Posted on Oct 15, 2023
Disney's 100th Anniversary: how the Walt Disney Company took over the world
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Laying the foundations
It all started with a mouse. Or, more precisely, a house.
Twenty-one year old Walter Elias Disney moved to Los Angeles in July 1923, to be closer to his older brother Roy and make animated shorts from his uncle’s home in Hollywood.
Before he turned 22, the young man from Missouri had persuaded his brother to join him in business, setting up an animation studio in the back room of a nearby real estate office on 16 October 1923. They called it the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. It would make them both millionaires.
But success would not come quickly. It wasn’t until 1928’s Steamboat Willie, Disney’s first smash hit and one of the first animated films with sound, that audiences started to take notice.
Produced from the new Hyperion Studio, it featured a certain Mickey Mouse, “an icon of generosity and good spirits," according to Disney expert Dr Todd James Pierce. Following the earlier character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey would become a mainstay of childhood the world over.
It all started with a mouse. Or, more precisely, a house.
Twenty-one year old Walter Elias Disney moved to Los Angeles in July 1923, to be closer to his older brother Roy and make animated shorts from his uncle’s home in Hollywood.
Before he turned 22, the young man from Missouri had persuaded his brother to join him in business, setting up an animation studio in the back room of a nearby real estate office on 16 October 1923. They called it the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. It would make them both millionaires.
But success would not come quickly. It wasn’t until 1928’s Steamboat Willie, Disney’s first smash hit and one of the first animated films with sound, that audiences started to take notice.
Produced from the new Hyperion Studio, it featured a certain Mickey Mouse, “an icon of generosity and good spirits," according to Disney expert Dr Todd James Pierce. Following the earlier character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey would become a mainstay of childhood the world over.
Disney's 100th Anniversary: how the Walt Disney Company took over the world
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..."Walt Disney Archives Disney Centennial Exhibition
As keeper of the company's history, the Walt Disney Archives is home to memorabilia of all sorts. The Walt Disney Archives will debut a brand new exhibit that celebrates The Wonder of Disney from 1923 to the Present and into the Future at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on February 18, 2023. Other North American stops include Chicago, Kansas City, and Munich, Germany. More cities will soon be announced. Featuring art, memorabilia, film props, costumes, and more this exhibit will display and honor "one-of-a-kind treasures" never before seen. All within a 15,000-square-foot exhibit "...
..."Walt Disney Archives Disney Centennial Exhibition
As keeper of the company's history, the Walt Disney Archives is home to memorabilia of all sorts. The Walt Disney Archives will debut a brand new exhibit that celebrates The Wonder of Disney from 1923 to the Present and into the Future at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on February 18, 2023. Other North American stops include Chicago, Kansas City, and Munich, Germany. More cities will soon be announced. Featuring art, memorabilia, film props, costumes, and more this exhibit will display and honor "one-of-a-kind treasures" never before seen. All within a 15,000-square-foot exhibit "...
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