walt disney
Finally, Walt sold his camera. He paid some of his debts and bought
a train ticket to California. He wanted to get into the movie business.
Also, his brother Roy was there recovering in a veteran’s hospital.
In Los Angeles, he rented a room from
his uncle, Robert Disney, and began
looking for a job with a big motion
picture company.
All he took with him from
Kansas City were clothes and an
unfinished animated short film
called The Alice Comedies which
had been made at Laugh-O Gram.
He didn’t find one, so he rented an
old camera and built an animation
studio in his uncle’s garage.
Finally, he found a buyer for The
Alice Comedies renamed Alice in
Cartoonland. He rushed to tell Roy.
A man from New York
wants twelve Alice films,
and he’ll pay $1,500 a piece
for them! How about it Roy?
Will you go in on it
with me?