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Walt Disney: Animation
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After the war, Walt returned to Kansas City, where he began his career as an advertising cartoonist. Here, in 1920, he created and marketed his first original animated cartoons, and later perfected a new method for combining live action and animation.
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In his later years, Disney devoted substantial time towards funding The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). It was formed in 1961 through a merger of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute, which had helped in the training of the animation staff during the 1930s. When Disney died, one-fourth of his estate went towards CalArts, which helped in building its campus. In his will, Disney paved the way for creation of several charitable trusts which included one for the California Institute of the Arts and other for the Disney Foundation.[43] He ... donated 38 acres (0.059 sq mi/0.154 km²) of the Golden Oaks ranch in Valencia for the school to be built on. CalArts moved onto the Valencia campus in 1971.
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In 1922 Walt started making longer shorts based on well known fairy-tales like "Cinderella". In 1923 Walt ... started experimenting with shorts combining live-action and animation. Few of the shorts that Walt worked on during these years have survived but they were locally successful at the time and Walt was getting ambitious.
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For decades, Disney films dominated the animation industry. Known for quality and innovation, the Disney animation unit was revered and much copied. And Frank Thomas was one of the key individuals who spearheaded this quest for excellence.
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