Walter Disney had a
vivid imagination all his life. A
retired doctor with a horse named Rupert paid Walt for his drawings of the
horse. At that time, the family lived on a farm in Marceline, Missouri from 1906 until November
1910. The farm was sold and the
family moved to Kansas City.
Walt’s two older brothers Herbert and Ray ran away at the time of the
move. They were fed up with
constant work and little or no spending money. At school, Walt met Walter Pfeiffer who introduced him to
vaudeville and motion pictures.
Walt attended classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. July of 1911, Walt’s father purchased a
newspaper delivery route. Walt and
his older brother Roy worked the newspaper deliveries. Walt’s early career was at Pesmen-Rubin
Art Studio where he did advertisements for newspapers, magazines, movie
theaters. He met Ubbe Iwerks and
they formed Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists. This company went bankrupt, Walt and Roy moved to Hollywood,
California. Their parents had already relocated there. They pooled their money and set up a cartoon studio.
All the information I
have included above is not from this movie. The film is filled with inaccuracies about the family
history so there isn’t any need to repeat them. The film does give you the basic idea of Walt and his family
in their early years. Walt became
so successful because he had talent, he had many ideas and he wouldn’t give up on
them. 2 ½* (This movie is so-so)
90
min, Bio directed by Logan Sekulow with Travis Tritt as narrator, Olan Rogers,
Ryan Dunlap, Mark Stuart, William Haynes, Jonathan Schneck, Tyler Hayes.
Note: Imdb 3.6 out of 10, 27% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.2* out of 5* with 35 reviews.
Special
Note: This movie was filmed in
Franklin and Leipers Fork, Tennessee.
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