When Walt Disney announced his plans to create the first feature-length, traditionally animated motion picture, industry insiders called it “Walt’s Folly.” Nevertheless, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was truly the “Star Wars” of its day. During Walt Disney’s lifetime, he and his artists gave us a magnificent legacy of true family classics including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, and The Jungle Book, all of which will be examined in this chronicle.

