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Snow White and The Seven Dwarves
Disney released its first film, Snow White And The Seven Dwarves -
WWII
Disney released several movies during WWII such as Bambi, Dumbo, Pinnochio and Fantasia. -
Disney Land
Disney Land was opened to the public -
Death of Walt Disney and the Opening of Walt Disney World
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Theatrical Malaise
While Walt Disney Productions continued releasing family-friendly films throughout the 1970s, such as Escape to Witch Mountain and Freaky Friday, the films did not fare as well at the box office as earlier material. However, the animation studio saw success with Robin Hood, The Rescuers, and The Fox and the Hound. -
The Eisner Area
With the Sid Bass family purchase of 18.7 percent of Disney, Bass and the board brought in Michael Eisner from Paramount Pictures as CEO and Frank Wells from Warner Bros. as president. Eisner emphasized Touchstone Films with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1985) to start leading to increased output with Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Pretty Woman (1990) and additional hits. Eisner used expanding cable and home video markets to sign deals using Disney shows and films with