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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
22 Jun 2026 Acquired The Walt Disney Company
“Again, I think the novelty of cartoons plus live animation, audiences are entertained for a few years.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 22 Jun 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
Transcript context
…The behemoth we know as Disney today is the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio and a whole bunch of Kansas City guys that moved out to join Walt to start cranking away. Yep. And the Alice Comedies become a moderate success in the marketplace. Again, I think the novelty of cartoons plus live animation, audiences are entertained for a few years. Ultimately, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio produces 57 of the Alice Comedies from 1923 to 1927. And then in 1927, Winkler's relatively new husband, Charles Mintz, who actually got to start working for her in the business—by this point, he has taken over as sort of head of the business—he is no longer getting along with Pat Sullivan, the creator of Felix the Cat. It's a big opportunity.…
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