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When Marguerite Clark Was the Fairest in the Land

This is the most charming version of the Grimm's tale ever done!!!

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The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'

The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)

Jane March, Eliza Bennett, and Jamie Thomas King in Grimm's Snow White (2012)

Marguerite Clark and Dorothy Cumming in Snow White (1916)

Marguerite Clark and Creighton Hale in Snow White (1916)

Dorothy Cumming

Creighton Hale

Lionel Braham

Winthrop Ames

Jacob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarves in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.

J. Searle Dawley

Snow White

Blame Disney on This

Supposedly this what got Disney&apos;s mind oriented toward cartoon versions of well known &quot;fairy tales.&quot;

But we can hardly blame it for the patronizing travesty he has performed on children&apos;s literature. The story here is a bit Bolwderized (some sex, and much cruelty have been removed from the traditional version). But it is still complex and has lots of side stories, like how she disguises herself as one of her maids in waiting. And how the stepmother tried a comb first, before the apple.

The structure of the play on which this is based is supposedly influenced by the revival of Macbeth then current in London, where the Shakespeare story is explained as controlled by the three witches. Here it is almost as if the witch were responsible for the Faustian deal the ugly stepmother makes.

This film was conceived as a direct result of the amazing popularity of &quot;Birth of a Nation,&quot; perhaps the most influential film in history. That&apos;s because Birth cemented the notion that movies are like plays  not an entirely predetermined outcome. This was the first big budget play to be movie-ized afterward.

The film is in bad condition, so you have to imagine which cuts were original and which are because of missing segments. I prefer to imagine most of the jumps as missing material because the thing moves so languorously in what we see. For instance, there&apos;s a clearly drawn Queen&apos;s Toady who we spend many minutes watching in pompous walk.

Ted&apos;s Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

Supposedly this what got Disney's mind oriented toward cartoon versions of well known "fairy tales."

But we can hardly blame it for the patronizing travesty he has performed on children's literature. The story here is a bit Bolwderized (some sex, and much cruelty have been removed from the traditional version). But it is still complex and has lots of side stories, like how she disguises herself as one of her maids in waiting. And how the stepmother tried a comb first, before the apple.

The structure of the play on which this is based is supposedly influenced by the revival of Macbeth then current in London, where the Shakespeare story is explained as controlled by the three witches. Here it is almost as if the witch were responsible for the Faustian deal the ugly stepmother makes.

This film was conceived as a direct result of the amazing popularity of "Birth of a Nation," perhaps the most influential film in history. That's because Birth cemented the notion that movies are like plays  not an entirely predetermined outcome. This was the first big budget play to be movie-ized afterward.

The film is in bad condition, so you have to imagine which cuts were original and which are because of missing segments. I prefer to imagine most of the jumps as missing material because the thing moves so languorously in what we see. For instance, there's a clearly drawn Queen's Toady who we spend many minutes watching in pompous walk.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

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