| Walt
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Walt Disney was born on December 5,1901in Chicago. He was one of 5
children (4 boys and 1girl ). His family moved to Missouri where he
lived most of his life. Walt would sell his drawings to neighbors for
extra money. In 1918 he tried to enlist in the military but he was
rejected because he was 16. Instead he joined the red cross and was sent
to France to drive an ambulance. His ambulance was covered with Disney
cartoons. When he left France, he started a company called Laugh o Grams
which went belly up and headed to Hollywood. The Walt Disney company
started in 1923 in the back of a tiny office in Los Angeles. It was
there that Walt and his brother Roy made a series of short action
animated films called the Alice Comedies. Within four years they moved
to a bigger place called "Disney Bros. Studio" and a year
later started construction on the new studio. In 1925, Walt married one
of his employees, sweet and had 2 daughters. In 1928 Mickey Mouse was
created. In 1955 Disney’s Dream of an amusement park came true as
Disney Land park opened.
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| Characters-
Disney Characters work in 10 to 12 hour shifts, especially in the summer
when it is warm and at holidays like Christmas time. In order to play
the character Mickey Mouse you must be between 4'6" to 5'2",
"No exceptions". They are not aloud to speak in their costume
and if they need help they cross their arms in front of them and
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| Stocks-
Walt Disney is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with
operations in four business segments. Media Networks, parks and resorts,
Studio entertainment and consumer products. The media networks segments
is the company’s T.v. and radio network Cable/satellite and
inter-nation broadcast operations, production, and distribution of
television programming and internet operations. Walt Disney owns and
operates four resorts in the United States, Japan, and France. Walt
Disney also manages and has a 43% interest in Hong-Kong Disney Land
under construction now and to open in 2005-2006. They also have the
franchise of the mighty Ducks of Anaheim with the National Hockey
League. The symbol for the stock is DIS.
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