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Today Walt Disney would have been 119 years old, if he were still alive. He was born on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago.
Walt Disney - 1916
photographer unknown
I don't think I need to say who or what he did; everyone knows him, Mickey Mouse, irascible Donald Duck, wacky Goofy, adorable Pluto, the Divine Ursula . . .
. . . and all the hundreds of other colorful characters and creatures he and his group created in the span of his life.
Who can forget Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo and, of course, never to be forgotten, the 1940 film, Fantasia with Mickey and Leopold Stokowski!
movie poster
He was a genius with a vision but unlike most of us, brought his visions to life in startling and stunningly beautiful ways. There are so many segments of his films that are favorites of mine; Pink Elephants on Parade from Dumbo is one, Ursula transforms Ariel in the Little Mermaid and Alice In Wonderland when she meets the catepillar is another. It's three of many that I wonder who was on what when they were making it (links below).
Alice In Wonderland - 1951
movie poster
Viewfinder links:
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Divine aka Ursula
Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer & Mickey Mouse (Fantasia)
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Divine aka Ursula
Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer & Mickey Mouse (Fantasia)
YouTube links:
Alice In Wonderland ~ Alice Meets The caterpillar
Donald Duck - Toy Tinkers (1949)
Dumbo ~ Pink Elephants on Parade (1941)
The Little Mermaid ~ Poor Unfortunate Souls
Walt Disney (Documentary) (1 hr., 59 mins.)
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Original)
“I don’t pretend to know anything about art.
I make pictures for entertainment and then
the professors tell me what they mean.”
~ Walt Disney
~ Walt Disney
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