Walt Disney's ingenious film-making and entrepreneurial skills made him a lasting figure. He also left a mark on American popular culture with his world-renowned art. Disney also upheld what America calls "wholesome family entertainment" with his animations and theme parks. Walt Disney differentiated himself from the many to become the greatest and most powerful innovator in film.

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago to two loving and hard-working parents Elias and Flora Call Disney. Young Walter took great interest in drawing and photography. As a matter of fact, his entrepreneurial skills were early recognized. At the age of seven, Disney was known to draw cartoons and sell them to friends ("W.D. Biography"). His interest in art continued through school. While he was in high school, he a

Like it was mentioned before, Walt Disney was an ingenious pioneer of the entertainment industry. He continued to be consistent in his values and expressed through his animation his love for art. He educated the masses of soldiers and captured the hearts of Americans with his ever-famous Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney's keen sense of business and ability to block out the competition made him the entertainment industry's most influential man.

In the late 1930's, Disney acquired the patent to Technicolor. This provided for some very key blocking of his opponents. Because color was becoming the new technology, patent acquisition was a timely move because it left his opponents without any chance of utilizing the new technology, and eventually, no support from fans and viewers.

Unfortunately, his early career was put on hold in 1918 when World War I broke out. Disney's patriotism prompted him to join the military, but was rejected because of his age. He instead joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver and was shipped to France for two years. However, his love for cartooning did not disappear. He painted the ambulance with cartoons and drawings rather than the camouflage that was appropriate for the war ("Walt Disney" Accessed 7 May 2002). He was also painting helmets for American soldiers that he sold for a profit. His business-like mind kept inventing more ways to make money ("Life of Walt Disney").

During the next couple of years, Disney produced numerous other full-length animations. He did this in order to capitalize on his patent for Technicolor technology ("W.D. Biography"). Disney held this patent for two years, but it gave him and his company the chance to get ahead in the entertainment industry and become a giant. By 1940 the Disney Burbank studio had been completed and Disney now had employed over one thousand people.

Mickey was originally supposed to debut without sound, but before it made the big screen, sound was incorporated into mo

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