EntertainmentInspiringWalt Disney mortgaged his house to finish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after costs ballooned from $250,000 to $1.49 million. Hollywood called it "Disney's Folly." He screened the unfinished film for a banker, who said it would "make a hatful of money." Snow White opened in December 1937 and became the highest-grossing sound film ever made.1 hour ago