Top Ten facts
Walt Disney
8. Walt's signature
Walt Disney's signature, and Mickey Mouse weren't drawn or signed by Walt himself.
6. Mickey's name.
Mickey's name was originally, "Mortimer Mouse," but Mrs. Disney thought the name was pompous.
5. Snow White
Many of the insiders thought the film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was going to destroy the company, but of course, that speculation failed.
4. "MPAPAI"
Walt Disney was the founder of the "Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals" a defender of the film industry against communist ideas.
3. Walt's apartment
Walt's apartment where he often worked is still above the firehouse on Main Street.
2. Oswald the Rabbit
Oswald the Rabbit was Disney's first successful cartoon, but was sold to sportscaster Al Michaels.
1. Nobody including Walt Disney, is perfect.
Walt Disney is an innovative and successful man, but he too had faults just like everyone else. There was rumors that he had hosted a pro-Nazi propagandist and filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, and had given her a tour of Disney Studios.