Walt Disney Research Paper

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Walt Disney On December 5, 1901, Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. At age seven he moved to Kansas City with his parents, he spent the majority of his childhood there. At age sixteen during World War I, he faked his age to join the American Red Cross. He soon returned home, there he won a scholarship to the Kansas City art Institute. While he was there, he met a fellow animator Ub Iwerks. In the early 1920’s they made a series of animated shorts for the Newman theater chain, entitled “Newman’s Laugh-O-Grams”. The Company soon went Bankrupt. (Biography 1-2) In 1923, the two went to Hollywood. They started work on new series, about a live-action little girl who journeys to a world of animated characters. Entitled the …show more content…

It is a place where children and their parents can take rides, explore, and meet the animated characters in a safe clean safe environment. Walt then became one of the first producers of film to venture into television, with the series Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. (Biography 2-3) However, in 1966, he developed lung cancer brought on by his lifelong chain-smoking. He died on December 15, 1966 at age sixty five. However, not even in his death, it seemed, could not stop him. …show more content…

The “Legendary Years” focus on 1900-49 and the “Classic years” 1950-99. The theme encompasses American popular culture. Oversized eye popping, whimsical icons of the Rubik’s Cube, Duncan Butterfly yo-yo, and omnipresent Mickey telephone decorated the entrances to ten guest lodges. (Leavitt 1-2) Walt Disney World is located near Orlando, Florida. It is perhaps the most recognizable theme park in the world. After Creating the Disneyland theme park in California in 1055, filmmaker Walt Disney was hesitant to establish another park acres of. After his involvement in building attractions for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, Disney Learned new technological innovations that could be used in the creation of theme park attractions. (Case 1) Disney decided that Florida would be the best place to build his new theme park after researching several locations. In 1965, Disney’s company purchased 27,443 acres of land in central Florida. It is located in both Orange and Osceola Counties. Planning went on for many years. It was ultimately decided that the park was going to be built in two phases. (Case