Quick! Who directed the animated 1950 version of "Cinderella?" Did they direct other movies? Who played the voice of Peter Pan in the 1953 film version of Disney? Who played Alice in "Alice in Wonderland?" Or Prince Philip in "Sleeping Beauty?" Who wrote "One hundred and one Dalmati?"

Some readers may have been able to recall that the celebrity author of the children's book was Pete, the Dalmatians wrote, and other hardcore Disney Nerds may know that the famous children's star Bobby Drissol played Peter Pan, but many of the real directors of the early animated features. You have to look up that Clide Geronimi, Wilfred Acksehson and Hamilton Luske served as Supervisory Director of Cinderella, and that they also kicked "Alice in Wonder", "Peter Pan" and "Lady and Trump". Heck, they should be better known, As a "Cinderella" type of company saving.

These people are, of course, all celebrities in the world of animation, but for the general public, they are esoteric figures. This is mainly because the Disney corporation - and especially Walt Disney - was persistent in a huge amount of branding of the company. "Cinderella" was not a movie by Geromini/Acksexon/Luske, but a Disney film. To this day, most of the company's animated films are considered a "Disney version" in conversation, rather than crediting their directors and writers. It would not be until the 1990s that the cinemas would win, and the directors of certain animated films produced by Disney became known.

Disney branding is also the main reason that voice actress Adriana Castellotti had a problem finding a job after playing the title of title in David Harn's 1937 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". According to 1993 report in the dayCastellotti, then 77, admitted that she was not credited with her "Snow White" job like - as Walt Disney said - he did not want to "spoil the illusion".

According to the article on the day, Castellotti was paid $ 970 for her work on Snow White, which was only an industrial standard at the time. It translates to just over $ 21,000 in $ 2025. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", of course, was a giant hit and marked a marine change for Disney company; It was the first animated film in the studio. "Snow White" was so popular, in fact, it was often re -announced. By the time Castellotti talked about the day, Snow White enjoyed the eighth edition at national level.

Castellotti, however, never got any copyright for the role, and even had no speech credit. She thought she was suing Disney for royalties, but did not want to go through "what Peggy has passed." Lee played a voice in the animated feature of Disney "Lady and Trump" and successfully took the company to court for their failure to pay at the back (time will say whether that legal drama will take place outside In the once planned biopic freckle do).

At the time of the article of the day, Snow White was not yet released on a home video, and Castellotti knew that home video edition could be a good time to ask Disney for some author's royalties.

Castellotti recalled that there were problems with "Snow White" and did not learn later that Walt Disney actually had actively prevented her from using her voice to long for gigs. Jackack Benny, a wonderfully popular radio person, seems to have hired Castellotti a little at Theek Benny Show, but that Disney prevented it. She was told, from Disney himself, that "that voice cannot be used anywhere. I don't want to spoil Snow White's illusion. " In blocking Castellotti to use her voice to earn a living, Disney has essentially tried to sabotage her career.

Castellotti didn't even know that she was working on a feature film (a huge risk to Disney at the time), and assumed that "Snow White" was just one of Disney's famous shorts. She said:

"They told me that it would be a little longer than their shorts, which were from 10 to 12 minutes. (...) So I thought it would last 20 minutes or so.

Castellotti has managed to get some small roles after Snow White. In the song "If I Had Only Heart" in Victor Fleming's "Wizard of Oz", she was the voice of Ietuliette, reciting "Why are you Romeo?" She also landed a singing gig in "It's a Wonderful Life" by Frank Capri, though she was not even deserved that role.

Shortly after the article of the day, Castellotti really sued Disney, as well as her co-Starvala "Snow White" Harry Stockwell, who played a charming prince. According to An article in the Showbusic Fraud LeafCastellotti demanded $ 200,000, while Stockwell demanded $ 100,000. The case was, unfortunately, unsuccessful. However, "Snow White" finally got to VHS in 1994 and it can be assumed optimistic that Castellotti has finally reduced some copyright agreement.

In the end, Castellotti was asked in Disney's overlap to record Snow White audio -track for the attraction of the desired good as Disneyland. However, this has passed over 50 years since her gig "Snow White" in 1937. She also received an award from the company in 1994, declaring Disney legend. She passed in 1997 at the age of 80.