Walt Disney was a visionary who created a company that is arguably the leader in the entertainment field today. But he had to take a lot of risks, and that didn't always sit well with his wife Lillian.
Walt wasn't just an evangelist for his big ideas, he was a backer. In 1934, when he set out to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, costs ran up to $250,000. While there were investors, the company still had trouble meeting the amount required to create the film, so Walt sold his car, mortgaged his house and borrowed against his life insurance to complete the film (which Hollywood reporters were calling "Disney's folly" before its release).
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Walt wasn't just an evangelist for his big ideas, he was a backer. In 1934, when he set out to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, costs ran up to $250,000. While there were investors, the company still had trouble meeting the amount required to create the film, so Walt sold his car, mortgaged his house and borrowed against his life insurance to complete the film (which Hollywood reporters were calling "Disney's folly" before its release).
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