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    Economy and Entrepreneurship The free enterprise system is a part of our everyday lives. Without it we would not have different brands and/or companies. We would not be able to choose where to buy (consumer) and sell (producer) items. The free enterprise system is an economic system in which everyone is allow to participate in the activities of their choice. Walt Disney started out working for a company drawing cartoon duck, but things did not work out and he went onto bigger and better opportunities

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    A man named Walt Disney created an era of imagination and influenced a vision on modern-day filmmaking. Walt was a very creative and intelligent man who originated the world of Disney. He won 32 Academy Awards for his most successful movies. At the age of 16, during the day, Walt took drawing a photography classes at McKinley High School in Chicago. During the night, he would take courses at the Chicago Art Institute. Walt’s brother, Roy Disney, helped Walt get a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio

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    A Legacy that Lives On Disney is worth around 165 billion dollars, it’s hard to imagine that the man that created this company was in debt most of his life (Greene). Walt Disney had many struggles in this life, including debt, but he worked through them all. In the legacy unit, we have been researching people that have left a tremendous impact on the world. Walt Disney is a perfect example because of his tangible work such as his cartoons, movies, and of course Disneyland. As well as his wonderful

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    The phenomenal Wayne Thiebaub is an American artist, specifically a painter, whom is very much delightful as his work. Born on November 15, 1920 in Mesa, Arizona, and raised as a Mormon child. As of today, Wayne Thiebaud is 95 years old. Thiebaud coming from a religious background before him and his family moved to Long Beach, California at the age of six months old. During his high school years Thiebaud had the privilege of practicing and learning his talents as a trainee at Walt Disney studios

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    Walt Disney Influence

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    Walt Disney’s first animated film was Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Over the years Walt Disney came out with family friendly movies such as, Sleeping Beauty (1959), Pocahontas (1995), Aladdin (1992), and Cinderella (1950). Walt Disney influenced many people in many ways with his work. The critic Robert Hughes credited him with inventing Pop art. Hughes wrote, “When in Fantasia, Mickey Mouse clambered up to the (real) podium and shook hands with the (real) conductor Leopold Stokowski.”

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    Walt Disney’s next animation was a considerably more ambitious in scale than Steam Boat Willy, and was to be referred to by critics as “Disney’s Folly” all throughout production due to its scale and ambition. Disney wanted to move his studio from shorts to full features, and began working on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1934. It is considered by many to be the first full-length animated movie ever, which made it really difficult for him to obtain funding. When he announced to the

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    the age of Sixteen. Walt opened his first animation studio in his twenties. He partnered with his brother Roy who ran the business side of the studio. Walt always used the best technology. In 1928 he created the first talking cartoon called Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse.

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    Classic Mickey and Minnie Mouse Tattoos – A Way To Preserve the Magic! They have some of the most recognizable faces in the world and their fan base includes kids of all ages – we’re talking of course about the lovable Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse! Mickey and Minnie Mouse have been together a long time, almost 90 years, in fact, as they were first introduced by the famous Walt Disney in 1928. These loveable mice characters have appeared in comics, movies, cartoons and on millions

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    Mickey Mouse, you know him, correct? Of course, you do he’s the face of Disneyland. But do you know that voice behind him? Let’s introduce Walt Disney, the man behind the smile. On December 5, 1901, he was born in Chicago, Illinois. He had 3 older brothers, Herbert, Raymond, and Roy. When he was 5 years old, his whole family moved to a farm in Missouri. This is where the magic started, when he was living there he was bizarre by all the animals. This is where all his ideas later on came from. What

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    When Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and all of their friends come to mind the first thing you think of is Disneyland. Without these characters and Disneyland the entertainment and cartoon industry would not be where it currently stands to this day. The one man who brought all these creatures to life was the wonderful Walt Disney, along with the help of all the animators in which serviced him. Some people might think that Walt had a decently easy life and a cool story but the real story is

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