f his first employees, Lillian Bounds. The couple had two children, Diane and Sharon.Mickey Mouse was created in 1928, inspired by a pet mouse he had as a child, Walt gave Mickey his own personality and voice. Mickey Mouse’s first screen appearance was in "Steamboat Willie.” In 1932 Walt’s first Technicolor film “Flowers and Trees” won Walt’s first of thirty two personal academy awards. Mickey Mouse’s first words where “Hotdogs” in the cartoon “Carnival Time” in 1929. On December 21, 1937 Disney premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Within the next five years Disney released four other full featured films. I found this quote from Walt Disney and I feel it fits his life well. "Somehow I can't believe there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably." He does make dreams come true.
Walt wanted to build a comunity that would be a world of the future. Disney purchase 43 square miles of virgin land in the center of the state of Florida. He planned a whole new Disney world of entertainment which included a new amusement theme park, motel-hotel resort vacation center and his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. After more than seven years of master planning and preparation, including 52 months of construction, Walt Disney World opened to the public on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center opened on October 1, 1982.
Walt Disney passed away on 15, 1966. But his dream still lives on in all of us.
I find it so fascinating that people back then could just draw things up like that without having seen anything closely related to that to draw from! I also wonder why they rejected him when he tried to enlist in the military, kind of wierd if you ask me! This blog was very interesting to read!
ReplyDeleteIt was cool to take a look at the background of something so widely popular today. Walt definatly made his mark on the work. It is amazing to see how Mickey Mouse and how the quality of the cartoons have changed over the years. Taking a look at Steamboat Willie vs. Finding Nemo you can see how technology has sure a huge impact on Walt's creations.
ReplyDeleteI also found it ammusing that Mickey's first word was hotdog?! Random!!
Melissa-
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting about Walt. I never knew a lot of that stuff. I agree with you that his dreams still lives on in all of us. I think that his name and even his signature is very recognizable in our country. I never see the end of Disney movies. He had such an imagination, and I think that young, new writers and designers share the same passion as Walt did.
Disney had quite an imagination. I can remember watching a few of these when I was younger. I think those old cartoons are much better than most of the newer ones today. The oldies have a lot of good morals in them. Many of his ideas can be seen in other cartoons. He was a foundation for many cartoons after him.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know most of that about Walt but it's really neat to get that perspective on him. I never knew that he wanted to be in the military and that he was in the Red Cross. It's great to see a different side to him.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't realize that he opened Disney World in the 70's! I, for some reason, thought it was earlier than that.
He was quite a guy with quite an imagination.