Talk No 2 (365 words)

A cinema reviewer is speaking about the king of animated cartoons, about the greatest dreamer of all times Walt Disney.

Today I am going to tell you about a world-famous producer, the creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White and Cinderella - about Walt Disney. He was always a man of dreams, fantasy and imagination.

Walt Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago. At the age of sixteen he volunteered as a driver with the American Red Cross. After the war he returned home to Chicago and settled in Kansas City where he found a job with a company producing cartoon advertisements.

In 1923, Walt Disney left Kansas City for Hollywood, a place where he had heard young film-makers could find financial backing for their projects. Disney boarded a train with $40 in his pocket. When a fellow traveler asked about his intentions, he said, "I am going to direct great Hollywood motion pictures." In 1928, Walt Disney produced a mouse character Mickey Mouse which was an overnight success and changed animation forever. As Mickey's creator Disney became a celebrity. In 1934, Disney decided to do something that nobody in Hollywood had ever done. He decided to make a full-length animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". In 1937, the first release of the film brought $8.5 million. In 1939, the production received a special Academy Award. In 1938, he received honorary degrees from both Harvard and Yale.

In 1952, he came up with an idea to build an amusement park, that would be entertaining for adults as well as for children.

Disney located the park 25 miles south of Los Angeles, California. The total cost was estimated at $5 million.

The amusement park was an instant success. Adventureland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland fascinated both children and adults. Walt Disney's magic kingdom Disneyland offered a unique fantasy adventure. People from all over the world including monarchs, presidents, prime ministers and many other very important persons flocked to Disneyland by the millions.

Walt Disney died in 1966 at the age of sixty-five. Today these parks bring nearly $1 billion to the United States each year. More and more innovations are installed each year because, as Walt Disney himself said "the park will never be completed - not as long as there is imagination left in the world!

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