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WALT DISNEY. Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois,
to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney. ...
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Walter Elias Disney
At a time in American history when jobs were scarce and money was hard to
come by, one mouse and his group of animated friends, with their comical antics brought
smiles to the faces of children and adults alike. The mouse’s name was Mickey, and with
his creation came the birth of a multibillion dollar corporate empire, all because of one
man’s dream.
Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1901, and was brought
up on a small farm in a town called Marceline, Missouri, but later moved to Kansas City.
It was in Kansas City that Walt first began experimenting with his artistic capabilities on
Saturday mornings when he would go to a local museum and take drawing classes. The
instruction was not exactly great, but it was a beginning. At the age of seventeen, Disney
dropped out of school to become an ambulance driver overseas in W.W.I, but returned to
America in 1919, when he applied his desire for art to a lucrative career. He became an
apprentice as a commercial illustrator, creating advertising cartoons. By 1922, Walt had
joined forces with Ub Iwirks, and they began their own commercial advertising firm. It
didn’t last long however, by 1923, Disney backed out of the business. Although the
venture was a failure, Iwirk’s talent was one of the main reasons for Disney’s later
success. (Gale Group)
Walt, now living in Hollywood, began production immediately on his first
animation, Steamboat Willy, which featured a cheeky little mouse named, “Mortimer,”
voiced by Walt. The mouse however was later renamed by Disney’s wife, Lillian, to,
“Mickey.” The production was the first ever to synchronize audio and visual effects. Walt
looked at animation as a new way of telling stories through a medium that had no
boundaries. This initial success led Walt to invest his own profits into...
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