The Disney Museum You’ve Probably Never Heard Of But Need To Visit
Written By: Gail Clifford | Published By: Travel Awaits | November 12, 2021
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I’d never heard of the wonderful Walt Disney Family Museum located at San Francisco’s Presidio off the Main Parade Lawn until I was housesitting in the Bay Area and explored the Presidio.
Created by Walt’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller, and her son, Walter Elias Disney Miller, the tone for the visit was set in the awards lobby. It’s a celebration of his vision and his team’s implementation. Diane described this museum as Walt’s biography.
In The Beginning
Born in Chicago to Elias and Flora Disney on December 5, 1901, Walter Elias Disney spent his childhood on a family farm in Marceline, Missouri.
He ran off to join his brother, Roy, in WWI and learned how to make animated cartoons at his first job back in Kansas City, Missouri.
He formed his own studio and created “Alice’s Wonderland,” inspired by the Lewis Carroll story. Inspired, but not enough to save a struggling company.
In 1923, with his brother Roy’s encouragement, Walt left Kansas City and made a new start saying, “I think it’s important to have a good, hard failure when you’re young.”
The Move To Hollywood
Walt arrived in Hollywood with $40 and a cardboard suitcase. He sold his cartoon for “Alice’s Wonderland” to a distributor and filmed 56 Alice episodes.
Walt became interested in producing a fully animated picture and created a new character, a cartoon mouse. He pitched the idea to his wife, Lillian, with the name “Mortimer.” She thought the name was too stuffy and approved of “Mickey” instead.
Walt took inspiration from 1927’s The Jazz Singer, the first talking film, and decided to incorporate synchronized sound into a short, Steamboat Willie. It screened for 2 weeks in NYC and that’s all it took.
The public was sold on Mickey.
Gail Clifford
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