Walt Disney

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WALT DISNEY
Arts/Business
Born: December 5, 1901
Chicago, Ill.
Died: December 15, 1966

"This is tough, trying to explain Mickey. It's been done by experts and the best any of us have been able to come up with is the fact that Mickey is so simple and uncomplicated, so easy to understand, that you can't help liking him."

American motion picture animator Walt Disney created the world famous animated cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Disney started his career producing advertising films in Kansas City. He moved to Hollywood, where he started a partnership with his brother Roy. The first two Mickey Mouse films they made were silent. When Disney added a soundtrack in 1928, Mickey Mouse gained international fame. Among Disney's many animated cartoon shorts and features are such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1938), Fantasia (1940) and Mary Poppins (1965) Disney introduced a new method to synchronize sound and animation and launched two amusement parks, Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida.

1. Who is Walt Disney's most famous cartoon character?.


2. Walt started his career in prodcing advertising films in ______ ____.


3. He moved to Hollywood where he started a partnership with his brother ___.


4. His first feature length production was ____ _____ ___ ___ _____ ______ (1937).


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