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Disney, Walt 

Born Dec. 5, 1901, in Chicago; died Dec. 15, 1966, in Burbank. American motion picture producer. Studied at the Chicago Academy of Art.

From 1919 to 1922, Disney worked as a commercial artist. Shortly afterward, he began his work in motion pictures; he created short animated films, featuring the principal characters of Alice (1923-26) and Oswald (1926-28). His first sound cartoons appeared in 1928 and featured Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Disney’s full-length films include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), Pinocchio (1939), Bambi (1942), Alice in Wonderland (1951), and Sleeping Beauty (1958). The majority of Disney’s works are distinguished by witty characteristics of their heroes, expressive rhythm, coordination of musical leitmotivs and the fabric of the film, and vivid color. During World War II (1939-45), Disney released several films commissioned by the State Department that propagandized the “American way of life.” After 1950 he earned recognition as a producer of documentary and feature films (for the theater and also for television). In 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif. Among the park’s many attractions are the re-creations of various characters and scenes from Disney’s films.

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Arnol’di, E. M. Zhizn’ i skazki U. Disneia. Leningrad, 1968.
Jacobs, L. “Walt Disney: Virtuoso.” In The Rise of the American Film. New York, 1941.
Schickel, R. The Disney Version. New York, 1968.

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