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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: New York meets Snow White
Description: Disneyâs long-awaited feature âSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsâ was rapturously received at Radio City, New York, inspiring three-hour queues for tickets. The reviews that America woke up to on 14th January 1938 were euphoric: a masterpiece had landed.
âIt is a classic as important cinematically as The Birth Of A Nationâ, Frank Nugent wrote in The New York Times.  âYouâll not, most of the time, realise you are watching animated cartoonsâ, he continued. âAnd if you do, it will only be with a sense of amazementâ.
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