The Archive · 1940

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A Financial Mouse Following the way, of all leneese would be the correct term—that lov Jcinema character Mickey Mouse has turned Wall Street for ce-operation, It was only expected that the ancial success of the bet known of all animated cinema cartoon chared Jers would eventually Jead in that direction ithe ambitious character of Mr. Walt Disney} atest "projects—one of which will be

jon a Shanhai Gis) woeke—neceesiates nonet land other productions are high up in the cal Jgories of expensive productions through many' months of work needed to produce th jand. the large' staffs employed "drawing animating them, Mr. Disney is reported to bit taken his company' into Wall Street where registration statement ted with the Socucit land. Exchange Commission seeks permission Jofter to, the public 160,000 shares of Dio preferred, breaking a tradition which Kept Janances and the business..within the privat resources of the producer. The new cobia! Ineeded largely to. cover the expense of Inow studio at Burbank, California, which hows [800 workers drawing and colouring the pilus to say nothing of the musie, composers worklg Jon the scores for Mr. Disney's characters, whi late becoming legend since he produced "ste= boat Willie," his first animated cartoon 12 yet Jago. Mickey Mouse and his cohorts may entertaining but they afe expensive and 3 [Disney has boldly entered high fnanee in ore ito maintain his screen pets. Incidentally, though there is a Disney water colour in New: York Metropolitan Museum and his de jstolement for a man who has brent lab ind created something which as cinema art lasts.

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