In the 1930s, as Disney began work on the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (an adaptation of Snow White by the Brothers Grimm), the writing team compiled the following list of potential names for the seven dwarfs - characters who, in the original story, were unnamed.
As we now know, Bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy were picked. The name of their leader, Doc, was chosen at a later date, although I don't see Happy on this list, either.
By the way, in 1912 the story had been adapted for the Broadway stage, and the names chosen for the dwarfs were Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, and Quee.
Here's the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Theatrical Trailer from 1937:
Here's the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Theatrical Trailer from 1937:
And here are the options they compiled (What the heck is Neurtsy? And why leave off Sleazy and Smutty?):
- Awful
- Baldy
- Bashful
- Biggo-Ego
- Burpy
- Daffy
- Deafy
- Dippy
- Dirty
- Dizzy
- Doleful
- Dopey
- Dumpy
- Flabby
- Gabby
- Grumpy
- Hickey
- Hoppy
- Hotsy
- Hungry
- Jaunty
- Jumpy
- Lazy
- Neurtsy
- Nifty
- Puffy
- Sappy
- Scrappy
- Shifty
- Shorty
- Silly
- Sleepy
- Snappy
- Sneezy
- Sneezy-Wheezy
- Sniffy
- Snoopy
- Soulful
- Strutty
- Stuffy
- Swift
- Tearful
- Thrifty
- Weepy
- Wheezy
- Wistful
- Woeful
via Lists of Note
Happy isn't on the list. Did he come later, like Doc?
ReplyDeleteAccording to a short where Walt Disney talks about the making of Snow White, he lists (and shows a drawing of) Sleazy.
ReplyDeleteHow could one propose Hotsy and not Totsy?
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