Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

**Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs** is a 1937 Disney animated musical film, notable in history for being the first feature-length animated film. The in-universe film and its fictionalized production history are loosely connected to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror's mythos, namely through the *Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe*.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Buena Vista Street

Buena Vista Street makes frequent allusions to Snow White as Buena Vista Street is generally themed to having been Walt Disney's home in 1920s Los Angeles from before he struck big. Common decor for the street includes large posters adverting the film's debut in the Carthay Circle Theatre.

#### Atwater's Ink & Paint

A bulletin-board at this shop has a poster for the *Flower Street Players'* play-production of Snow White, debuting at the Hyperion Theatre. There is also an advertisement for house-cleaning from someone named S. White. This characters are implied to have influenced Disney's creation of the film.

#### The Buena Vista Bugle

This newspaper contains assorted references to the film, usually affiliated with the Carthay Circle Theatre. While reviewing the Carthay Circle Theatre's food, Inglebert Irving said, "Heigh ho, Heigh Ho, it's off to dine I go".

#### Carthay Circle Restaurant

This restaurant is modelled after the Carthay Circle Theatre where Snow White debuted and has a Snow White motif. This includes a ceiling mural of the forest scene, photos of Walt Disney and Shirley Temple from the film's premiere, and an apple shaped chandelier in the Premiere Room.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

Within the Silver Lake Sisters' cafe has advertisements for singing lessons from Adriana Caselotti (1916-1997) and dancing lessons from Marge Champion (1919-2020). Adrianna was the original voice-actress of Snow White while Marge Champion was a reference dancer in the film. A poster in the cafe identifies the Silver Lake Sisters as having performed in the Carthay Circle Theatre, a location notable in Disney history for having hosted the film's premiere.

### Other connections

#### Disney's Hollywood Hotel

The mural behind the front desk shows the Chinese Theatre playing Snow White.

#### Sunset Boulevard

##### Beverley Sunset

This shop contained a Disney Villain motif with sculptures of the Evil Queen and her ingredients visible in the windows. Inside of the shop, the queen's witchcraft ingrediants were visible alongside the candy from the supplier, "Dr. Mort Tician".

##### Fantasmic!

The Evil Queen from Snow White is a major villain in this attraction, summoning Disney Villains to invade Mickey Mouse's dream. Snow White and her prince appear alongside one another inside this dream, hence sparking the queen's murderous envy.

##### Once Upon a Time

This shop is also modelled after the Carthay Circle Theatre where Snow White premiered. There are photographs of Walt Disney attending the premiere of Snow White, framed in this shop.

## References

1. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/california-adventure/atwater-ink-and-paint-art-supply-bulletin-board/
2. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-2.pdf
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/02/look-closer-carthay-circle-restaurant-at-disney-california-adventure-park/
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2010/08/23/window-artists/
5. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/04/good-for-what-ails-you.html