This book started off seeming like a biography about Walt Disney with new information. Thankfully I find biographies interesting. Then it went into unknown facts and info about movies he produced and his theme parks and other ventures. Unfortunately there were a lot of older movies and rides refe...
The flood of Mickey Mouse merchandise began a year after Mickey’s birth. In fall 1929, Walt Disney was in New York to meet with his film distributor, Pat Powers, and to handle some business matters. Walt stated: I made the first commercial [merchandising] deal. I was in New York and a fellow kept...