Walter Elias Disney was born in Illinois, U.S.A. on5 December 1901. Unbelievable as it may seem, Walt had a special learning disability-he had dyslexia. That means he had difficulty in reading and writing, as well as in spelling words correctly.
At the age of 16 he left school to join the army (where he was not accepted brcause of his young age).
There have also been reports that when he was still fairly young he got fired from the newspaper where he was working brcause "he wasn't...creative enough"!!!Of course (luckily for us, all!), all of the above did not let Walt down! He didn't give up and (after several unsuccessful professional efforts) he started with his brother, Roy, strenuously working on cartoons! So, the charming little mouse to us all, Mickey Mouse, "was born" in 1928, with the presentation of their movie, "Steamboat Willie". Disney initially meant to call him "Mortimer Mouse" (!), but his wife-to-be, Lillian, suggested that "Mickey" sounded better and he followed her advice! The characters of Pluto, Donald, and Goofy had been created by 1939...
Gradually, all of "non-creative" Disney's creations became more and more successful-and he one of the most (if not "THE" most) creative and successful cartoonists of the world!
It's he to whom we owe classic cartoon movies such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Bambi", "Dumbo", but also, some movies that succeeded his death(15 December 1966), such as, "The Lion King" και "Aladdin" which are productions of his "heir" company, Walt Disney Pictures.
Here you will find the names of 20 of the best Walt Disney Pictures films, as they were voted by the public on Youtube in 2008:
A few more "secrets"...:
1. Disney was Mickey's voice himself for two decades!
2. It is said that Disney was in fact afraid of mice!
3. It is said that his favourite character was Goofy!
4. He has been awarded more Oscar Academy Awards than anyone else (22)!
5. The original idea behind the creation of Disneyland was for a recreation park to e built, where his employees would spend a pleasant time with their kids. Today 58.000 people are employed there and its size is about the size of 24 (!) football fields!
6. The production of movies such as, "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" και "Cars" has been made by Pixar Animation Studios (which is like a "brother" of Walt Disney Pictures)!
What about you? Which is YOUR favourite Disney movie? Who is your favourite character?
1. Disney was Mickey's voice himself for two decades!
2. It is said that Disney was in fact afraid of mice!
3. It is said that his favourite character was Goofy!
4. He has been awarded more Oscar Academy Awards than anyone else (22)!
5. The original idea behind the creation of Disneyland was for a recreation park to e built, where his employees would spend a pleasant time with their kids. Today 58.000 people are employed there and its size is about the size of 24 (!) football fields!
6. The production of movies such as, "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" και "Cars" has been made by Pixar Animation Studios (which is like a "brother" of Walt Disney Pictures)!
What about you? Which is YOUR favourite Disney movie? Who is your favourite character?
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