The History of Disney
With the debts incurred making Alice in Wonderland, the unexpected loss of rights to Oswald the Rabbit and the disappointing revenues from Fantasia, Disney’s passage is a bumpy one made of successes and failures. It is during the premiere of Snow White however, that Walt Disney understands for the first time what will turn out to be the true key to his success. He observes people in the audience crying when Snow White appears to die even though they know she is only sleeping. For the very first time, cartoons, which until now had only made people laugh, are able to evoke emotion in the hearts of their audiences for evermore.