Walt disney

HISTORY OF WALT DISNEY

By alexisnovis

  • WALT DISNEY WAS BORN

    Walt Elias Disney is born in Chicago, IL.

  • THE WALTS MOVE

    They move to Chicago. Walts draws pictures for the Mckinley High School Newspaper and attends evening classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.

  • WALT JOINS THE WAR

    WALT JOINS THE WAR
    Walt lies about his age to be accepted into the American Ambulance Corps and serves in France following the end of World War I.

  • WALT MOVES TO KANSAS CITY

    Walt moves to Kansas City and gets a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio for $50 a month.

  • WALT FAILS AFTER ONE MONTH

    WALT FAILS AFTER ONE MONTH
    Walt meets Ub Iwerks and forms Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists but it fails after one month. Walt creates Newman Laugh-O-gram, which produces advertising and topical shorts and story cartoons.

  • LAUGH-O-GRAM GOES BANKRUPT

    LAUGH-O-GRAM GOES BANKRUPT
    Laugh-O-gram goes bankrupt. Walt moves to Hollywood. He establishes the Disney Brothers Studio with Roy Disney and lands a contract for the “Alice Comedies” where a girl filmed in live action interacts with animated characters.

  • WALT CREATES MICKEY MOUSE

    WALT CREATES MICKEY MOUSE
    Walt creates Mickey Mouse and produces Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon to synchronizes sound and animation.

  • MICKEY BECOMES A HIT

    MICKEY BECOMES A HIT
    Mickey becomes a national sensation and Walt launches Silly Symphonies.

  • MICKEY MERCHANDISE IS LAUNCHED

    MICKEY MERCHANDISE IS LAUNCHED
    Mickey related merchandise is launch.

  • WALT INCORPORATES TECHNOLOGY IN HIS FILMS

    WALT INCORPORATES TECHNOLOGY IN HIS FILMS
    Walt acquires exclusive use of three-strip Technicolor for cartoons and incorporate the technology in his films.

  • THREE LITTLE PIGS

    THREE LITTLE PIGS
    Three Little Pigs, the 36th “Silly Symphony” is distributed. “Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?” becomes a national anthem for the Great Depression.

  • PINPCCHIO AND FANTASIA

    PINPCCHIO AND FANTASIA
    Pinocchio and Fantasia.

  • CINDERELLA IS MADE

    CINDERELLA IS MADE
    Cinderella.

  • DINSEYLAND

    DINSEYLAND
    Walt buys 244 acres of land near Anaheim, CA to be site for Disneyland

  • LADY AND THE TRAMP

    LADY AND THE TRAMP
    Lady and the Tramp – The first widescreen animated film. Disneyland opens with more than 1 million guests in 2 months.

  • WALT DISNEY WORLD ORLANDO, FL

    WALT DISNEY WORLD ORLANDO, FL
    Walt Disney Studios purchases land in Orlando, FL for EPCOT which leads to the creation of Walt Disney World.

  • WALT DISNEY PASSED AWAY

    WALT DISNEY PASSED AWAY
    Walt dies on december 15.