Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) January 11 to March 9, 1980, a total of 106 performances. In the 2000s, DisneyToon Studios began development on a computer-animated prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", titled "The Seven Dwarfs". Director Mike Disa and screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos pitched a story explaining how the Dwarfs met, and how the Evil Queen killed Snow White's father and took the throne. According to Disa, DisneyToon management changed the prequel to center around how Dopey lost his voice upon witnessing the death of his mother. After Disney purchased Pixar in 2006, John Lasseter, DisneyToons' new Chief Creative Officer, canceled "Dwarfs". In
Walt Disney Classics "Mary Poppins", but that 15 other animated movies would never be aired. These 15 animated feature films – "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Pinocchio", "Fantasia", "Bambi", "Cinderella", "Peter Pan", "Lady and the Tramp", "Sleeping Beauty", "101 Dalmatians", "The Sword in the Stone", "The Jungle Book", "The Aristocats", "Robin Hood", "The Rescuers", and "The Fox and the Hound" – had only been shown at theaters, not television or any other format. These 15 movies laid the foundation upon which the Disney company was built. During each re-release to theaters (on a roughly seven-year cycle), they earned money comparable to new