Walt Disney Early Life Essay

In the 1930s, animation was forever changed by the work of Walt Disney and his partners. Walt Disney not only improved the methods of creating animation, he also raised the expectations people have toward animation. Without his influence, the movie industry would not be the same.

Early Life Walt Disney was born Walter Elias Disney on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, to Elias Disney and Flora Call. When only four years old, Walt moved to Marceline, Missouri, with his family because his father wanted to own a farm. This is where Walt began school, and eventually started to draw. Struggling to farm, the Disney family moved again. Kansas City, Missouri is the next place the Disney’s lived. Elias decided to buy a newspaper route, where Walt and his three brothers worked. While still in Kansas City, Walt took a few classes at the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Finally, in 1917, the family returned to Chicago, which is where Walt and his siblings started to go to
They worked together to create series of animated sketches, Laugh-O-Grams. Growing in popularity, Walt and Ub began another series that included both live action and animation, Alice in Cartoonland. Realizing the quality of these productions, a New York film company ripped off the men, causing them to file for bankruptcy in 1923. After their Kansas City company failed, Walt decided to try again, but this time in California. Walt and Ub began creating more characters, the most popular being Mickey Mouse. Walt featured Mickey in three cartoons, to introduce the new character, the most popular of these was Steamboat Willie. Because Mickey and Minnie became very popular very fast, the partners created even more animal characters, including Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Continuing to increase the length and perfect the storylines, Disney’s company finally began creating the movie everyone knows and loves, Snow White and The Seven