Silly Symphonies

Walt-Disney started a company specifically geared towards fulfilling children's dreams and imaginations and making them think of a place, where dreams come true and magic and fairytales comes alive, in whatever ways imaginable. He made this possible through his work in movies, cartoons, children's books, storytelling, theme parks, etc. He did all of this in the middle of the Second World War and other problems happening in the world. While giving credit to Walt Disney, whose main priority is to…

After the success of Disney’s Silly Symphonies, other studios began their own spin on the program. This for Leon Schlesinger and the Warner Brothers was a way of incorporating popular music with cartoons (Beck, iv). An exemplary case of these Merrie Melodies, which is interchangeable with the more known name, the Looney Tunes are Duck Amuck. While Merrie Melodies had been in production since the beginning of the 1930s (Beck iv), Duck Amuck made it’s debut in 1953, directed by Chuck Jones (Klein,…

Maria Anna Mozart was the family’s first prodigy and at one point was considered the finest pianists in Europe, until her younger brother, Wolfgang Mozart, came along. Maria’s father, Leopold Mozart, boasted about how well she played the piano, but it wasn’t long before she was overshadowed by her brother. Maria Anna Mozart, also known as Marianne and nicknamed Nannerl, was born on July 30th 1751 in Salzburg, Austria. Maria is the oldest of 7 children, however only she and her brother Wolfgang…

man is a social animal because he cannot thrive alone. (Taylor) Individuals need the help of others in order to fully experience the extent of their rights and liberties. Perhaps the reason why Nozick’s notion of redistributive taxation sounds a bit silly is because his concept of an individual, that one can thrive by him/herself, is incorrect. Taylor’s explanation of the individual is that it needs to be part of a society in order to grow as a person. Freedom, for the individual, then requires…

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5 in 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. Walt Disney is the most famous man in the animation industry, especially known for entertainment which he was providing for all ages and creating a famous company and business franchise. The company nearly dominates in the entertainment industry. Walt Disney and his brother named Roy moved to California in the summer of 1923. Before to come to California, Walt Disney had made a cartoon about a real girl who got into the…

Mouse. When sound finally made its way to the screen the brothers made a short film by the name of “Steamboat Willie” with Walt Disney posing as the voice of Mickey Mouse, the cartoon and the short film was an instant hit. In Disney’s 1929 film “Silly Symphonies” he introduced all of Mickey’s now classic friends, these included Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy; he won his first Oscar for his cartoon “Flowers and Trees”. Then he released the first full length animated film and a movie…

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”. Walt Disney created a whole new meaning to magic through the animation industry, film production, and the Disney corporation through the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney revolutionized America with his groundbreaking television and animation techniques, as well for his immense influence on pop culture. Disney introduced several significant methods to the production of motion pictures. He pioneered innovative technology…

Part of me knew that I was being irrational, that I was silly, but another, louder and more childish part of me, insisted that I keep them. They were not anything special, just thin strips of blue electrical tape and truth be told I never used them anyway. These thin strips of tape were used by beginner students to learn where to put their fingers on the string to play the notes. Even though everyone else, even those less practiced than I, had abandoned the blue tape that I still clung to them…

He created another Silly Symphony, which he titled The Three Little Pigs, and created characters that looked very appealing. The song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”, which was featured in the film, became “an anthem of hope and determination” (Sheen 40) during the Great Depression…

Walt Disney is my hero because he takes risks even when he knows the consequences. When Disneyland was first thought of it, it was supposed to cost only around 5 million dollars, where in the end it costed 17 million dollars and almost putting Walt Disney Co. out of business. Walt Disney took the risk of putting his own animation company out of business in order to create Disneyland. During Disney 's uprise they had a character called Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, he was the Mickey Mouse of the 1930s…