The Happiest Place on Earth
Sad or not, there's only one place to go...DISNEYWORLD. There's one located in Europe and one just opened in Hong Kong. There's no doubt that one day, there will be one in space most probably Mars. Every happy people from every corner of our small world either know much or very little of its creator - Walter "Walt" E. Disney. Let's journey to the tunnel of time and animation of all that he created. He was born in Chicago on December 5, 1901. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In 1918, during World War I, he served as Red Cross ambulance driver. After the war ended, he found a job as a commercial artist in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 20s: He started his first mopic cartoon in 1920. In 1923, Hollywood beckoned and for 2 years (1926-1928) he made the series Oswald, the Rabbit. In 1928, he made a Mickey Mouse film called Steamboat Bill (let's not forget Minnie). It was a huge success - he used soundtrack and he made Mickey talk.
The 30s & 40s: In 1932, he produced the first cartoons in Technicolor including Silly Symphonies and Three Little Pigs. He produced the first feature-length animated picture Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was followed in 1938 by Fantasia with Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F - very popular to many young Disney fans. In the 40s, his other all-time great films were Pinnochio, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp.
The 50s: In 1950, he became a TV producer of Davy Crockett films (Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier), the Mickey Mouse Club and Disneyland. In 1955, he opened a 160-acre amusement park with addresses as Fantasyland, Frontierland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland and Main Street, U.S.S. at Anaheim, California. Uncle Walt if I can call him that became the producer of animated cartoon series of wild life in their natural habitat. His first truelife fantasy is Perri, Little Pine Squirrel. In 1953, he released his first feature-length nature film The Living Desert with Sidewinder, the Rattlesnake. Two years earlier in 1951, Nature's Half Acre won the prestigious Venice Film Festival documentary award. Vanishing Prairie and many others followed.
He also made conventional movies such as Treasure Island, Robin Hood, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. His films have won many Oscar awards. Since Uncle Walt went to that big movie studio in the sky, his Disney Studio has produced many wonderful animated films loved by kids and young ones once. My all-time favorite is Beauty and the Beast.
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I was doing my monthly dusting in every nook and corner of my home, including wiping and cleaning the crystal chandelier I bought of my trip to Venice with labtech Gloria. Gloria bought a beautiful tea set but not to have tea with Mussolini. It brought back beautiful memories, and that I was almost left behind for the gondola ride. I created a short amateur video "Once Upon A Time In Venice" as part of the ALT Travel series. See and enjoy YouTube video.My friend Xandy is touring Scandinavia and Russia this fall and labtech babies Sofie and Charito,are going to South America. Susan is going to visit the folks in the Philippines.
I myself is all set to go to the Vatican this year to be blessed by Pope Benedict XVI and to Portugal, Spain, France and back to Italy.
Happy travelling!
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