The mouse has created an empire

The most famous rodent in the world today full eight decades of existence. Created from some rats drawn on a photograph of Walt Disney, the story of Mickey Mouse is closely linked to growth and success of the company where he was born and which has become its largest and most valuable symbol. In 1928, Walt Disney was in a difficult situation. While working for Charles Mintz, asked for an increased budget for the animation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Besides viewing the application refused, he was told that they would cut the funding by 20 percent, reminding him that almost all his team had been recruited by Mintz and not having the copyright of the character. Disney rejected the proposal for Mintz and only agreed to end the first season of the series. It was during this period that Mickey saw the light of day. Ub Iwerks, one of the few who remained loyal to Disney, designed the character, without knowing who was the founder create the pillar on which the Disney empire would be to fly. They called him ... Mortimer Mouse. Fortunately, the wife of Disney convinced him to change the name to the more catchy Mickey Mouse. Ub Iwerks was, in fact, who drew Mickey, but it was Disney who gave him a personality and, until 1946, speech. According reads the story, would have been inspired in a mouse that had the pet to create your character. John Hench, who painted the official portraits of Mickey for his 25th, 50th and 60th anniversary, sees the projection of a Disney character. "Mickey was, finally, the alter-ego of Walt. As Mickey, Walt was optimistic - had much faith in itself and, of course, Mickey also had a lot of faith in himself - faced giant. Mickey seemed a real person." "The life and adventures of Mickey Mouse have been linked to my personal and professional life. It is understandable that I have a sentimental connection with the small character I played as large a role in the direction of the Disney productions and has been happily accepted as a friend fun, wherever films are projected around the world. He still speaks for me, and I speak for them, "he came to say Walt Disney. Beginning tied The first cartoon of Mickey is called Plane Crazy. The story was simple. Mickey wants to become an airplane pilot, builds a Minnie and calls for a spin. The rest you can see here next to (video). In the second film, The Gallopin 'Gaucho, is the first time John Breath-de-ounce, eternal enemy of Mickey and that would monitor all his life. However, despite the bet he made, Disney failed to find a distributor willing to bet on a mouse as animated figure for any of the films. This reduced interest would come to know a turnaround with the third movie, Steambot Willie, launched on November 18 of 1928, which was marked as the birthday of Mickey. Although not the first cartoon with sound, was the first to have the sound synchronized with the action of the movie. The use of the sound he made was one of the strengths for success and led Disney to do the same for the two previous films. This was the decisive leap to Mickey Mouse that, gradually, has become a world famous figure. The Feb. 16 of 1931, Time magazine said: "Great lover, scholar, soldier, sailor, singer, bullfighter, driver, jockey, boxer, pilot car, aviator, farmer. The Mickey Mouse live in a world where space, time and the laws of physics are null and void. He can go inside the mouth of a bull, pull their teeth and use them like castanets. He can lead a band or playing the violin solos, their ingenuity has no limits, he never failure. " Money-making machine It was in 1929, with The Kid Karnaval, which Mickey spoke their first words by the mouth of Disney - "Hot dogs, hot dogs!" and that same year, win their gloves, in The Opry House. Only ten years later again pointed out further changes to the physiognomy of Mickey, began Tuesday when pupils in the eye and body-shaped pear. The ears, they have become the synecdoche maximum, not only of Mickey, but the Disney company. Mickey Mouse went on to appear in everything: from diamond bracelets to small toys for a dollar. Only in 1933, sold 900,000 watches and ten million of Mickey ice cream and, in 1934, the Disney already earned more than 600,000 dollars a year in profits from movies and merchandise. Often described as a mixture of young Fred Astaire with Charlie Chaplin, Mickey survived the passage of time due to the work of Walt Disney that, despite the fantastic live, had their feet firmly on the ground. "We feel the public, especially children, like animals that are cute and small. I think we have a debt to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought a very small mouse that something would have to" want "from Chaplin -- a little friend trying to do the best we can. When people laugh is Mickey Mouse because he is so human, and that's the secret of his popularity. I just hope we do not lose sight of one thing - it all started with a mouse. "