Walter Disney Research Paper

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias, was a carpenter when Walt was born. Eventually, Elias and his wife, Flora, saved up enough money to start a home building company together. Walter had four siblings: Roy, Herbert, Raymond, and Ruth (Russell 9). Because Ruth was younger than Walt, Walt waited until the age of seven to start school so that he could start at the same time as Ruth. Before he went to school, his mother, Flora, taught him how to read (Russell 10). Walt grew up on the Disney family farm and worked hard on the farm. He worked at the neighbor’s farm- raising corn, wheat, barley, cows, pigs, and chickens (Giltin 18). Later, Elias grew sick, and the Disney’s had to sell the farm. They moved to Kansas City (Russell 11). Throughout Walter’s schooling, he loved to be on stage- directing, producing, and being on stage (Russell 11). Many things inspired Walt Disney’s creativity: moving, roaming, playing in the farmyard, fishing, doodling in class, and editing the school newspaper are just a few

On December 5, 1901, Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney gave birth to a man who would eventually change our world by the creation of a little mouse. Walter Elias Disney, who was also known as “Walt,” was born in a small town in Chicago, Illinois, by a father who was an Irish-Canadian descent, and his mother who was a German- English descent. Walt was one out of five children, four brothers and a sister. Their names were Herbert Arthur Disney, Raymond Arnold Disney, Roy Oliver Disney, and Ruth Flora Disney. Walt was the oldest one out of the five. While he attended school, he was introduced to Walter Pfeiffer, who decided to show Walt vaudeville and the art of making movies. Walt decided to drop out of high school, at the age of sixteen, to join the army. He was rejected to join because he was too young of age. He and a friend decided to join the Red Cross, where Walt was an ambulance driver during World War II. In 1919, Walt moved to Kansas City to begin a career in art, and worked for the newspaper, as a newspaper artist. He met Ubbe Iwerks, and he and Disney soon made their own commercial company called, “Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists.”

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But It takes people to make the dream a reality”- Walt Disney

Disney the fourth child of the five children, four boys and a girl, lived most of his childhood life in Marceline Missouri. He had an early interest in art and began drawing, painting to raise some extra cash by selling his work to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, Walt’s father had to sell their farm and relocate to Kansas State, where Disney and his brother contributed most of the work towards running Elias’s extensive newspaper route. The two boys (Walt and Roy) were dragged out of their beds every morning year around at 3:30 A.M. delivering newspapers, while their father kept all earnings. Walt’s uncle, Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa and Marceline, thus Walt developed a love for trains and worked a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspapers to travelers. He was a contributing cartoonist for McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes. In the evenings, he completed courses at the Chicago Art Institute. At age 16 he decided to drop out of school and join the army, but to underage was rejected. With the help of his mother he was able to forge his age and join the Red Cross, and was deployed to France for a year to drive an

     Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901(Biography.com).  Walt was out of four children (justdisney.com). Walt had one sister and two other brothers.  When he was a little boy he didn't

Many people think of Walt Disney as being a lucky man with a lucky life, but they didn't realize that nothing was just given to him. Walt worked hard for everything he had in his life. He did anything he could to become successful. If he wanted something he would not let anyone of anything get to him. The creative man with a big imagination created the magical empire for all ages to enjoy, worth a billion dollars.

Walt Disney is considered by many an innovative marketing tycoon whose name is supposed to represent imagination, triumph, idealism, creation and numerous other traits needed to succeed. Walt’s company is one of the world’s largest diversified and international family entertainment enterprises known today. “Before it became a $60 billion dollar company, with interests spanning the globe, Disney was more closely associated with the vision of the man after whom it was named. It was this vision that laid the groundwork for the company to become the media giant it is today.” (Beattie,1)

“If you can dream it, you can do it” (Brainy). Walt Disney certainly was a dreamer, but he turned his dreams into a reality. Walt Disney was an inspiring man who “set the standard” of the cartoon-animation industry. He did not have an easy start in his early years of childhood, and he did not just keep ‘climbing the ladder’ in the cartoon industry, but his trials and hardships led to the many accomplishments attached to his name. His work not only affected those of his lifetime, but is still impacting the lives, both young and old, to this day.

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, who was a building contractor, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American, who was a public school teacher. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his youth in Marceline, Missouri, where he began painting, drawing, and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Walt acquired a love for trains. His uncle, Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa and Marceline. Later, Walt would work a summer job selling snacks and newspapers to travelers at the railroad. (Grice, 2013)

​Walter Elias Disney was born to Flora and Elias Disney on December 5, 1901 near Chicago, Illinois. As a young boy, Disney enjoyed sketching, drawing, and painting. When he was ten, Disney moved to Marceline, Missouri with his family. He attended McKinley High School in Chicago, Illinois, and left at age sixteen to enlist in the United States Army. After being rejected, Disney was sent to France for a year with the Red Cross. When he was twenty, he founded his first animation studio with his brother, Roy (Dakss 1). As Walt Disney Studios started to expand and take shape as a legitimate company,

After waltz birth, the Disney family moved to Missouri Where Walt lived out his childhood.

Throughout the years Walt Disney Studios has proved to be one of the most successful corporations in Hollywood. Using tent-pole, blockbuster strategy and focusing on big-scale productions with extensive marketing and event-like premieres, Disney Studios has moved from producing solely animation content to live-action, television, consumer products and expended their market without any co-financing. Based on the Alberta Elberse’s case, I will look at the current and future developments of Walt Disney Corporation and propose future projects and marketing ideas. To begin with, tent-pole strategy seems to work well for this particular company.

Walter Elias Disney, known as Walt Disney was born of the 5th of december 1901 in Chicago. His father Elias Disney, was an irish-Canadian and his mother flora call Disney, who is of English and German decent.

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. Walt started drawing little cartoons at an early age. When Walt was old enough he attended the Chicago Art Institute, where he grew a love for art. When Walt was 16 years old he dropped out of school to join the military, and he was later rejected because he was underage. So, Walt moved to France to join the Red Cross and drive an undercover ambulance

Walter Elias Disney, commonly referred to as Walt Disney, was born on December 5th, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois (Walt Disney Family Museum, 2012). His father Elias Disney was an Irish-Canadian and his mother, Flora Disney, was of German and English descent. His family settled in a village known as Norton Disney in the country of Lincolnshire at the time of birth (Disney, 2000). At the age of four, Disney and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, which is where he developed his love for drawing. At the time he paid a retired Doctor by the name of “Doc” Sherwood to produce images of his horse, Rupert. Later on his interest grew to train development in