Walt Disney
Walt Disney was a pioneer in animated cartoons. His studio produced the first synchronized sound cartoon called Steamboat Willie. I chose Walt Disney because he changed family entertainment forever.
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to parents Elias and Flora Disney, in Chicago, Illinois. Elias and Flora were married in the spring of 1888. Elias took a job as a hotel manager at Daytona Beach. Later that year the Disney’s first son Herbert was born. In 1889 Elias moved his family to Chicago, IL. The Disney’s second son Raymond was born later on that year. Four years later in 1893 their third son Roy was born. Walt followed in 1901. In 1903 the Disney’s last and first daughter Ruth was born. In 1906 Elias bought a farm outside of Marceline, Missouri and moved his family. In 1909 Herbert and Raymond left the family farm, putting an even greater strain on Elias and his two other sons. With the two older boys gone there was more work for Roy and Walt, and whenever they misbehaved Elias would use “corrective” beatings with his belt (Elliot, pg. 7). As a child Walt loved to draw, and since his family didn’t have a lot of money, he would end up drawing on anything he could find, usually he used toilet paper and a piece of coal. In 1909 Elias came down with typhoid fever and was forced to sell the farm and moved the family to Kansas City, where he bough a newspaper route. Flora enrolled Roy and Walt into the Benton Grammar School. Everyday Roy and Walt would get up before three o’clock to deliver two daily editions of both the Morning Times and the Evening and Sunday Star seven days a week. Walt took a job delivering prescriptions for a local drugstore. He used the money to buy extra newspapers to sell on street corners. He used the profits to buy art supplies. In 1911 Roy left home. In the fall of 1917 Elias sold the newspaper route and bought a partnership in the O-Zell Jelly factory in Chicago. Walt stayed behind to finish the
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to parents Elias and Flora Disney, in Chicago, Illinois. Elias and Flora were married in the spring of 1888. Elias took a job as a hotel manager at Daytona Beach. Later that year the Disney’s first son Herbert was born. In 1889 Elias moved his family to Chicago, IL. The Disney’s second son Raymond was born later on that year. Four years later in 1893 their third son Roy was born. Walt followed in 1901. In 1903 the Disney’s last and first daughter Ruth was born. In 1906 Elias bought a farm outside of Marceline, Missouri and moved his family. In 1909 Herbert and Raymond left the family farm, putting an even greater strain on Elias and his two other sons. With the two older boys gone there was more work for Roy and Walt, and whenever they misbehaved Elias would use “corrective” beatings with his belt (Elliot, pg. 7). As a child Walt loved to draw, and since his family didn’t have a lot of money, he would end up drawing on anything he could find, usually he used toilet paper and a piece of coal. In 1909 Elias came down with typhoid fever and was forced to sell the farm and moved the family to Kansas City, where he bough a newspaper route. Flora enrolled Roy and Walt into the Benton Grammar School. Everyday Roy and Walt would get up before three o’clock to deliver two daily editions of both the Morning Times and the Evening and Sunday Star seven days a week. Walt took a job delivering prescriptions for a local drugstore. He used the money to buy extra newspapers to sell on street corners. He used the profits to buy art supplies. In 1911 Roy left home. In the fall of 1917 Elias sold the newspaper route and bought a partnership in the O-Zell Jelly factory in Chicago. Walt stayed behind to finish the