Walt Disney             

 

 

            December 5 1901- December 15 1966 

 

 

The 1920s was all bout changes and Walt Disney did exactly that

he changed the entertanment and animation world forever.  He revolutionized the entertanment industry through his creative mind. He was the first person to put sound with animantion, and he was someone that never gave up, someone that always followed his dreams. Therefore he was an imsperation to many in the 1920s.

 

                                            

Walter Elias Disney       

He was born on December 5, 1901

in Chicago Illinois and he was one of

five kids. There was four boys and one

girl. His father was Elias Disney a

Irish-Canadian and his mother Flora

Call Disney a German-American.

Shortly after Walters birth him and his

family moved to Marcline Missouri.

Walt was interested in drawing at a

young age. When he was seven years

old he would sell sketches and drawings

to his neighbors. Walt went to McKinley

High School in Chicago, most of the time

he was drawing or taking pictures for

the school news paper. At night he

would attended The Academy of Fine

Arts to better his drawing skills. Later

on him and his family had moved

to Kansas City. Later Walt had gotten

interested in acting and performing.

He would start imitating his silent

screen hero Charlie Chaplin. Against

his father permission he would sneak

out of the house at night to perform

comical skits at local theaters. Then in

the fall of 1918, Disney tried to go

into military service. He was denied  

because he was under age, he was sixteen

at the time. So then he decided to

 join the Red Cross and was sent

 overseas to France, and there he spent

  a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring

 Red Cross officials. His ambulance was

 covered from stem to stern, not with

 stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons.

Once Walt returned home he wanted to pursue

A career in commercial arts, which soon lead to

what he does best animation. Once he started

to create The Alice Comedies Walt ran

out of money and his company Laugh-

O-Grams went bankrupt. That didn’t

Stop Walt from following his dreams,

Then he decided to pack up and take

The Alice Comedies to Hollywood to

start a new business, he wasn’t even

twenty-two.                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                  

               About Mickey Mouse   

        After finding out that M.J. Winkler

    and her husband, Charles Mintz,

           had stolen the rights to the character

             Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and all Walt’s

             animators, except for UB Iwerks. Even

             something like this wont stop Walt from

             doing something he loves. So in 1928 on

                      a train ride home Walt decides to just doodle

                and who he doodle up was Mickey Mouse.

                  After going back to his studio with only him

                And Ub to animate, with the help of Walt’s

     Wife Lilian Disney and Roy Disney’s

            (Walt’s brother) wife Edna Disney to

        Ink the animation cells. They came up

                       With three different versions of Mickey Mouse.

                     Since the first two didn’t sell he decided to add

              Sound to the last one, “Steam Boat Willie”.

                      This became the first cartoon with synchronize sound,

               And with Walt as the voice of Micky Mouse

               It became the beiggest succes. Till this day

            Mickey Mouse is still a cartoon that every

                                                                                         one watches.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                      Disney Today

 Disney is more then just some ones name

it is now a TV channel, it is now a theme park,

and an insperation to all. Walt Disney was the

average joe who just never gave up and followed

his dream, look were that got him today! He created a

theme park for people of all ages to enjoy. This isnt your 

average theme park, Disneyworld has five diffrent locations, 

California, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Florida. People of all  

different backrounds get to experince a place were all your dreams 

could come true. This isnt his only major accomplishment. He went from 

making short films to long lenght movies that every one knows about.

Walt disney never gave up on his dream and even though he has passed away

he will still be known for many many more years for his great accomplishments.

 

 

Sources

 

www.justdisney.com

 

www.imdb.com

 

www.who2.com