The film was a huge risk for Walt Disney.
Majority of people at the time (including his wife), thought that the audience simply wouldn’t have the time or the patience to sit through a cartoon.
Disney in fact had to borrow most of the $1.5 million budget in order to finance the project, and luckily, it paid off. “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” made the staggering $8 million (during the height of the Great Depression that was), causing the revolution in animated cinema.
Not only did it later make way for animation companies like Hannah-Barbera and Pixar, the movie started CGI animation.
He who dares, wins.