Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

and culture of a country. The Canadian Film Industry,

Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Early Life 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. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline

Walt Disney, a pioneer of the American animation industry, was not insulted by the phrase your imagination is “childlike” and “immature”. He turned these images, ideas, and childhood dreams in his head into reality, creating a multi-million dollar empire. Disney faced many struggles along his whole life journey, but did not give up. His heart and determination for animation led to an out-of-this-world theme parks along with highly successful films. Disney’s innovations have entertained many generations

FTV 106A – Midterm Study Guide TA: Matthew Perkins 1A IDs – People to Know: • Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) o Born in Britain, emigrated to US early in life, by the 1870s had become a very prominent photographer, mostly photographed nature and animals; very well known o 1872 – Leland Stanford (one of the richest in the state) questions whether or not a horse has all its feet off the ground when it gallops, hired Muybridge to take pictures of racehorses and prove or disprove this o 1877 –

as children from her mother’s first marriage. Her heritage included Indian, French Canadian, English, Malagasy (Madagascan) and African ancestry (Aschenbrenner 7). Dunham’s mother passed away when Katherine was only four and their father left the children with their aunt Lulu, where Katherine faced multiple instances of prejudice as African Americans were flooding North at this time (Aschenbrenner 8). These early experiences of prejudice and as a go between in her aunt Lulu’s custody battle for Dunham

Walt Disney, a pioneer of the American animation industry, was not insulted by the phrase your imagination is “childlike” or “immature”. He turned these images, ideas, and childhood dreams in his head into reality, creating a multi-million dollar empire. Disney faced many struggles along his whole life journey, but did not give up. His heart and determination for animation led to an out-of-this-world theme parks along with highly successful films. Disney’s innovations have entertained many generations

part of the colonial armies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand. They served in tented field hospitals. 23 Army Nursing sisters from Britain lost their lives from disease outbreaks. Sporadic progress was made on several continents, where medical pioneers established formal nursing schools. But even as late as the 1870s, "women working in North American urban hospitals typically were untrained, working class, and accorded lowly status by both the medical profession they supported and society at large"

1. American Civil Rights Movement THE BLACKS 1865 and 1870 - Three Constitutional amendments: The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment gave blacks the rights of citizenship, and The Fifteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote. Until the modern civil rights movement (1950s) blacks were denied access to public places such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, and schools. There were separate facilities marked "colored only", which was sanctioned by the courts. 1896

Introduction “Florida is tourism. Every modern image of the state evokes travel for pleasure. To most outsiders, Florida is one big theme park, not a state but a “magic kingdom” of dreams and fantasies, where real life, with its mundane cares, is effectively banished” (Revels, 2011). Orlando, Florida can be appreciated as a destination where this image was created, where exhilarating attractions, distinct restaurants and hotels, and superior shopping have become a tourist’s dream vacation. Orlando

Music may be defined romantically as `the food of love ' (Shakespeare) or more prosaically as `sound with particular characteristics ' (Wikipedia), but it is undeniably a `vibrant artform ' (Arts Council England) and one which touches more people, in more ways, than any other art form. In commercial terms, music certainly generates a higher market value than the other arts, although a comprehensive market size for music in all its manifestations is impossible to calculate. Key Note has put a value