The Influences Of Walt Disney's World

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You can wear the Belle dress and I will wear the Cinderella dress. Vroom, vrooom! I am winning, i’m winning! I am a race car just like Lighting Mcqueen!!! Look mom! I am a mermaid! You can’t catch me! I have super speed like Dash! I’m not scared of sharks because I am a fish and fish are friends not food! Is he your prince charming? The world of Disney affects us whether or not we think it does. From princesses to famous classic movies, Disney is at the top of it all. It influences children's childhoods, and encourages imagination which is important for brain development. The influence of Walt Disney's world (and what is now a 36.5 billion dollar industry) is everywhere. Walt Disney is the one who started it all.
Walter “Walt” Disney was born
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Walt did a variety of activities in his early life. Some of these include delivering newspapers, working selling candy and newspapers on a train. While living on a farm with his family he also developed a love of animals. In later years he began drawing and even took a few art lessons. In the fall of 1918 Walter enlisted to join the military service but was not excepted, do to the fact that he was only 16 years old. He dropped the idea of joining the military and accompanied the red cross overseas (this means that he dropped out of high school), where he would spend a year driving supply trucks, ambulances as well as chauffeuring officials around. When Walt returned home from the war he decided that he wanted to be an artist. In 1925, Walt hired a women named Lillian Bounds as an ink-and-paint artist. They courted for …show more content…
Walt decided that he wanted to be an artist and began to pursue that desire. “In 1920, he created and marketed his first original animated cartoons, and later perfected a new method for combining live action and animation. He called them “Laugh-o-Grams” (Walt Disney: early years). In august 1923 Walt left Kansas and moved to Hollywood where his brother Roy was preparing the beginnings of Disney Brothers Studios. The laugh-o-grams were very popular but were not providing enough income for the company so walt began a production of his own called Alice’s Wonderland. They sold the 12 and a half minute short to a new york film distributor, Margaret J. Winkler in October 1923. Margret and the Disney Brothers Studios signed a contract for 6 Alice comedies as well as 2 further series of 6 episodes (each!!). This was the beginning for the Walt and his company, who then specialized in

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