# Sequels that were made LONG after their firsts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183 "2005-08-22T21:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/21 "2005-08-23T13:04:32Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > However, the longest I know of, if we’re count all types of movies, including documentaries, animated films, foreign films, and the ones only a few people know about, then Happily Ever After, made in 93, which is the sequel To Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, has to take the prize. 56 years. But is _Happily Ever After_ a sequel to the 1937 Disney feature? Or is it just a sequel to the centuries-old tale of Snow White? Answer: Disney lawyers made sure the producers of _Happily Ever After_ did not infringe on their copyright. Thus, you will find no dwarfs using the names Disney invented for them in 1937. Nor does Snow White in _Happily Ever After_ look like the Disney character. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/22 "2005-08-23T13:26:55Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > And one long one has to go to The Birds II: Lands End, which came 31 years after the original. Anybody know why Tippi Hedrin was in both of these, but played different characters? Did her character die in the 1st flick? ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/23 "2005-08-23T14:51:13Z")
Dumbo (1941) [Dumbo II](http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/2161503.html) (2002) 61 years. Though I can’t find Dumbo II on video for sale anywhere, so it may never have been released. But the trailer is on the Dumbo DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/24 "2005-08-23T15:24:52Z")
Psycho: 1960 Psycho II: 1983 ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/25 "2005-08-23T20:50:49Z")
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) and The Sting (1973) The Sting II (1983) also The Hustler (1961) The Color of Money (1986) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183.md?page=1)