unknown dwarfs cut from the movie Snow White (2)

Dreary – Without question the most tedious of the dwarfs, Dreary was said to be so mind-numbingly dull that the entire crew would at times nod off as he droned his lines.  Consequently most of his actual performances were never captured on film.  His story line revolved around performing the accounting duties for the dwarfs’ mining operation, but his tendency to carry a briefcase and wear ties was felt too unbelievable for a miner.  When the wardrobe assistants insisted that he dress like the rest of the miniature cast, he complained incessantly about how “his britches chafed without Egyptian silk underwear.”  He was said to have been the only friend of Cranky, the two getting along because Dreary was the lone individual who could put Cranky’s meth-addled brain to sleep.  Dreary’s part in the movie came to an end one afternoon when Walt Disney himself watched a rehearsal and remarked to the casting director, “Can’t you get rid of that guy?  He’s so fucking boring!”

Dreary never again worked in show business except as an understudy for Zeppo Marx in the movie Horse Feathers.  Realizing at once that Dreary was soporific enough to replace him permanently, Zeppo tricked him into substituting Groucho’s cubans with novelty exploding cigars. Groucho immediately had him blacklisted as a communist, effectively ending Dreary's acting career.  He lived out his final days as a speechwriter for President Coolidge.

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