Walt before Mickey [electronic resource] : Disney's early years, 1919-1928 / Timothy S. Susanin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Susanin, Timothy S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animators--United States--Biography.

Animators.

Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.

Disney, Walt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

aaaa ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main character--Mickey Mouse-an icon for generations.But Steamboat Willie was neither Disney's first cartoon nor Mickey Mouse's first appearance. Prior to this groundbreaking achievement, Walt Disney worked in a variety of venues and studios, refining what would become known as the Disney style. In Wa

Contents:

Preface / by Diane Disney Miller

Introduction: Thanksgiving, 1966

Book one: Kansas City. Prologue the road to the first studios: commercial art, film

Ads, and "home experimenting," 1919-1921

Kaycee Studios, 1921-1922

Laugh-o-gram Films, Inc., 1922-1923

Book two: Los Angeles. Disney Brothers Studio, 1923-1926

Walt Disney Studio, 1926-1928

Epilogue: after Mickey.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06633-5

9786613066336

1-60473-961-4

OCLC:

721957039