Finally came Disneyland itself, inspired by Walt's many visits to Europe, where he attended every kind of outdoor entertainment - a venture that was considered foolhardy by many, but became a marvel of marketing and entrepreneurial ingenuity. In addition there were poetic photographic essays (The Living Desert), live action adventure films (Treasure Island, Davy Crockett) and Mary Poppins. and the ambitious Fantasia, which flopped and was cut from two hours to 81 minutes and released on a double bill with a Western. Aninmated feature films that followed were Snow White and the Seven Dwarfts, Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo, Cinderella. He, however, insisted on round, humanized figures he wanted the humor to come from the character and most of all, he added sound and color. to deliver newspapers Chicago, where he became a cartoonist for the McKinley High School newspaper Laugh-O-Gram, which failed as his first business venture Hollywood, where in 1928 Steamboat Willie became the first animated cartoon and introduced a character thereafter known as Mickey Mouse.

Thomas recounts Disney's life in vivid detail: Kansas City, where Walt and his brother Roy got up at 3:30 a.m. After years of research, with the full cooperation of the Disney family and access to private papers and letters, Bob Thomas, author of King Cohn and Selznick, has produced a definitive biography of the man behind the legend - the unschooled cartoonist from Kansas City who went bankrupt on his first movie venture and developed into the genius who produced unmatched works of animation. A brilliant businessman and a shrewd visionary, he also created Disneyland, which proved to be as innovative in the world of outdoor entertainment as Disney films were in the world of motion pictures. (see photographs) 'Walt Disney was an American original, a man who developed the animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world.

All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in as new exceedingly tight condition. The upper front jacket edge tip has a repaired less than one inch closed tear. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. Includes List of Other Books by Bob Thomas Author Dedication Foreground Sources and Index. Fine unread condition red cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a very good condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket.

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