 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first re @-@ released in 1944 , to raise revenue for the Disney studio during the World War II period . This re @-@ release set a tradition of re @-@ releasing Disney animated features every seven to ten years , and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was re @-@ released to theaters in 1952 , 1958 , 1967 , 1975 , 1983 , 1987 , 1993 and 1997 . Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary release in 1987 , Disney released an authorized novelization of the story , written by children 's author Suzanne <unk> . 
