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These words are from the Academic Word List (AWL) sublists 1 & 2 contract   created   designed   distributor(x3)  major   text(x2)

Disney is by far the most famous animation studio in the world. How did it all start? The following information is from Disney History and explains how Disney lost his first (1)___________ character (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) and how this led to the development of Mickey Mouse. The (2)_____________ has been edited for this page. To read the original (3)______________ and for more Disney history, please visit: https://d23.com/disney-history/.

In 1927 Walt Disney decided to develop an all-cartoon series. To star in this new series, he (4)________________ a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Within a year, Walt made 26 of these Oswald cartoons, but when he tried to get some additional money from his distributor for a second year of the cartoons, he found out that the (5)_________________ had gone behind his back and signed up almost all of his animators. The (6)________________ intended to make the Oswald cartoons in his own studio for less money without Walt Disney. On rereading his (7)______________, Walt realized that he did not own the rights to Oswald—the (8)________________ did. It was a painful lesson for the young cartoon producer to learn. From then on, he saw to it that he owned everything that he made.

After the loss of Oswald, Walt had to come up with a new character, and that character was Mickey Mouse. With his chief animator, Ub Iwerks, Walt (9)________________ the famous mouse and gave him a personality that endeared him to all. Ub animated two Mickey Mouse cartoons, but Walt was unable to sell them because they were silent films, and sound was revolutionizing the movie industry. So, they made a third Mickey Mouse cartoon, this time with fully synchronized sound, and Steamboat Willie opened to rave reviews at the Colony Theater in New York November 18, 1928. A cartoon star, Mickey Mouse, was born. The new character was immediately popular, and, a lengthy series of Mickey Mouse cartoons followed.

Source: https://d23.com/disney-history/
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