After losing the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,WaltandRoy Disneyfounded a new animation company in 1923.
Disney has released hundreds of films since their founding, many of which have become mainstays in popular culture.
Despite its financial success,Alice in Wonderlandhas all but vanished from the public mind.
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ThenThe Black Cauldronflopped, and it looked likeDisney animation wasn’t profitable anymore.
It was during this tumultuous time thatThe Great Mouse Detectivehit theatres, grossing$38 million.
Thus, without the movie whereVincent Pricevoices a megalomanic rat,the Disney Renaissance might not have happened.
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WithoutCinderella, there’s a strong chance Disney might have crumbled before it could rise to greatness.
The Black Cauldronbecameone of Disney’s biggest box-office bombsand made even less money thanThe Care Bears Movie.
Fortunately, Disney learned from its failure and re-structured how it produced future animated films during the Renaissance.
He had a hell of a time fulfilling that promise: authorP.
In the end,Disney overruled herand went ahead with the film.
Mary Poppinswowed audiences with itsgroundbreaking special effects and delightful characters.
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In 1985, Ron Clements proposed they hit it one more time, and production went ahead.
For example, every single bubble was hand drawn, which required Disney to outsource the work to China.
Finally,The Little Mermaidushered in the animation Renaissance of the 1990sand perhapsDisney’s most creative era.
Upon release,Beauty and the Beastbecamea juggernaut in popular culture.
Disney ignored these naysayers and pressed on, inspiring his animatorsby acting out the whole film for them.
Snow Whiteis automatically important to Disney’s history asthe one that started it all.
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Disney used the profits from the movie to build The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
However, these facts only scratch the surface ofSnow White’simpact on cinema.
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