Walt Disney is a name nearly everyone in the world has heard. He started life with nothing and made an multi billion dollar empire, and his creations are cherished worldwide. He has made his way into millions of homes and millions of hearts. Even though he isn’t alive anymore, his name and legacy still lives on.
Walter Disney was born in Hermosa, Illinois on December 5, 1901. He had three brothers and a sister. He grew up in Marceline, Missouri, which is where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. When he was ten, his family moved to Kansas City, and he fell in love with trains. During the summer he worked on the railroad selling snacks and newspapers to travelers. He went to high school in Chicago, and dropped out when he was 16 to join the army, but he was too young, so instead he joined the red cross and got sent to France to drive an ambulance, and moved back to the Us in 1919. …show more content…
He then worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company where he used cutout animation to make commercials. This is when he started experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. He recruited Fred Harman from the ad company to be his first employee. They made a deal with a local Kansas City theater to screen their cartoons, which were called Laugh-O-Grams. They were very popular, and Disney acquired his own studio, which was called Laugh-O-Gram. It hired a bunch of employees, like harmans brother Hugh and Iwerks. They did a series of seven-minute fairy tales called Alice in Cartoonland. They were overwhelmed with debt, and Disney had to file bankruptcy in
Walter Disney was born in Hermosa, Illinois on December 5, 1901. He had three brothers and a sister. He grew up in Marceline, Missouri, which is where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. When he was ten, his family moved to Kansas City, and he fell in love with trains. During the summer he worked on the railroad selling snacks and newspapers to travelers. He went to high school in Chicago, and dropped out when he was 16 to join the army, but he was too young, so instead he joined the red cross and got sent to France to drive an ambulance, and moved back to the Us in 1919. …show more content…
He then worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company where he used cutout animation to make commercials. This is when he started experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. He recruited Fred Harman from the ad company to be his first employee. They made a deal with a local Kansas City theater to screen their cartoons, which were called Laugh-O-Grams. They were very popular, and Disney acquired his own studio, which was called Laugh-O-Gram. It hired a bunch of employees, like harmans brother Hugh and Iwerks. They did a series of seven-minute fairy tales called Alice in Cartoonland. They were overwhelmed with debt, and Disney had to file bankruptcy in