#Lucille La Verne

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A Strange Adventure (1932) Phil Whitman and Hampton Del Ruth

October 13th 2024

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QUEEN GRIHMHILDE

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

There are many factors to consider when judging a film’s merit. An important but often overlooked factor is the film’s ambition. How many chances does it take and how far does it push the envelope? Under that criteria, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs couldn’t possibly score higher. If there was a full-length animated film released in American cinemas before this one, it's been forgotten to time and it certainly didn't leave the same mark as this one. Now approaching 100 years old, there's no other movie quite like Snow White. You watch it as a child and enjoy the familiar story. You appreciate it for wholly different reasons as an adult.

In a faraway land lives the beautiful and kind Princess Snow White (voiced by Adriana Caselotti), the envy of her wicked and vain stepmother (Lucille La Verne). When the Queen’s magic mirror reveals that Snow White has become more beautiful than she, the Queen sends the young princess to the woods to be murdered. Following her escape, Snow White stumbles upon a small cottage and is taken in by the seven little men who live there.

Traditionally animated films age incredibly gracefully. Whereas you can see the limitations Toy Story and its early descendants had to struggle with, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs looks as sharp as the day it was released. Snow White is not like the rubber-limbed Olive Oil from Popeye’s cartoons or any character from the many Disney animated shorts that preceded her. The fact that she can move alongside the decidedly anthropomorphized woodland creatures she befriends and the seven dwarves - all of which have cartoonish faces to match their outlandish personalities - is impressive.

Also helping the film remain timeless are the story and writing. There are no pop culture references, no fourth wall breaks, no ironic twists or subversions of the source material. There doesn’t need to be. Snow White simply is. Similarly, the songs are not the kind you’d hear playing on the top charts. They weren't made to sell records. They were made for the story. They’re used to develop the characters and move the plot forward. That doesn't mean they're not catchy. I think anyone who’s seen the film will be tempted to play Whistle While You Work whenever they begin cleaning and once you hear the dwarves’ Heigh Ho!, it becomes a part of your vocabulary. Nothing in Snow White feels like it was made to be more than part of the movie. There are no characters made to be turned into toys, for example. In that way, it feels more earnest than any other Disney film.

That's nice, but what really matters is how entertaining the film is. While this is a straightforward telling of a well-known, story (assuming you don't call the musical numbers "twists"), “Snow White” finds plenty of ways to make you care about its animated characters. There are many laughs throughout, courtesy of the seven dwarves. Her animal friends also provide memorable chuckles as they figure out inventive ways to help despite their limited sizes or limbs. My favorite has to be the deer who uses his antlers as a way to transport dirty laundry.

There's also drama and romance, courtesy of Snow White herself. Our heroine is so sweet and innocent your heart just can’t resist. When she talks about the handsome prince she dreams of meeting once again, it’s hard not to get as swept up in the emotions of the scene. There’s also a little bit of horror thrown in too - though only small children would be actually frightened. It makes the scenes when Snow White makes her escape in the dark woods and later, when the wicked Queen comes looking for her particularly memorable. On top of the emotions are the outstanding visuals. Even if you don't "know", I think a part of you knows or can tell everything you see was hand-painted and painstakingly put together. If there’s one criticism I can throw towards the movie, it’s that the ending feels abrupt. It still fits within the fairytale motif, but I wouldn’t mind if it was even 30 seconds longer.

There is so much to say about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The visuals, the characters, the direction, the story, the songs… every aspect of the filmmaking could be the subject of a thesis. It's a film that was destined for immortality and I think people knew it as soon as it was released. Even today, it still stands triumphant as one of the greatest films - animated or otherwise- ever made for its place in history, but also for the way it brings a particular kind of story to life. (November 12, 2022)

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Secret passage in a shop shelf, from Little Caesar (1931)

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Time 06-Aug-2023 10:00 Day Sunday Where Cineworld - Rushden Lakes Screen 2 Seat G7 Price £2.43

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W A T C H I N G

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🍎 If Snow White witnessed the evil queen’s transformation, it would’ve been an extremely scary scene. 🧪⚗️🔮

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Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945)

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Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an American actress known for her appearances in early sound films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered as the voices of the Old Witch in the 1932 Silly Symphony short, Babes in the Woods, and the first Disney villain, the Evil Queen, Snow White's wicked stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film as well as her final film role.

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"You're not going way with him!?"

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Day 18

August 18

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

-The Evil Queen

(Played by Lucille La Verne)

-Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

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An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg

January 6th 2024

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Scathing opinion on the Snow White teaser please (also, people yet again infantilising R@chel and acting like she's just a toddler being unfairly bullied by everyone for her dumb comments)

Oof I really can't get involved with anything even remotely touching Rachel's fandom/community. They literally claim Rachel never said things she was documented and recorded as saying multiple times lol that's another level. They're the type of people that change their points/the topic of the discussion whenever they're proven wrong and that's maddening. I'll say the most obvious, objective truth that it's pretty clear Rachel has a disdain for Snow White and the story and that there should've been more protections in place to guard this landmark of film from the people that signed on for the remake (the original director's SON has spoken out and said Walt and his dad would be rolling around in their grave; also I've never seen Gal finish a sentence with ease so I don't know how she's going to do justice to Lucille La Verne's chilling interpretation that still holds its own decades later in the Patheon of great film villains).

