Two New Books Commemorate Making of SNOW WHITE

The Fairest One of All:
The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By J.B. Kaufman
Weldon Owen Publishing
978-1616284381 :: October 2012
320 pages :: $75.00 :: Hardcover

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film
By J.B. Kaufman
Weldon Owen Publishing
978-1616284381 :: October 2012
256 pages :: $35.00 :: Hardcover

Weldon Owen Releases Two Collectors’ Edition Books Illustrating the Creation of the Classic Film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

In honor of the 75^th anniversary of Walt Disney’s first feature-length film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Weldon Owen is releasing two new collections that chronicle the complete making of the ground-breaking animated movie beloved by so many children and adults around the world.

The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a stunning, hardcover, collector’s tome. This book is the first to reconstruct the making of the film and the process in exacting detail, with the loving attention it deserves from an internationally noted film scholar. Author J.B. Kaufman spent years researching the film’s history, interviewing participants, and studying the marvelous archival art that appears in these pages. The result is a work that can be appreciated equally as a piece of film history and as a collectable art book, a joy for anyone who loves film, animation, and the magical world that Walt Disney created.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film features over 200 pieces of art, many reproduced from original concept sketches, background paintings, and production cels, as well as alternate character concepts, deleted scenes, and step-by-step process shots. Filled with phenomenal stories, never-before seen artwork, and surprising details from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, this pair of books are the first to reconstruct the filmmaking behind Snow White with the loving attention it deserves from internationally noted film scholar, J.B. Kaufman.

A true pioneer in animation, Disney Studios’ four-year labor of love has only grown in relevance, named as one of the best movies of all time by the American Film Institute, and starring as this fall’s premiere exhibition at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

After 75 years, Snow White’s legacy lives on, and these books provide beautiful testament to the film’s rich history and the artistry behind the magic of Disney, making them true collectibles for years to come.

Exhibition at The Walt Disney Family Museum
The very first exhibition of the making of Snow White will be held in San Francisco on November 13, 2012. The exhibition is organized by The Walt Disney Family Museum, and guest curated by Lella Smith, Creative Director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic features more than 200 works of art including conceptual drawings, early character studies, detailed story sketches, and animation drawings. Also featured are delicate thumbnail layout watercolors, meticulously rendered pencil layouts, rare watercolor backgrounds, colorful cels, and vintage posters all illustrating how Walt Disney advanced the creation of an entirely new art form. For more information, please visit www.waltdisney.com.

About the Author
J.B. Kaufman is an author and film historian on the staff of the Walt Disney Family Foundation, and has published extensively on topics including Disney animation and American silent film. He is coauthor, with Russell Merritt, of two essential reference works on Disney animation history: Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney (1992; winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Award and the Society for Animation Studies’ Norman McLaren-Evelyn Lambart Award, and chosen by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year), and Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2006). Kaufman was also a regular contributor to the Griffith Project at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, the distinguished annual silent-film festival in Pordenone, Italy.

About Weldon Owen
Weldon Owen creates visually splendid, mind-expanding books that nurture a wide range of readers’ passions, be they practical, creative, adventurous, or all-out fun. We illustrate great ideas, break down complex skills so anyone can learn them, and entertain and inspire along the way. Most of all, we love to create beautiful books that make you want to pick them up and are tough to put down. Weldon Owen is part of the Bonnier Corporation, the U.S. division of Bonnier AB, a family-owned multichannel media company founded in 1804 and based in Sweden. This makes us the sister company to over 50 leading magazines devoted to connecting people to their passions, including Field & Stream, Parenting, Popular Science, Outdoor Life, Saveur, Popular Photography, and Working Mother (to name just a few).

Praise for the two books:
“The Fairest One of All is the astounding chronicle of an unlikely band of cartoonists and their brilliant leader, Walt, who pioneered a new art form in the middle of the great depression. J.B.Kaufman dives deep into this true story of vision, innovation, and grit that brought Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to life and made it one of the most beloved films of all time. It’s an unprecedented look behind the screen at a seminal chapter in the history of American art and cinema.” -Don Hahn (Academy Award-Nominated Producer of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King)

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the one that started it all, setting such a high bar that animated films today still struggle to match its creative and technical artistry. As this thoroughly researched book reveals, its success was no accident. No detail was too small to escape the scrutiny of Walt Disney and his staff. J.B. Kaufman provides a jackpot of information and stories of the amazing people who made this pioneering film.”-Pete Docter (Director of Monsters, Inc and Up)

“Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the true landmarks of film history. JB Kaufman’s book The Fairest One of All is by far the most complete telling yet of the making of this spectacular film, which paved the way for a medium and industry that has been healthy and vibrant for 75 years. Filled with phenomenal stories, details, and artwork, this book is a treasure equal to that of the movie itself. If you love Snow White, Disney, or animation, this book is a must-have.”- John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios)

“A tour de force of historical research and insightful writing about the making of one of the greatest films ever!  The text of author J.B. Kaufman’s gorgeously illustrated book is comprehensive, scholarly and entertaining, filled with myriad details about Snow White, from folk tale to film and beyond.”  — John Canemaker (Oscar-winning animation director, NYU professor)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has long been a cherished animation classic and Walt Disney’s pride and joy. To commemorate the masterpiece’s 75th anniversary, Weldon Owen is giving away copies of The Fairest One of All and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, signed by Diane Disney Miller and author J.B. Kaufman.

Check out these gorgeous book spreads and click here to enter this Facebook sweepstakes!

I am really excited to see these books and cannot wait for them to arrive at my doorstep! A complete review of both is coming soon.

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