New York (CNN Business)“Disney’s Folly.”
That’s what some in Hollywood dubbed “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” before it premiered in 1937. Critics argued that Walt Disney was risking his studio’s reputation with a risky film that no one would sit through.
But in the end, Disney’s gamble paid off. “Snow White,” the first animated feature in America, became a blockbuster that helped make Disney the company it is today.