If anything, I think a documentary on Snow White would've been better than whatever this is. We got girlboss!Snow White twice in 2012 alone, so I don't know why Rachel thought she was reinventing the wheel with lazy takes that have been spoon-fed to her (someone's own authentic interpretation or opinion on a female character would be great!!!) and the lack of understanding and love for the source material is evident in every interview we've seen and now this trailer we saw that has the production value of a Danimals Yogurt commercial from 2004. She still doesn't even seem to get it lol at d23 they asked her about this film and she just generally said it's a dream of anyone to play a Disney Princess, but didn't say anything about *Snow White*- even after her announcer (who was more excited than Rachel) called out that Snow White was the original Princess (also this statement kinda drips with the vacuousness that Rachel does; how is it a dream for her to be a princess "even for a day" when she's already portrayed Fiona, Belle, and Ariel??? This is her fourth Princess lol and she portrayed each of them for more than a "day" lol).

Anytime anyone who is actually passionate about SWATSD tries to say anything, we're told that no one liked Snow White in the first place and Rachel is doing us a huge favor by taking on this role and we're feigning our SW support, despite the fact that there's been Snow White historians and museums and fan communities for close to a century. We're constantly told to shut up while everyone cries about how special Rachel is in a movie that hasn't even come out yet and, judging from the trailers, looks like AI text to speech leaping forth with a dress that's giving paint by numbers. Rachel definitely has photogenic features, but I don't know someone who can earnestly say what they did to her, design wise, is pleasing in any way- they made her look like a preschooler's interpretation of Pinocchio in drag. She also has talent and vocal ability but her tact is not there for me and she just really is not the right choice to play Snow White (and also we already had a live Snow White!! I'll die on the hill that Adriana Caselotti will always be the only Snow White, just like Ilene Woods is Cinderella, Mary Costa is Aurora...Ariel is trickier because I think it's more Howard Ashman than Jodi lol but she'll only ever be those two etc). Snow White is the heart and soul of Disney, what started this entire empire, and I think, from everyone we saw in the trailer, it's proving to be the inverse and is the death of Disney in many ways.

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Profiles in Villainy

The Evil Queen

Lady Grimhilde Malis, erstwhile known as The Evil Queen, was a vile and ambitious tyrant.  She gained tremendous magical powers by selling herself body and soul to the evil spirits of the Harz Mountains.  She went on to gain her royal position by marrying the widowed King, giving her rule over his kingdom following his death. As the realm's new queen, her every word was law, and all trembled in mortal fear of her wrath.

The vain Queen used her magic to make herself the most beautiful woman in the lands.   She owned a magical mirror that she frequently gazed upon. She regularly asked this magical looking glass who is the fairest in the realm.  ‘Magic Mirror on the wall,' she would query, 'who is the fairest one of all?’ And each time the mirror would reply that it was she.  One day, however, the mirror stated that the fairest of the realm was now the young princess, the Queen’s stepdaughter, Snow White.  

The Queen was sent into an envious rage.  She dispatches her Huntsman to slay Snow White.  Yet the Huntsman was taken by Snow White’s beauty and innocence and he chose to spare her, telling her of the threat and helping her to hide in the woods.  Deep in this secluded forest, Snow White found refuge in a cottage and was cared for by seven kindly dwarves. 

Ultimately discovering that she had been betrayed by her Huntsman, The Queen decided to kill Snow White herself.  She created a poisoned apple that will put whoever eats it into a death-like sleep. This curse could only be broken by ‘love's first kiss,’ yet the Queen was certain Snow White would be buried alive before this could occur. 

Using her magic to disguise herself as an old hag, the Queen traveled to the cottage while the dwarfs were away. The animals of the forest saw through the disguise, but were unable to warn Snow White; instead these animals rushed off to alert the dwarves.  The Queen fooled Snow White into biting the apple, and she fell into a death-like slumber.

The dwarfs returned with the animals as the Queen was leaving the cottage.  They gave chase and the Queen became trapped upon a cliff.  She tried to roll a boulder to crush the dwarves but just then she was struck by lightning and fell from the cliff to her death.

Unwilling to bury her in the ground, the dwarves placed Snow White within a glass coffin and kept vigil over her along with the animals of the woods.  Some time later, a handsome Prince discovered Snow White's fate and he visited her coffin. Saddened by her apparent death, he kissed her, which had the effect of breaking the spell and awakened her. The dwarves and animals all rejoiced as the prince took Snow White to his castle where together they ushered in a new era of peace and happiness.

Actress Lucille La Verne provided the voice for The Evil Queen, with the villainess first appearing in the 1937 Disney feature, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.  

