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Background Walter Elias Disney (also known as Walt Disney) was
born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois. Walt
Disney dropped out of McKinley High School at 16 in 1917, he wanted
to be in the army but he was rejected because he was too young. He
was sent to France to become an ambulance driver after World War I
ended. He began drawing political caricatures and comic strips for
a newspaper. His brother, Roy, worked at a bank and got Walt a job
at Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he created ads for newspapers,
magazines, and movie theatres Walt met his future partner in
business, Ubbe Iwerks When their studio time expired, Walt and Ubbe
decided to start their own commercial company together
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Idea Disney and Iwerks formed the Iwerks-Disney Commercial
Artists. Disney left temporarily to go work for Kansas City Film Ad
Company and Iwerks soon joined him, abandoning Iwerks-Disney
Commercial Artists After making commercials based on cutout
animation, Disney became interested in becoming an animator and
eventually opened his own animation business with cartoons known as
Laugh- O-Grams that he made with Fred Harman, his first employee.
Their cartoons were screened at a local theatre owned by Frank
Newman and became widely popular in the Kansas City Area. Disney
started his own studio, Laugh-O-Grams The company went into debt
because there wasnt enough money to pay the employees. Disneys
studio became bankrupt which was when he decided to create a studio
in Hollywood, California which was the movie industrys
capital.
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Initial Plans and Financing After they arrived in Hollywood,
Walt and his brother Roy put their money together to create a
cartoon studio. Iwerks also moved to California and together, they
started the Disney Brothers Studio They began distributing cartoons
which were popular at the time but when the series ended, it lost
popularity and Walts company ended up losing money. They invested
money in Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was created by Iwerks. The
rights to Oswald were stolen and the Disney Brothers immediately
created a new character known as Mickey Mouse. After Disney created
two cartoon series, he planned to make a full length animated film.
The films became unpopular and Disney created Dumbo to bring more
income to the company. After World War II, Walt created many more
animated films that were very popular and made his company
flourish. On July 17, 1955 the $17 million Disneyland in California
had its grand opening.
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Company organization Walt Disney is an international company
They have businesses all over the world The Walt Disney Company has
180,000 employees as of 2014 The company was founded in 1923 and
has been in business ever since
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Personal Disney and a group of animators was sent to South
America during World War II by the U.S. State Department in 1941.
They were asked to create an educational film on the Amazon Basin.
Disney began creating insignia for the soldiers because he felt
that he owed it to them. They created humour and boosted the
soldiers morale. The 1200 unique insignia that he created with his
own insignia unit, were all free-of-charge. By creating Disneyland,
Walt Disney gives back to the community by giving joy Disney was a
family oriented man. Walt Disney had a temper that would blow over
but at his home, he was affectionate and loving to his family and
friends and would always be there for them. Disney never gave up
when his company was in trouble. He continued to brainstorm ideas
so that his company would be successful. He was optimistic and was
open to criticism which helped make his products even better.
Disney was persistent and wanted to accomplish the impossible
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What are they known for? Walt Disney is known for creating
Mickey and the supporting characters which he animated into shorts
He is also known for Disneyland and the producer of many movies
Disney is also known for being the founding member of the
anti-communist group Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation
of American Ideals
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Future prospects We think the Walt Disney Company will continue
to thrive in the future because Disneyland is the happiest place on
Earth. The company continues to make shows and movies which also
has educational messages. As long as there are children, we think
the company will be alive because children love everything that
Disney creates and provides.
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Fun Facts Walt Disney won 7 Emmy Awards, 22 Academy Awards and
was nominated 59 times. He died of lung cancer in 1966 Disney is
not cryonically frozen He was the original voice of Mickey Mouse
One of Walt Disneys hobbies was building trains Mickey Mouses name
was originally Mortimer Mouse but Walts wife convinced him to
change the name because it sounded pompous