Steamboat Willie

finally opened his own animation business. Walt and his brother, Roy, started producing a character that Walt had designed, his name was Mickey 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…

Walt Disney was an impeccable man with a vision that would live on forever. He was never deterred by skeptics and eventually pushed through tough times to create one of the most successful business organizations in the world. He was always a doer and followed his dreams to any extent. Walt has many famous quotes but he once said, “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them”(sourceofinsight). This man was a fantastic individual with the drive and determination to make his…

were very creative and special in their own way. In the year of 1929, Walt started his Silly Symphony series and that series gave him a huge leap to success. Disney later created his most famous cartoon, Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse starred in Steamboat Willie which was the first cartoon that used synchronized sound. (Fetzer, pg.235-237). Walt Disney had big accomplishment in his life and I think he used the success wisely. Walt Disney left behind a great legacy and influenced the world to follow…

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…

take a gamble and jump ahead of the competition to create the first sound synced animation, the studio was headed by Walt Disney and over the next 20 years the Disney animations would create the foundation of the Golden Age of animation.With Steamboat Willie (1928) Disney had the first significant animation with synchronised sound and soon after Flowers and Trees (1932) was the first to use the three-colour Technicolour system. Butler explains that “Disney was so protective of these new…

Disney was turned down by MGM Studios after they told him that a giant mouse on screen would terrify audiences. Despite this harsh criticism, Walt pushed and pushed for his cartoons to be produced. Many of his cartoons, including the ever-popular “Steamboat Willie” became instant hits. Even though he influenced the world of arts, Walt Disney has been just…

“Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.” -Walt Disney, this is something that Walt Disney said it shows how no matter your age you can still have an imagination. Walter Elias Disney born on December 5th 1901 in Chicago,Illinois would grow up to be someone that changed pop culture forever. Walt had many ups and downs within his career getting criticized by everyone. From a young age Walt knew what hard work was, he had lived through the great depression. Walt…

Movies are evolving every day, but some may wonder what movies were like before today, perhaps movies in the 1920s may help give an idea of what that was like. Movies are things that people watch to get away from their own life. What kind of movies people watch can show how they feel or how they would like to feel. When movies start to change to become better and better, the more likely people would want to watch to get away from their own life for a little while. Movies gave the world a new way…

The 1920’s saw a big boom in the entertainment industry. After World War 1 many Americans had money to blow and turned to entertainment as a way to spend their extra cash. Music, movies, radios, plays, and sports all became popular forms of mass entertainment during this time period. Music was a big part of the Roaring Twenties. In fact, the Roaring Twenties is also known as the Jazz Age. Jazz became big after New Orleans closed its ports and most musicians had to move north to find work.…

The man who started his career as a simple cartoonist quickly became an astoundingly creative and prolific entrepreneur in the entertainment business. Walt Disney was in fact behind the first animated film to use sound, the national sensation Steamboat Willie (1928), starring himself as the voice for Mickey Mouse. His constant need for improving his works, from an artistic standpoint as well as from a technical one, was often challenged. However, this eventually led The Walt Disney Company to…