Walt Disney Research Paper

Thomasina Woods

5December 2014

Mrs. Ford

Master Student

The King of Imagination “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.” Is a quote from Walt Disney himself. Walt Disney in other words is described as the king of imagination. He created Disney World, Disney Land, and many of our beloved characters we all grew up loving. It is he who also created Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald duck, Goofy and many other characters. Although Walt Disney passed away in 1966 his memories will forever live on through all of his cartoons.

Walter Elias also known as “Walt” Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Disney was one of five children. He spent most of his

Later on in their marriage Lillian conceived two beautiful girls, Diane and Sharon. Three years after Walt and Lillian wed, Walt Disney created his most famous characters; Mickey Mouse. His talents were first put to the test in a silent cartoon called Plane Crazy. However before the cartoon could make it to the big screen, sound was produced and Mickey Mouse made his way to the big screen debut in Steamboat Willie, The world’s first synchronized sound cartoon, which premiered at the Colony Theater in New York on November 18, 1928. Walt Disney held the patent for Technicolor for two years, allowing him to make the only color cartoons. On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated musical feature, premiered at the Carthay Theater in Los Angeles. The film produced an all-time high of $1,499,000 during the great depression; the film is still considered one of the greatest imperishable monuments of the motion picture industry. This was only the beginning of Walt Disney’s triumph in the movie in business. In the next five years he created full-length animated classics such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and

Although it was a pricy 17-million magic kingdom. By the beginning of its second quarter-century, had entertained more than 200 million people, including presidents, kings, queens, royalty from all over the globe and just average Americans looking for the fun all of Walt Disney’s movies displayed. It was another one of Walt Disney’s memorable successes. Before his passing he went on to create Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, the Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, and Mary Poppins which mixed live action with the animation everybody loved. Even after that Walt Disney had another plan to create a new theme park in Florida. However Walt Disney never got to see this dream come true. He passed away on December 15, 1966 at the age of 65 due to his long term chain smoking which caused him lung