[Lee Stewart]

It took four years and $1.5 million (three times the original budget) to produce "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.," the first feature-length animated movie with both color and sound. Hollywood insiders didn't think the idea would work—they dismissed the project as "Disney's Folly"—but Walt ignored them.. "Snow White" became 1937's biggest film and the most successful sound movie to date.