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- Walt Disney The film is based on the Brothers Grimm tale, but Disney's own explanation for choosing it points at a silent adaptation, not at reading the Grimms: "I don't know why I picked Snow White. It's a thing I remembered as a kid. I saw Marguerite Clark in it in Kansas City one time when I was a newsboy." The entry is kept as film source material, not as a book he recommended. source ↗
Summary
The Grimm brothers' collection of German folklore, first published in 1812 as Children's and Household Tales, containing over two hundred stories gathered from oral traditions. The collection includes the earliest recorded versions of Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and Rumpelstiltskin, and has been a foundational text of children's literature and cultural mythology for over two centuries.