The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey ratón to Hercules by
John Grant
Character descripción of Snow White from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
Snow White in the disney version is, strangely, not in fact very beautiful - although extremely attractive. Presumably deliberately, disney opted for girl-next-door prettiness rather than out-and-out beauty. Moreover, Snow White appears to be extremely youthful, aged perhaps between 12 and 14 (although modelled por 18-year-old Marjorie Belcher), and still with a trace of early adolescent plumpness. However, framed by...
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