Walt Disney & The Grimm Brothe

Walt Disney and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Walt Disney and the Grimm Brothers used their talents, and, with help, became some of the most famous children’s literature writers and business owners of all time. Many children have read Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales and watched Walt Disney’s films and cartoons. The creators have used their tales, films, and cartoons not only during their lives, but even now.

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to a German-Irish-Canadian-American family who lived in Chicago, Illinois. He had three brothers and one sister. His mother was a German-American woman named Flora Call Disney. His father was an Irish-Canadian man named Elias Disney (Encarta Encyclopedia 2).

After a few years, Elias Disney moved his family to a farm near Marceline, Missouri. This was when Walt started taking an interest in drawing and developed a love for animals. He sold his first sketches to some of his neighbors when he was seven years old (Encarta Encyclopedia 2).

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in Hanau, Germany. Jacob was born on January 4, 1785 and Wilhelm on February 24, 1786. Their parents were Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and Dorothea Grimm. Philipp and Dorothea had nine children together. In 1971, the

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In fact, Walt Disney and the world’s first full-length animated musical feature, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” was a Grimm folktale. Walt helped his father’s newspaper distribution business by delivering newspapers. His entire ambulance was covered with cartoons that he had made. During this time, he worked on the school newspaper doing drawing and photography. Jacob started in 1802 and his brother Wilhelm followed in 1803. (Disney A to Z, 143)” The family moved back to Chicago where Disney would attend McKinley High School for one year. His brother Jacob died September 20, 1863, at the age of 78. “Walt attended Benton School, and occasionally surprised his teachers with his talent for drawing and acting. He also supervised the building of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, which opened on October 1, 1971. (The Brothers Grimm 21)

After his years at school, Walt Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Others were Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella. Five years later, in 1976, Philipp Wilhelm Grimm died at the age of 44. Two months after its opening, in December 1971, Roy Oliver Disney died.

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