The Mickey Mouse Club

twenties, he and his brother, Roy O. Disney, established the Disney Bros. Studio , which would go on to be known as the Walt Disney Animation Studios. This studio became popular for the creation of many characters and intellectual properties, such as Mickey Mouse, that are still well known today. As the studio grew, and became increasingly successful, Walt Disney became more adventurous with his ideas. Later, he introduced syncronized sound and color to his animations. Walt Disney opened…

Charlie Brown & The Gang Throughout your childhood, it is more than likely that you have watched one if not all of the holiday specials that Charles M. Schulz has contributed to society through his legendary Peanuts cartoons. Whether it’s “The Great Pumpkin” or “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, Schulz’s animations have remained a tradition in American families’ homes for years. With his endearing characters and moral lessons, Schulz has created an archive of masterpieces that don’t seem to be leaving…

movie nights for the family are practically an American institution. Disneyland is fun for families. Parents look forward to the day their child is old enough to take a trip to Disneyland. Just look into the happy face of a child when he meets Mickey Mouse for the time. It’s obvious that Disneyland makes families better. As you can see, Walt Disney influenced the people all over the world by making cartoons, movies, and Disneyland. Just imagine if Walt never made these things--that he never…

If we focused on the definition from Webster’s dictionary Frank Lloyd Wright famous architect does fall into the mold of a hero. He left in his wake fine qualities of art, and teachings and stories to be told. Instead of focusing on that definition, though this paper is going to focus on Joseph Campbell’s book The Hero with a Thousand Faces and how he outlines the hero’s quest chart and the hero’s journey. Frank Lloyd Wright has built his life on lies and stories that he wanted people to…

Despite the differences between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, they share an important component that contributes to their success. Offering excellent guest service to our guests is what keeps the magic alive along with the themes in each line of business. Having cast members with a friendly and welcoming smile willing to help in each line of business makes the Disney experience so much better for our guests. My In-Park Competency Experience made me realize how important our…

Have you ever wondered what the life of the voice of Darth Vader was. Well James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader. He is not just famous for that role. He has also played in many other movies and voiced many characters. James Earl Jones was a very successful Actor, but it wasn’t easy for him to get to that point. James Earl Jones mother was born August 24, 1910. She was the second child of Massie and Tom Henry (Hayday 33). She later on went to have James Earl Jones on January 17, 1931 in…

Franklin lived the American dream by starting with humble beginnings and ending with a very successful life. He found the secret to success by being selfless and putting his family and others first. Born in Sharp county Arkansas to Enoch Dewey Schales and Ruth Octavia Bonhill Schales. He was the 5th of 11 children. In 1938, they sold the family farm to move to Missouri that taught high school for the oldest daughter. In Missouri the family picked cotton and survived by working as migrant…

I have chosen to write my report on Michael Kenna. Michael Kenna was born in Widnes, England in 1953 and he specialized in artistic landscape photos. He was one of 5 children born into a working class home. He picked up his passion at Banbury school of the art where he began painting and then picked up photography later on. Michael Kenna moved to San Fransisco in 1977 where he since has lived to this day. He is best known for long exposure, artistic, black and white, landscape photos. In fact…

World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Pall Mall Tennessee, the third of 11 children, as a youth he became an expert marksman in the back woods around Pall Mall. In 1917 he received a draft notice to fight in the war, to which he wrote on the back of the notice 'don’t want to fight' and sent it back to the local draft board. The board rejected his refusal to fight and he was sent off to basic training. After basic training he was assigned to the 82nd Division where they…

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,…