more significant.

You've probably seen the colourful 1937 version, which holds the honour of being the first-ever full-length animated offering to ever reach the big screen. That take on the tale was actually inspired by a live-action, silent effort from 1916, which Walt Disney saw when he was a boy. "I thought it was the perfect story… It had the sympathetic dwarfs… the heavy… the prince and the girl. The romance… the perfect story," he said years later.

To celebrate the legacy of Snow White in cinema, Brisbane Festival and the Gallery of Modern Art are joining forces to present both classic movies. So block out your diary for September 11 and 18, because you've got a raven-haired maiden, seven diminutive men, a magic mirror and a wicked stepmother to watch — and a day to spend dreaming about living happily ever after.