Items from the original showing of Snow White?

[kjnhurricane]

My aunt and my father were taken by thier mother to Snow White when it originally aired at the theater in Montana. They believed in the 30's. They don't know if their mother bought it at the theator or if they came with the price of admision but the each have a Walt Disney copy writed picture or painting of sorts. A cheap wood frame. One is Snow White and the other my dad thinks is grumpy. My aunt also had a pin from the showing but she burried it so no one would steal it. Never to be found again. Does anyone know anything about these items, and if they are collectables? Thanks for any info.

 

[agnes!]

I would suggest doing some eBay searches. Also I know that Tomart has a guide to Disney pin values, maybe there's something similar for other collectibles.

Yeah, Snow White did come out in the 30s, I'm sure somone will be along with the year(1939, I think?)

agnes!

 

[cinderellacm2000]

That's right Agnes- it was 1939. Same year as Gone With the Wind. These would definitely be collectibles and your best bet would be to ask a Disneyana appraiser if you can not find anything on ebay. Tomarts is pretty good but some of the early and oldest pins are not listed.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

>>That's right Agnes- it was 1939. Same year as Gone With the Wind. <,

Nope it was Dec 21 1937

-em

 

[cinderellacm2000]

Well, actually it was released publicly on 4 February 1938, but the honorary Oscar went to Walt in 1939. Too true, too true.

 

[agnes!]

The release dates & the years that movies win Oscars always seem kind of screwy. This might be the reason pop culture and some of us (including me & my poor befuddled brain) get the years mangled. "Snow White" is a special case, though.

1937 - "Snow White" had its Los Angeles premiere on December 21st, 1937. It went into nationwide release on February 4, 1938.

1938 - "Snow White" nominated for Best Music/Score for the 1938 Academy Awards.

1939 - Walt Disney was awarded a set of Honorary Academy Awards at the 1939 ceremony consisting of one full-sized "Oscar" and 7 miniature "Oscar" statuettes.

1939 - "Gone with the Wind" premiered in December of 1939 (dates ranged from the 15th in Atlanta to the 28th in Los Angeles). In 1939/1940 the film only had limited advance-ticket engagements & seems to only have finally gone into general-release sometime later, perhaps in 1941.

1940 - "Gone with the Wind" nominated for (and won) numerous Oscars at the 1940 Academy Awards, beating out many other worthy contenders for the honors, including the classic "Wizard of Oz".

I did have to refresh my memory with many searches, including IMDb.Com, the (sometimes unreliable) Wikipedia, fansites, etc. Actually *proving* the "GwtW" staggered release dates (limited, genereal, etc) from good sources is not an easy task.
Yeah, I do like to do research when I'm not DIS'ing ...

agnes!
PS - Here's an additional piece of Oscars trivia. Viktor Fleming directed "Wizard of Oz"(1939) and was also the last of four directors who worked on "GwtW".

 

[agnes!]

cinderellacm2000 -

We were both posting at the same time .

agnes!

 

[cinderellacm2000]

LOL- what are the odds?

Good work! That is impressive!