A Brief History Of Disney
Although it is now one of the largest corporations in the world, the Walt Disney Company started as a small animation studio in the garage of Walt and Roy Disneys grandfather.
Although it is now one of the largest corporations in the world, the Walt Disney Company started as a small animation studioin the garage of Walt and Roy Disneys grandfather. This tiny venture was founded on October 16, 1923 and in 2006, WaltDisneys company had grown to revenues of $34.3 billion.
The first project the Disney brothers worked on was a series entitled Alices Wonderland, and in 1925, Walt Disney convincedhis brother to rename the studio to Walt Disney Studios. After several smaller successes and failures, the first MickeyMouse cartoons Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willie were released to audiences in 1928. As it was the first cartoon withsound to achieve popularity, Walt Disney was able to expand his ventures a year later into three additional companies: Walt Disney Enterprises, Disney Film Recording Company, and Liled Realty and Investment Company.
Over the next several years, what would become some of Disneys most beloved characters were introduced: Pluto in 1930,Goofy in 1932, and Donald Duck in 1934. It was in 1937 that the studios first feature-length animation film was released, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and it made history books by being the first animated feature film ever produced.
The nextyear, Walt Disney merged all of his companies under one title, Walt Disney Productions, and in 1940 the production housereleased both Pinocchio and Fantasia. As the studio began to grow, the United States foray into World War II caused a slowdown in film production as Disney wasinstead contracted to create morale-boosting government propaganda.
The next 10 years were relatively slow for Disney, and films created were solely low budget or took years to produce Bambi was in production for 6 years before its theatricalrelease. In 1950, the company was revived with the release of Cinderella, and 1952 saw Walt Disney begin to plan the Walt Disney Productions theme park.
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