Today, the Walt Disney Company is worth about fifty-seven
thousand million dollars. It has come a long way since 1920s. At that time, Walt
Disney and his brother Toy (36) their first cartoon film,
"Steamboat Willie." Walt Disney’s cartoons were a (37) of
drawings on film. Each drawing is a little different from the one before it.
Each shows a tiny change in (38) . When we see a film of
handrawn cartoons, the cartoon people and animals (39) to
move. They speak with voices (40) by actors.
The public loved to watch the Disney (41) move and act.
Walt Disney, however, was not (42) with just making cartoons.
He wanted to do more. Later in life he opened that first Disneyland in
California. Walt Disney died in 1966. But his company continued.
For twenty important years, Michael Eisner (43) as top leader
of the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Eisner had joined it in 1984 as chairman and
chief executive officer. In the 1990s, the company grew into a total media
business. (44) . Michael Eisner and Pixar Animation Studios
agreed to make five animated movies. This produced the extremely popular film
"The Incredibles". (45) . Some shareholders in the company
blamed Mr. Eisner. Michael Eisner remained top leader of the company until 2O04.
(46) .