Walter Disney, cartoon genius and king of entertainment.
Walter Disney was born in Chicago on February 5th. He spent his childhood on a farm in Missouri, where he became familiar with the habits of all kinds of livestock, birds and other animals. After school, he showed his talent for painting and his ability to earn money by working. /kloc-at the age of 0/8, he ran away from home despite his father's opposition and realized his dream of becoming a cartoonist. Within a year, I started an advertising company in partnership with someone. Soon, he devoted himself to another cartoon film advertising company and engaged in cartoon painting that satisfied him. His innovative spirit makes him stand out in this company. 1922, when he was 2 1 year old, he raised funds to set up his own "Laughing Comics Company" and began to shoot real comic stories in his own style. His career is not smooth. Sometimes his only pair of shoes is repaired, but he is too poor to get the repaired shoes. 1923, Disney took a fake suitcase with nothing but a shirt, two underwear, two pairs of socks and some painting tools, and went to Hollywood alone.
This brave young man dreams of becoming a director. His requests to several Hollywood film companies were rejected. Without money, he had to go back to his old job and mobilized one of his brothers to set up Disney Brothers Studio with him. The first thing they did was the series Alice Comedy. The film was released on 1924 and received rave reviews. At this point, Disney Brothers Film Company finally gained a foothold. 1926 They renamed the studio "Walter? Disney Company ". Lucky Rabbit Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was produced in 1927 and is very popular. The first episode of Mickey Mouse series was released on 1928. 1932, the first series of color cartoons "Flowers and Trees" and "Mickey Mouse" won the Academy Awards respectively. 1933, the cartoon "Three Little Pigs" caused a sensation. 1937, Snow White won the special Oscar. From 65438 to 0940, Pinocchio and Fantasia were released one after another. Bambi was posted on 1942.
When the Mickey Mouse series began, the movie was changing from silent to talking. At that time, the first audio film "The King of Jazz" had just caused a sensation in new york. Disney, who has always been willing to think and be enterprising, is determined to make his Mickey Mouse into a sound movie. He tried his best to overcome the difficulties and finally got his Mickey mouse to talk. The first cartoon "Steamboat Willie" starring this little mouse was a great success after it was released. Mickey Mouse's reputation in America is growing day by day, which brings a lot of money to Disney. 1929 Disney learned for the first time that he could get a sum of money by letting others use his cartoon image, that is, he had the concept of copyright. Disney tries to keep Mickey Mouse's consistent personality, which often has Disney's own shadow. Mickey Mouse is a kind gentleman, honest, never hurting anyone, full of adventurous spirit, as simple as a child. He often smiles in difficulties and always turns the corner in the end. Mickey Mouse became a superstar and won the love of generations all over the world.
Disney is never satisfied with its achievements, and is always willing to take risks and try new things. 1950, he realized the value of TV and began to March into the TV industry. Later, he planned to create an amusement park for people to play, and he named it "Disneyland". The first Disneyland opened in Los Angeles. In the first seven weeks, the number of tourists who took the initiative to play reached 6.5438+0 million. Many heads of state have visited this park. Now, this amusement park has been opened to Paris in Europe, Tokyo in Japan and Hongkong in China.
1964, Disney produced the most successful film "Happy People", which earned $44 million when it was first released and won 13 Oscar nominations. 1964, American President Johnson awarded Disney the Medal of Freedom, which is the highest medal that civilians can get.
Walter Disney is dead. Newspapers all over the world reported the news one after another, calling it "the loss of mankind", and many heads of state called to mourn. In a message of condolence to Mrs Disney, President Johnson said, "Under your husband's wise leadership, millions of people in Qian Qian have enjoyed a brighter and happier life. The truth, beauty and joy he created are immortal. "
Stamps that reflect the colorful real world in square inches will certainly not let go of the popular theme of Disney. 1968. Two years after Walter Disney's death, the United States issued stamps to commemorate him (see photo). After that, many Disney cartoon stars appeared on the stamps, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, prout, Goofy, Bambi, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Of course, if you want to use Disney cartoon characters on stamps and other philatelic products, you must obtain authorization from Disney Company. In fact, in the past 20 years, many Disney stamps were designed by Disney's own artists and issued in the names of some African island countries and developing countries. This is just Disney's strategy of killing two birds with one stone, using stamps as a carrier to expand its influence and open up new financial resources. 1998 is the 70th anniversary of Mickey Mouse's birth. Among some stamps commemorating this event, two kinds of toothless sheetlets of Dominica are very interesting. One of the patterns is Mickey Mouse and his "girlfriend" Minnie kissing their "father" Walter? Disney. Another pattern is some Disney cartoon stars celebrating Mickey Mouse's birthday.