The 192s was the founding era of Disney Company. In this era, the company constantly experienced various setbacks-intellectual property disputes and financial crisis ... But in 1928, Disney became famous all over the United States and even the world because of the creation of Mickey Mouse, which created the company's future!
October 16, 1923: Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney and M.J. Winkler signed a contract to produce Alice Comedies. Disney Brothers Studio was established, which marked the establishment of Walt Disney Company.
1924-3-1: Alice's Wonderland, the first Alice cartoon series.
1927-11-5: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the first cartoon series in Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
1928-11-18: Steamboat Willie premiered, which is the world's first animated cartoon with sound, and also marks the birth of Mickey Mouse.
August 22, 1929: The Skeleton Dance by Silly Symphony came out.
1929-12-16: The enterprises of Disney Brothers were reorganized into four companies: Walt Disney Productions, Ltd, Walt Disney Enterprises, Lied Reality and Investment Company and the Disney Film Recording Company.
In 193s,
Snow White created a brand-new art form and laid the foundation for the development of Disney Company!
193-5: Mickey Mouse publication was released
193-9-5: The animated short film The Chain Gang, Pluto was born.
May 25, 1932: Goofy was born and the animated short film Mickey's Revue premiered.
July 3th, 1932: The world's first color cartoon Flowers and Trees premiered. And later won the best Oscar.
November 18, 1932: He won the Academy Award for creating Mickey Mouse. ) This is the first Oscar that Disney won.
May 27, 1933: The premiere of Three Little Pigs.
June 1933: The first Mickey Mouse watch was sold by Ingersoll-Waterbury Company for $3.25.
June-September, 1934: The Wise Little Hen premiered and Donald Duck was born.
February 23, 1935: The first colorful Mickey Mouse cartoon The Band Concert came out.
1937-11-5: The Old Mill, the first film using the multiplane camera technology, premiered.
1937-12-21: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first feature-length animated film, premiered, which is also the world's first film to release the soundtrack and Disney's first CLASSIC animated feature film.
September 29, 1938: Walt Disney productions, ltd. (Walt Disney productions co., ltd.) acquired three other companies established in 1929.
In the 194s
In the 194s, Disney got rid of the debt crisis to a certain extent, but Mr. Walt Disney's pursuit of quality also made the company's budget for films rise again and again. Pinocchio is a good example! In addition, the impact of World War II on Disney Company was not small. On the second day of Pearl Harbor, the company's studio in California was forcibly requisitioned by the US military ... Even the cover of Time magazine, which originally belonged to Dumbo, had to publish the "Pearl Harbor Incident".
194-2-7: Pinocchio
194-4-2: Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. issued 155, preferred shares directly without going through the stock market, accounting for 6% of the total share capital. This is the first time Disney has issued preferred shares.
194-5-6: Walt Disney productions, ltd. officially moved from Hollywood, California to Burbank.
November 13th, 194: Fantasia premiered.
1946-11-12: Song of the South, Disney's first full-length Live-Action Feature, was released.
1948-12-21: The First True Life Adventure of Seal Island.
October 1, 1949: Walt Disney Music Company was founded.
195s
In this decade, Mr. Walt Disney concentrated a lot of energy on the construction and publicity of Disneyland, and the successful opening of Disneyland in 1955 proved that all these efforts for dreams were not in vain!
December 25, 195: Disney's first TV broadcast program One Hour in Wonderland premiered.
1952-12-16: Wed Enterprises (later Walt Disney Fantasy Project) was established as a sole proprietorship company of Mr. Walt Disney to design and build Disneyland.
1953-4-6: Ret Law Enterprises (whose name is Walter backwards) was established as a sole proprietorship company of Mr. Walt Disney, and was used for the authorization of "Walt Disney" brand goods.
November 1, 1953: The Living Desert, the first film released by Buena Vista Distribution Company, a subsidiary of Disney, came out.
