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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  Even Disney cartoons were subject to censorship, and considered not as 'family-friendly' as they are now! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | British Board of Film Classification "On its initial cinema release in 1938, the film was classified at A uncut (requiring under 16s to be accompanied by an adult). At the time, some scenes in the film were considered too scary for the U category" |
I'm sure I mentioned this before, but I saw a presentation by a BBFC senior examiner and he used the forest seen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to show how you can take something out of context and show how it is utterly terrifying. If you put it back into the film and demonstrate the sequence has a happy/calming ending, the threat is not sustained, hence why the certification was lowered.
I read an article about early screenings of the film where all the seats where children had been present were distinctly soggy due to bladders being emptied, necessitating the seats being replaced after every showing!