Willie Morris

As I walk up to my door getting home from a long walk through the park, I hear the faint sound of my telephone ringing. I unlock my door and quickly rush in. I set down my bag and pick up the phone. "Walt," my boss, Charles Mintz says, "I need you to to do a favor for me." "Anything sir," I say with joy. "I need you to make a brand new cartoon character," he said with such encouragement. With that, he hung up without another word. So I had only a few days to make a new character for Universal

demoralize him he started from point one all over again. Shortly into their marriage with the help of Lillian, Walt had created a new character a mouse: Mickey Mouse. Mickey was soon going to change the whole world. In 1928, Mickey's debut was in Steamboat Willie. This was a major hit with American families. Soon enough Walt began to produce more and more cartoons growing into movies. The company began to expand and it was going to change the world little by little. This was a biography on Walt Disney and

The introduction of Willie, in the beginning of the book, has him appearing to be an innocent, hard working young man attempting to get far in his education and even make a difference. As he continues in his life, he is soon influenced by Tiny Duffy, a man in the novel who is obviously very untrustworthy , to run for governor. Unfortunately, Willie did not know that this move was planned in order to split the vote when the run for governor was tied between two other men, Harrison, a city man, and

The Man Who Made Childhood More Enjoyable Every child, adult, and elder can recognize the trademark mouse of Disney. Founded by two very creative and artistically talented brothers, Walt and Roy O. Disney on October 16th, 1923 Disney has come a long way. It all started in a small office in Los Angeles, California, the Disney brothers produced a series of short live-action/animated films, and this was considered the official start of Disney. Disney has since then become a large and extremely successful

Ray Harryhausen is an accomplished stopmotion animator. He is often referred to as the “grandfather of SFX animation”. Raymond Harryhausen was born June 29th, 1920 in Los Angeles and he died on May 7th, 2013 in London. Ray’s obsession with fantasy started as a child with HG Wells’ novels, early films, and paintings by Gustave Dove, Charles Knight, and John Martin. His parents were encouraging, often taking him to see films and helping him to construct puppets and models sets. His first experience

Have you ever wondered who the person was behind all those magical Disney movies? Well I have too so, let’s find out. I been thinking about this long and hard and I finally decided on Walt Disney. I think he should be on a stamp because he is very invested in his work. He has also helped in a lot of wars. The final reason I think Walt Disney should be on a stamp is because he is a good family man. Before I tell you more on why I think Walt Disney should be on a stamp I am going to give you a

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

Walt Disney Did you know, according to TIME Magazine, Walt Disney was the original voice of Mickey Mouse? Many of the modern day animation techniques and animations were influenced by a man with a dream. Walt Disney is much more that just the founder of Disneyland, he is greatly known for being an American motion-picture entertainer, 
famous for being a pioneer of cartoon films. Born in the Hermosa section of Chicago, Illinois, in 1901, was someone who would change the animation world forever,

Walt Disney: The Creator of Dreams "It all started with a mouse." Mickey Mouse, that is. He is a mouse known around the world due to his creator, Walt Disney. Not only did Disney create the idea for magical theme parks, but he made people happy in various ways. Walt Disney was a successful individual in history who benefitted society by the high quality use of mass media, taking theme parks to the next level, and providing everlasting entertainment and memories to all ages. Disney becoming

“Rooster” Review by Paris Day Rooster is a dance piece choreographed by Christopher Bruce. It was originally premiered by the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve in 1991. It is a contemporary ballet piece performed by ten dancers to eight of The Rolling Stones’ most memorable hits. Christopher Bruce based the production on the “sexual war” he witnessed growing up in the 1960’s. His intention was to celebrate the music of The Rolling Stones and use the qualities of the songs to reflect this.