Snow White in the Dark Woods

1916 FantasyHorror 116 minutes Directed by Charles Weston

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About Snow White in the Dark Woods

The wicked queen asks her mirror who is the fairest and hears that she is, until the mirror names her stepdaughter Snow White, who works in the castle as a servant. She orders a huntsman to kill the girl. He lets Snow White go beside a forest path. The girl finds a house of seven little men, and they take her in. The queen is not done with her.

Cast & crew

More about Snow White in the Dark Woods

Charles Weston directed this Snow White for Life Photo Film Corp. The Italian Wikipedia credits the Grimms’ tale as the source. IMDb lists the alternate title Snow White in the Dark Woods and a running time of 116 minutes. The cast is made up of children. This is not the 1916 Famous Players film with Marguerite Clark.

Themes

  • A mirror that changes its answer
  • A stepdaughter kept as a servant
  • A huntsman who does not kill her
  • Seven little men who take her in
  • Snow White
  • wicked queen
  • mirror
  • huntsman
  • seven little men
  • forest
  • child cast

Music

Silent.

Notes

  • Aimee Ehrlich plays both Good Queen Mary and Snow White. Ruth Richie plays Wicked Queen Alice. Patsy Grace Lichtenburg plays the king.
  • Eleanor Assmus, Sylvia Wunderlich, Franklin Lovewell, and June Harrison are also credited.
  • An IMDb note says that, before the Marguerite Clark Snow White was found in a Dutch archive, this version was often mistaken for it, and that the 1987 Disney fiftieth-anniversary television tribute used it in the Clark film’s place.

Scenes

  • The mirror tells the queen that Snow White is fairer.
  • The huntsman lets the girl go at the edge of the forest.
  • The seven little men take her into the house.

Influenced by

  • The Grimms’ Snow White

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Snow White (1916).webm)