Steamboat Willie

1. Walt Disney was one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century. In the 1940s he developed the concept Sentimental Populism. Sentimental Populism was created to glorify American people, emphasize with the “little guy,” and cause average folks to have the last laugh. Disney’s role in America culture was to develop movies that made people laugh but a message about the daily struggles others were going though. He used Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo and many more to demonstrate this. The…

The 1920s saw a big boom in the entertainment industry. With the post-war economic spike after World War I, many Americans had extra money to spend, and they turned to entertainers to spend that money. During this time broadway had reached an all-time high in the 1920’s with playwrights like Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein making a ton of great showcases like "An American in Paris" and "Show Boat”. The radio airwaves saw a big increase in popularity as well. By the end of the…

The period began with Steamboat Willie and ended “when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing ground to the new medium of television animation.” Before the golden era animation was a dying art type, due to the low demand for them. Even with the concept dying artist still experimented with animation, such as lip synching and sound synchronization. A month before the release of Steamboat Willie, Paul Terry incorporated sound within the release of Dinner…

Back in the 1920’s multitudes of inventions and discoveries in many areas helped build the base for businesses. One of these businesses was entertainment, specifically the film or movie industry. Now back then film technology was not only expensive but had many restrictions because of the level it was at. They would focus on feature-length films instead of shorts. Yet one man started to change that, Walt Disney. His first profitable series was Alice Comedies, which was a girl in an animated…

they could not be released. Not a long while from that, a businessperson called Pat Powers came to Disney and offered him distribution and a Cinephone sound synchronation process. Disney started working with him and released a shortfilm called Steamboat Willie, this with sound. When Disney gained success in this, he desided to add sound to all of his earlier cartoons, and managed to do it…

As stated by Walt Disney, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” (Disney). Throughout Walt Disney’s life, he’s had a very unique personality and imagination. When he was growing up, he was greatly supported by his teachers as well as his family. He took up an interest in drawing, which was a very creative way to bring his imaginations to life. He got his first job when he was eighteen years old as a commercial instructor, and when he reached his early twenties, he and his brother moved to…

cartoons, until we went bankrupt(4). The type of cartoons I created were film-length cartoons(3). One of these for example, was called “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”(7). Another piece that made me considered notable, was a short film known as “Steamboat Willie”(7). This film was the first synchronized sound cartoon in the world(4). Another Piece of my life that made me notable is my time in the military. I spent the time that I would’ve been in high school, in France during World War II. I…

Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? That would be the world-famous mouse, Mickey Mouse. The man behind the mouse, Walt Disney, changed animation and entertainment as it is seen today. Walt Disney evolved American entertainment by pioneering ideas in both animation and recreational entertainment. Disney introduced the idea of synchronized sound with animation, produced Hollywood’s first full-length animated feature film, and reinvented amusement by changing the recreational…

working in order to provide for his family. His first job was setting type and editing copy for a newspaper originated by Orion, his older brother. Later, he began working all around as a printer from Mississippi to the east coast. Twain’s love for steamboats on the Mississippi led him to accept the challenge of apprenticing Horace Bixby, which he documented and later became Life on the Mississippi. After…

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…