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Production
- After dinner one evening, Walt Disney reveals his plan to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to his key animators, acting out every part in front of them and estimating the budget (incorrectly) at $250,000.
- August 9 - The first outline for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is prepared.
- September - Adriana Caselotti first auditions for the voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- October 3 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
- Music in Your Soup
- The bed building sequence
- Snow White teaching the Dwarfs how to say their prayers
- The Prince being taken to the Dungeon of the Queen's Castle
- Sleepy traps the fly in Snow White's glass coffin
- The final chase of the Witch is planned out more or less as it will appear in the final film
- Title cards will be used to show the passage of time.
- October 9 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
- The Seven Dwarfs are named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy, Grumpy, Happy, Doc and Sleepy - other dwarfs are also suggested, including Hickey, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Shorty, Wheezy, Burpy, Dizzy and Dopey.
- The seven dwarfs' discovery of Snow White in their cottage
- The scene in which the raven falls into the skull after seeing the Witch
- The poisoned comb is included in the story at this point; when it fails the Witch captures the Prince
- Snow White kissing the dwarfs goodbye
- The Prince's escape from the Queen's Castle
- October 13 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
- October 15 - Story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
- November 2 - A memo is circulated at the studio offtering $5.00 for every gag submitted and ultimately used in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
- January 13 - The China Shop
- January 13 - Shanghaied
- February 10 - The Grasshopper and the Ants
- February 17 - Camping Out
- March 3 - Playful Pluto
- March 24 - Funny Little Bunnies
- April 14 - The Big Bad Wolf
- May 19 - Gulliver Mickey
- May 24 - The Hot Chocolate Soldiers
- June 9 - The Wise Little Hen
- June 16 - Mickey's Steamroller
- July 14 - The Flying Mouse
- August 11 - Orphan's Benefit
- September 1 - Peculiar Penguins
- September 29 - Mickey Plays Papa
- November 3 - The Goddess of Spring
- November 17 - The Dognapper
- December 15 - Two-Gun Mickey
People
Births
- January 5 - Phil Ramone (recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer)
- January 8 - Roy Kinnear (British character actor)
- January 13 - Rip Taylor (actor and comedian)
- January 22 - Bill Bixby (film and television actor and producer)
- February 14 - Florence Henderson (actress and singer)
- February 17 - Barry Humphries (comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor)
- March 26 - Alan Arkin (American actor, director, musician and singer)
- April 7 - Ian Richardson (Scottish actor)
- April 16 - Vicar (cartoonist)
- April 18 - James Drury (actor)
- April 29 - Akira Takarada (Japanese film actor)
- June 16 - Bill Cobbs (actor)
- June 16 - Jane Henson (puppeteer and wife of Jim Henson)
- July 8 - Marty Feldman (comedian and writer)
- July 10 - Jerry Nelson (Muppet performer)
- July 28 - Bud Luckey (story artist and voice actor)
- July 31 - Jolene Brand (actress)
- August 5 - Cammie King (former child actress)
- September 2 - Chuck McCann (film actor, television actor, stage actor, and voice actor)
- September 28 - Janet Munro (actress)
- October 30 - Hamilton Camp (singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor)
- November 13 - Garry Marshall (actor and director)
- November 15 - Joanna Barnes (actress and writer)
- December 9 - Judi Dench (actress)
- December 28 - Maggie Smith (actress)
- Robert Jani (creative director)
Deaths
- May 23 - Bonnie and Clyde (outlaws, robbers and criminals)
Character debuts
- June 9 - Donald Duck
- July 31 - Bobo the Elephant
- August 11 - Clara Cluck
- September 10 - Eli Squinch
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