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Walt Disney: these three things that shaped the king of cartoons
A look back at the life of Walt Disney and the three things that inspired him and pushed him to become the creator of the most famous mouse in the world, Mickey. – (France 2)
A look back at the life of Walt Disney and the three things that inspired him and pushed him to become the creator of the most famous mouse in the world, Mickey.
His name has become a brand. If Disney rocked your childhood, fed your imaginary and even shaped the company, do you know Walt? Born in 1901, the founder of The Walt Disney company grew up on a farm in Missouri UNITED STATES, with an authoritarian father. His passion for trains would later give him the idea of building an amusement park.
France and Disney
Walt Disney did not come from an all-American family. His ancestors came in particular from Isigny-sur-Mer (Normandy) and had left “to the conquest of England with William the Conqueror”before then arriving at “UNITED STATES“, says Sébastien Durand, Disney specialist. Walt Disney will be inspired by France throughout his life.Mickey was not the first character created by Walt Disney. He had first imagined Oswald, a little black and white rabbit. But he lost the rights to another studio. It was there that he created a little mouse resembling Oswald. Although Walt Disney died almost sixty years ago, his characters are immortal.