After the success of Snow White, Walt built a new studio in Burbank and began working on Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi. These films were not as commercially successful as Snow White, but, over the years, have become timeless family classics. What distinguished Walt's cartoons from their predecessors, was his ability to breath life into his characters and give them distinct personalities. Anthropomorphism (attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects, or animals) was a key ingredient in Disney cartoons.
At the start of World War II, the Disney studio was commissioned by the State Department to make health films. The studio also continued to suffer from financial setbacks. To battle the rising costs of animation, Walt began to combine animation with live action. Transition films like Song of the South, and The Three Caballeros, led the way to Disney's highly lucrative venture into family friendly films based on classic tales like Treasure Island. Walt enlisted the......

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Title: Walt Disney
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