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Walt Disney: A Life in Animation

Walt Disney co-founded Walt Disney Productions, one of the most successful motion picture studios. He was an innovative animator who created Mickey Mouse. Disney lived most of his childhood in Missouri, where he began drawing and selling pictures. He dropped out of high school to join the army but was rejected due to his age. Disney reached many milestones in Hollywood, including releasing Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse in 1928. Some of his most famous animated films included Snow White, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Disney also opened highly successful theme parks, Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1966 and passed away at age 65 less than a month later.

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Walt Disney: A Life in Animation

Walt Disney co-founded Walt Disney Productions, one of the most successful motion picture studios. He was an innovative animator who created Mickey Mouse. Disney lived most of his childhood in Missouri, where he began drawing and selling pictures. He dropped out of high school to join the army but was rejected due to his age. Disney reached many milestones in Hollywood, including releasing Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse in 1928. Some of his most famous animated films included Snow White, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Disney also opened highly successful theme parks, Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1966 and passed away at age 65 less than a month later.

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WALT DISNEY

Who Was Walt Disney?


Walter Elias "Walt" Disney co-founded Walt Disney Productions
with his brother Roy, which became one of the best-known motion-
picture production companies in the world. Disney was an innovative
animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won
22 Academy Awards during his lifetime, and was the founder of
theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

Walt Disney’s Childhood


Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in the Hermosa section of
Chicago, Illinois. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline,
Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends.
Disney’s father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian. His mother, Flora Call Disney, was
German-American. Disney was one of five children.

In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for trains. His uncle,
Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa and
Marceline. Later, Disney would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and
newspapers to travelers.

Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography
classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the
Art Institute of Chicago. When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the Army but
was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a
year to drive an ambulance. He moved back to the U.S. in 1919.

Walt Disney’s Career


In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California where he reached his milestones. There he
began creating the characters that would make him famous. In 1928 he released the short cartoon
film Steamboat Willie. It starred a cheerful mouse named Mickey. The next year Disney formed
Walt Disney Productions to create more animated films. Other popular cartoon characters
followed where in the 1930s audiences were introduced to Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto,
and Goofy. Disney’s first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was
released in 1937.
In the 1940s Disney’s company began making movies with live actors. Mary Poppins (1964),
was one of the most successful of these. Disney also continued making animated features,
including such classics as Pinocchio (1940), Cinderella (1950), and Peter Pan (1953). In 1955
Disney’s company opened Disneyland, a large theme park in Anaheim, California. Walt Disney
World, a second and larger amusement park, opened in Orlando, Florida, in 1971.

Walt Disney’s Death


Disney had been a heavy smoker since World War I. He did not use cigarettes with filters and
had smoked a pipe as a young man. In early November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer
and was treated with cobalt therapy. On November 30, he felt unwell and was taken by
ambulance from his home to St. Joseph Hospital where, on December 15, 1966, aged 65, he died
of circulatory collapse caused by cancer. His remains were cremated two days later and his ashes
interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Work in a group and pay attention to the task below!


A. Find 5 simple past tense sentences from the text!

1. …
2. …
3. …
4. …
5. …

B. Determine whether the statements below are True or False (T/F)!

1. Walt Disney was an only child. ( )


2. None of Walt Disney’s family members contributed to his success. ( )
3. At age of 10, he became interested in trains. ( )
4. Walt Disney was part of the army. ( )
5. Walt Disney was still making cartoons after his live actions masterpiece ( )
6. “Steamboat Willie” starred Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, and
Goofy. ( )
7. Disneyland and Walt Disney World were the same theme parks. ( )
8. The death of Walt Disney was just less than a month after his diagnosis. ( )

Deadline: November 12, 2023

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