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Disney Month :Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

For the 13th installment of Disney Month,lets look at the big one,requested by @themousefromfantasyland ,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .....I had to write this twice so thats why this took so long

This 1937 film tells the tale of Snow White (Adrianna Casselotti ) who runs off into the woods after realizing her stemother the vain and evil Queen (Lucille La Verne ) wants her dead , and finding the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs

I have such a weird history with this film ,having vague memories of seeing it as a child to eventually giving it a proper watch as an overly critical young cinefile where I nitpicked it to hell . and now that I am a bit older this is a comfort movie

I think the magic of the film lies in the fact through brillaint animation,atmosphere ,and performance from both actors an adnimators,it brings out emotions from a deceptively simple tale .Snow White doesnt do much as a protagonist,but she has a goal and is someone you do latch onto ,you do like and feel for her .The Queen while a simple antagonist ,is perfectly constucted to bring upon fear but also too be booed and hissed .The Dwarfs,all named after a specific attribute ,are very charming and fun,Dopey is the fan favorite ,but I think my fave is Grumpy who is the one character with a full arc,going from distrusting Snow White to being a full blown hero

The movie has some beautifully done scenes ,the scene where the Huntsman cannot bring himself to kill the innocent Snow White is one of my favorite scenes in all of Disney.I also like the wishing wel scene where Snow White meets the PRince,and all the scenes with the Queen in her Witch Guise are example of wonderfully creepy character animation .At the same time you can see the crews roots in comedic shorts,specifically with the animal designs and the emphisas on comedic business with the dwarfs ,which while humorus are definately filler

The film is both a technical marvel while also being a bit rough around the edges ,and I kind of admire that

The songs are all classics (Someday My Prince Will Come is my favorite ) and the voice acting is top notch ,the winner going to Lucille La Verne who wonderfully distinguishes the regal Queen and her terrifying Witch guise

Overall its a must see film and a interesting milestone in animation

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“Puedes imponerme silencio, pero no puedes evitar que piense”

Aurore Dupin

Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Dudevant, mas conocida con el seudónimo de George Sand, fue una periodista y novelista francesa nacida en París en julio de 1804, considerada como una de las escritoras mas populares de Europa en el siglo XIX.

Sand es reconocía como una de las escritoras mas notables del Romanticismo Frances.

Primeros años

Su madre era Sophie-Victoire Delaborde, era proveniente de una familia pobre e inestable, y su padre de nombre Maurice Dupin fue nieto del mariscal general de Francia Mauricio de Sajonia conde de Saxe, y emparentado con el Rey Luis Felipe I de Francia a través de antepasados comunes de familias reinantes alemanas y danesas.

El matrimonio de Maurice Dupin y Sophie-Victoire estuvo mal visto por la sociedad de la época y no fue aceptado por la madre de Maurice y abuela de George Sand.

La familia de Sand se vió forzada a vivir en España por motivos laborales y esa estancia fue descrita por George como una de las mas felices de su vida. Es en este momento cuando George Sand comenzó a manifestar tendencias masculinas para la época.

En 1809 la familia regresa a Francia en donde vivieron en la finca de la abuela de Sand. La finca de Nohant fue el escenario de muchas de sus novelas y poco tiempo después de instalarse, su padre sufre un accidente con un caballo y muere y es en ese momento que la rivalidad entre la aristocrática abuela de Sand y su madre se acentúa.

Al volverse difícil la relación de la abuela con la madre esta ultima deja la finca y abandona París, dejando a Sand al cuidado de la abuela. En 1822 la abuela muere y Sand hereda toda su fortuna.

A los 18 años se casó con un Baron quien abandona en menos de 10 años para irse a París en donde comienza a colaborar en el diario Le Figaro, en donde se enamora del periodista Jules Sandeau, de donde se bosqueja el primer seudónimo de Aurora como Sand.

Al firmar su siguiente relato, se ve forzada a inventar otro seudónimo, cambiando la inicial “J” de Jules por la G de George y el apellido Sandeau por Sand.

Legado

Fue una escritora incansable y una fervorosa luchadora por los intereses del pueblo, por la libertad individual y por la igualdad entre sexos.

Compaginó sus centenares de libros, colaboraciones en prensa y misivas con inumerables viajes, multiples amantes y buenas amistades con intelectuales y artistas de la época como Franz Liszt, Eugene Delacroix, Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert y Julio Verne.

George Sand fumaba, vestía pantalones y escribir novelas, dichas actitudes eran escandalosas en su tiempo. Desafiaba los prejuicios tanto en la literatura como en lo personal.

Asumió la idea del amor libre en Francia y tuvo diversos romances, algunos de ellos muy turbulentos entre los que destacan los que tuvo con el compositor Frédéric Chopin, la actriz Marie Dorval o el poeta Alfred Musset.

Últimos años

Durante los últimos años de su vida se refugió en si misma. Vivió en Nohant donde residió de forma permanente hasta el final de sus días, protegiendo a escritores jóvenes como Gustave Flaubert y escribiendo relatos idílicos hasta los últimos días de su vida.

Muere en Nohant Francia en junio de 1876.

Fuentes: Wikipedia, biografiasyvidas.com, lavanguardia.com