The Walt Disney Company: The Recipe to a Meal of Fun and Laughter

The Walt Disney Company never fails to induce happiness in all of us ever since it was founded in 1923. Thanks to the creativity of Disney’s founder Walter Elias Disney, everyone is enjoying incomparable entertainment and exceptional content and storytelling that would never fade and would never be forgotten.

Walt first arrived in the state of California with nothing but his dreams and his determined spirit. He was planning to sell his short film entitled “Alice’s Wonderland” to an interested distributor. He made this film in Kansas City and he was hoping that he could sell more of the Alice comedy series. A distributor from New York, M.J. Winkler, became interested and created a contract on October 16, 1923 for the Alice comedies to be released. This is the day that the Walt Disney Company began. At first, it was not called the Walt Disney Company just yet. Walt and his brother Roy were partners in this dream of creating Disney prints and animations and so they called it the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. But his brother decided to change it to what it is called today.

Walt, along with his chief animator Ub Iwerks, designed a mouse animated character. Walt wanted to call it “Mortimer” but his wife decided on “Mickey”. This became so famous that Mickey Mouse became the official animated character that represented the Walt Disney Company. A series of Mickey Mouse cartoons followed all with different stories to tell.

Walt soon made more cartoon characters and each one became a sensation all throughout the world. Each year for a decade, a Walt Disney cartoon won an Academy award. The most famous was released in 1933. This was called “Three Little Pigs”. This sort of inspired a people to fight against the Great Depression.

Soon, the Disney Studios and its creations are gaining popularity and interests from people around the globe. Walt has agreed with certain businessmen to put Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters he has created on notebooks, dolls, toothbrushes, and any merchandise that can be printed on. In 1930, the first ever Mickey Mouse book and Disney prints on newspaper, including comic strips, were released.

In 1934, Walt decided he wanted to create an animated film, the first of its kind, and that it would feature the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Some of the employees were skeptical because they thought it impossible to hold an audience’s attention for more than 8 minutes of animation. But they worked with Walt on it and after three years, it was completed. Disney prints of the movie was soon posted and people were excited to see what it was about. It was so successful that it garnered a record for being the highest grossing film of all time.

Walt and his staff had continued to make animated cartoons and films with unique stories and characters. Each one became a hit and each one endeared the hearts of everyone who watched it, whether those who are young or those who are young at heart. Walt Disney has created a world of fantasy and reality wherein all good things are taught. Up to this day, Disney has never failed to amaze and enchant people from across the globe.