Disney turns 100, via its semi-eternal TV show
A century ago, a young artist was in deep money trouble. He would be there often.
Walt Disney was 21 when his Laugh-O-Gram Studio went bankrupt. He moved to Los Angeles, where his brother Roy – older (30) and wiser in the ways of money – lived. On Oct. 16, 1923, they officially created what was then called the Disney Brothers Studio. Now that’s being noted twice:
— On Sunday (Oct. 15), Kelly Ripa hosts a “Wonderful World of Disney” celebration, at 8 p.m. on Disney-owned ABC. It includes the 2021 film “Encanto” and a new cartoon, “Once Upon a Studio.”
— On Monday (the studio’s 100th anniversary), Disney+ debuts a restored version of the 1937 “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (shown here), the first feature-length, animated movie in full sound and color. Read more…