1954-1-27: The TV program "Disneyland" was broadcast on ABC. And this one-hour program every week has been broadcast for 29 seasons under 6 names.
July 17, 1955: Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California! Walt Disney Productions invested $5,, and owned 34.5% of the shares of Disneyland, Inc. (the company that owns Disneyland).
October 3, 1955: The TV program Mickey Mouse Club premiered in ABC.
1957-6-19: Walt Disney productions, Inc. (Walt Disney productions co., ltd.) purchased an additional 31.% of the shares of Disneyland Co., Ltd. for $528,81.
196s
Speaking of the 196s, we think of the saddest thing-the death of Mr. Walt Disney! However, there are also some good achievements of Disney in this era, such as "Happy Man" won the highest honor in Disney movies and so on.
July-June, 196: Walt Disney productions, Inc. (Walt Disney productions co., ltd.) purchased an additional 34.5% of the shares of Disneyland Co., Ltd. for $7.5 million.
August 27, 1964: Mary Poppins
February 3, 1965: Walt Disney Productions bought WED Enterprises from Mr. Walt Disney for about $4 million.
December 15, 1966: Mr. Walt Disney passed away.
October 18th, 1967: jungle book
June 25th, 1969: Walt Disney Educational Materials Co. was founded.
197s
The 197s was particularly bleak because of the death of Mr. Walt Disney, but the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida added a heavy stroke to the company's history!
October 1, 1971: The Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World was opened.
1971-12–2: Roy O. Disney (Walt Disney's brother, one of the founders of Disney Company) died.
1977-3-11: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The 198s
The arrival of Mr. p>Michael D. Eisner and Mr. Frank G. Wells made the 198s the era of the rise of Disney Company. In this decade, new businesses such as Disney Channel and Disney stores were started!
July-August, 1981: Walt Disney Productions acquired Retlaw Company with 888,461 shares of common stock valued at US$ 4.62 million, thus obtaining the rights of Walt Disney's name, portrait and so on, as well as the Stream Train and Monorail systems of Disneyland.
October 1, 1982: EPCOT Center opened in Walt Disney World, Florida.
1983-4-1: Walt Disney Pictures was established and was responsible for the development, production and marketing of all live-action movies and commercial TV programs as an independent entity.
April 15, 1983: Tokyo Disneyland opened in the suburb 6 miles from downtown Tokyo, which is Disney's first theme park outside the United States.
April 18th, 1983: The Disney Channel (cable channel) was officially launched.
1984-3-9: Touchstone Pictures Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney Company, premiered its first film, the mermaid.
June-August, 1984: MM Acquisition Corporation announced its intention to (maliciously) acquire and split Walt Disney Productions at a price of $67.5 per Disney common stock.
September 22, 1984: Michael Eisner and Frank Wells (Frank? Wells) took office, respectively, as the Chairman and President of Walt Disney Productions (then the name of Walt Disney Company).
1986-2-6: Walt Disney Productions officially changed its name to the Walt Disney company (twdc)
1987-3-28: The first Disney store opened in Glendale Galleria, California.
November 25, 1987: "Three Men and a Baby" premiered, which was Disney's first movie with a box office of over 1 million dollars in the United States.
January 21, 1988: Walt Disney Company acquired Wrather Corporation (which owns -Disneyland Hotel) with nearly $161 million in cash and $89 million in liabilities.
June 22, 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit premiered.
May-January, 1989: Disney-MGM Studios and Pleasure Island opened in Walt Disney World, Florida.
June 1, 1989: Typhoon Lagoon opened in Walt Disney World, Florida.
July 17, 1989: Splash Mountain opened in California disneyland.
1989-11-6: 17 million shares of EuroDisney S.C.A. (European Disney Universal Company), accounting for 51% of the total share capital, circulated in the European capital market at the price of FF72 per share, while Walt Disney Company, as the parent company of the company, held 49% of the shares.
1989-11-15: The Little Mermaid premiered and achieved great success, which ushered in the second golden age of Disney animation.