| In 1923, twenty-one-year-old Walt Disney
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| | again, Walt used his makeshift press pass
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| arrived in Los Angeles fresh from the
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| | to sneak into Universal Studios. This was
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| disappointment of his first cartoon
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| | exciting filmmaking! Men dressed like
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| studio going bankrupt in Kansas City. He
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| | cowboys pretending to shoot at each other
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| went to see his twenty-nine-year-old
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| | and falling over. And a castle. It
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| brother Roy in the Veteran's Hospital
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| | reminded him of Paris where he had driven
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| were he was recovering from tuberculosis.
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| | an ambulance for the Red Cross after
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| Roy, a former bank teller and navy man
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| | World War I. Curious, he walked over to
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| was concerned about his brother's
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| | question some workmen about the
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| skinniness. "Hey kid, haven't you been
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| | structure. It turned out they were
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| eating? I'm supposed to be the sick one.
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| | building the Court Of Miracles set for
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| So now that you're in L.A. what are you
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| | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, starring Lon
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| are going to do with yourself?" "I don't
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| | Chaney. Walt who remained star struck all
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| know. I've given up on animation. But
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| | his life, began looking around for the
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| I've got to get into show business
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| | famous actor who was known for playing
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| somehow. I'll think I'll try and become a
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| | characters who were deformed, sometimes
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| director."Walt who had filmed some
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| | armless and legless with incredible body
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| newsreel footage in Kansas City, printed
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| | contortions.Back in the twenties there
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| a business card stating he was a member
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| | was a saying, "If you see something
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| of the press, which he used to finagle
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| | unusual on the floor, don't step on it
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| his way onto studio lots. He had a
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| | might be Lon Chaney." Suddenly Walt felt
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| meeting with a secretary at Metro. "Yes,
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| | a tap on his shoulder. Sitting on a horse
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| I had my own studio in Kansas City, I
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| | behind him was the famous Austrian
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| made cartoons and live action films
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| | director Eric Von Stroheim, known as the
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| perhaps you heard of me?" "No I can't say
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| | man you love to hate. Completely bald
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| that I have. And we really have a lot of
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| | with a monocle, riding crop and thick
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| people coming here looking for work and
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| | boots, which early film directors working
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| no jobs." Metro was in a state of chaos,
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| | in the Hollywood hills wore to protect
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| Rudolph Valentino was demanding more
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| | from snakes, Von Stroheim made an
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| money and they had frozen his salary.
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| | imposing figure. "What are you doing
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| Because of the movie The Four Horseman Of
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| | here". Walt confessed he snuck in and
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| The Apocalypse (1921) Valentino was now
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| | asked if there was any work. But he was
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| an international star who was surviving
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| | talking to a man who used to twist the
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| by hunting rabbits in the Santa Monica
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| | arms of his leading ladies when he wanted
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| Mountains. Walt, who would later know
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| | them to cry in his films. "Get out now
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| great fame combined with money trouble
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| | and never come back." Years later, when
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| could have identified, but he had his own
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| | he had his own studio, Walt went out of
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| problems.Turned away at Metro Walt
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| | his way to give young people a chance to
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| decided to go to Charlie Chaplin's studio
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| | show what they could do.With no other
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| in Hollywood and ask the great star for
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| | prospects Walt decided to get back into
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| work personally. Chaplin had been Walt's
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| | animation but this time he would get some
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| hero, when Disney was thirteen he had won
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| | help. One night in 1923 he returned to
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| a two dollar prize imitating the tramp on
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| | the Veteran's Hospital where Roy was
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| stage, not an easy trick. One time
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| | feeling better. Excitedly Walt told his
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| Charlie Chaplin had entered a similar
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| | brother about his plans awakening other
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| contest and lost.Walt waited all day on
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| | patients in the ward," But I can't do it
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| the sidewalk for Chaplin to come out but
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| | alone. I don't have your head for
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| he never did. Disney didn't know that
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| | numbers." "I don't know kid, cartoons
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| Chaplin buried himself in his work,
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| | that's risky. I was thinking about
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| afraid to go home where his 16 year old
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| | getting a safe job at a bank, getting
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| pregnant wife Lita and her mother were
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| | married. I mean I think your talented
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| filling his mansion with unwanted
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| | but. . ." "Ah come on Roy, forget about a
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| relatives, turning the Beverly Hills
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| | job. We'll work for ourselves. This is
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| estate into the 1923 version of the Jerry
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| | better than a job, we can do this thing."
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| Springer show. Or that the liberal
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| | "I don't know. . ." "Ah please." Walt
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| Chaplin was infuriating his United Artist
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| | would not take no for an answer. Roy
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| partner the conservative Mary Pickford by
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| | finally agreed to the new venture when
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| taking forever to finish his films,
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| | one of the soldiers in a nearby bed sat
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| sometimes emerging from his editing room
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| | up and said, "Roy will you go with him
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| with a long beard looking like Robinson
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| | already so we can get some sleep!
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| Crusoe. Walt had his own concerns.Once
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