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Walt Before Mickey was made by Miamians, Armando Gutierrez and Arthur Bernstein, who bought the rights to the book "Walt Before Mickey" which has a written forward by Diane Disney. The movie stars Thomas Ian Nicholas as Walt Disney, Jon Heder as Roy Disney, Jodie Sweetin as Charlotte Disney, and David Henrie as Rudy Ising.

Walt Before Mickey is about Walt Disney’s early years. Written by Timothy Susanin and forward by Diane Disney Miller (Walt Disney’s Daughter)

For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main character--Mickey Mouse--an icon for generations.

But Steamboat Willie was neither Disney's first cartoon nor Mickey Mouse's first appearance. Prior to this groundbreaking achievement, Walt Disney worked in a variety of venues and studios, refining what would become known as the Disney style. In Walt before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928, Timothy Susanin creates a portrait of the artist from age seventeen to the cusp of his international renown.

After serving in the Red Cross in France after World War I, Walt Disney worked for advertising and commercial art in Kansas City. Walt used these experiences to create four studios--Kaycee Studios, Laugh-O-gram Films, Disney Brothers Studio, and Walt Disney Studio. Using company documents, private correspondence between Walt and his brother Roy, contemporary newspaper accounts, and new interviews with Disney's associates, Susanin traces Disney's path. The author shows Disney to be a complicated, resourceful man, especially during his early career. Walt before Mickey, a critical biography of a man at a crucial juncture, provides the "missing decade" that started Walt Disney's career and gave him the skills to become a name known worldwide.

This wonderful package includes a Walt Before Mickey signed Mini Poster by some of the cast and crew along with a framed signed picture of David Henrie as Rudy Ising. 

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