The Disneys inevitably needed more money if they wanted to get an enterprise going. They were graciously supported by their family. Roy commented, "In our family we all helped each other" (47). It took a mortgage of their house, but it was definitely worth it. Walt and Roy rented a lot and called it the Disney Bros. Studio. Then the brothers moved, changing the name to the Walt Disney Studio. When asked about why the name included Walt, Roy said, "Walt was the creative member of the team. His name deserved to be on the pictures" (54). It's exciting for me as a reader to see how something as small as the company name would help give them success. The Disneys worked with several different distributors, and the brothers usually ended up losing their deals with them quickly. Walt produced many cartoons and pictures, including Alice Comedies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and of course, Mickey Mouse, which became a national sensation. These words probably made Walt and Roy quite proud of their work, and they will soon have the huge company that will result from their accomplishments.
~ Outside Reading #2
Thomas, Bob. Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire.
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3 comments:
It just doesn't seem right. What if Walt had chosen to be an actor? We would have nothing from him. Nothing. Nothing from Mickey Mouse to Santa Clause, so many years later. There would be nothing. Man, am I glad that Walt had the help to bring him to this career. The part of this blog that moved me was that Roy sacrificed his name from the company. That sort of unselfish act should never have been overshadowed in any way. This sounds like an amazing biography and I would love to check it out some day. Great job.
I never knew that walt disney had a brother that he worked with. I wonder why they didn't do the Disney Brothers as the name. I'm also interested because i never knew that Walt wanted to be an actor. I'm pretty sure he would have gotten nowhere though. it's also inspiring to find that they had to sacrifice a lot, like mortgaging their house, and they still came out on top. It shows the potential in everyone.
Tony is right, the brothers definitely had potential. The choices they made changed the whole world, if they weren't there I don't think there would have been any studio like them. Roy's decision to not have his name in the name of the company just goes to show how easily we could forget people, though. I doubt many people even knew that the Disney brothers had such a rough start.
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