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How Did Walt Disney Change The Entertainment World

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On December 5, 1901 the entertainment world was changed. December 5th is the day that Walter Elias “Walt” Disney was born. Walt was a very big game changer in the entertainment world. He has achieved many things in his life and even after he passed away he is still achieving things. Walt Disney is one of the best game changers in the world he has achieved many different things like many theme parks, TV channel, merchandise, radio station, and many more. In Walt’s early life he moved to Chicago, Illinois along with three brothers and one sister. At a young age his family moved to a farm. There, Walt came to love drawing. (Tieck 6) After returning to Chicago, he drew cartoons and took pictures for his high school’s newspaper. Then he attended Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. At that time the US was in WW1 and Walt left his school to serve in the army. He was too young to fight so he drove Red Cross ambulances in …show more content…

Diane, their first daughter, was born in 1933. A few years later they adopted a baby named Sharon. When Walt first started his company, it was very small. He started making short animated cartoons to get started. In 1927 Walt made Mickey Mouse. Mickey became one of the most famous characters. Walt’s first big Mickey cartoon was “Steamboat Willie” in 1928. He also created other characters during that period of time including “Donald Duck” and “Pluto”. He won his first Academy Award in 1932 with the cartoon “Flowers and Trees”. In 1937 he made his first full-length movie with his debuted cartoon “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Walt started focusing more on movies around 1940. His company had already produced two huge movies “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia”. In Walt’s lifetime Disney created 81 featured films. In that time span, Walt won more than 25 Academy Awards! In 1955, Walt and his company, opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California. After Disneyland’s success, Walt wanted to create bigger parks. (Tieck

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