This is the Betty Boop version of "Snow White," which is famous for its performance by the great Cab Calloway. It was released on March 31, 1933 and in addition to Mr. Calloway, one hears the voice of Mae Questel.
Animation historians have been known to debate whether audiences of the day (or even the folks who made this cartoon) quite understood the lyrics and meaning of the song Calloway sings, "St. James Infirmary." The tune was said to have been about a girl who died from an overdose of Cocaine…and when you put it in a cartoon called "Snow White," well, it gets people to wondering.
The film runs around seven minutes and you have two choices — three, if you include not watching it at all. You can just click below and see an okay version of it. Or if you have a lot of downloading time, you can go over to this page and get a fairly large Quick Time file of a nicely restored version. The original opening (but not the closing) titles have been returned to the film and as explained on the page I just linked to, the aspect ratio has been considerably improved. This is some of the fine work being done in conjunction with the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive Project, an endeavor that we applaud.
