Throughout its history, Disney has won more than 100 Oscars. Find out which one was first!
Throughout its 100 years of history, the Disney has already won 150 Oscar statuettes, the main international cinema award. Between them, Walt Disney He personally received 26 of them, as reported by the official website of The Walt Disney Family Museum, being the biggest winner of the award, recognized for his achievement even in the Guinness World Records, the book of records.
But, although Mickey Mouse has an impressive number of the much-dreamed-of statuette, have you ever wondered which production was responsible for giving the studio its first Oscar? RECREIO tells you!
The first Oscar
Many people might imagine that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, Disney’s first feature film, was responsible for their first Oscar — but they couldn’t be more wrong.
The studio’s first statuette came in 1932, five years before the release of the story of Snow White, in the fifth edition of the award. In this ocasion, Walt received two nominations in the “Best Cartoon Short” category, which made its debut at the ceremony, with the shorts “Mickey’s Orphans” and “Flowers and Trees”.
Competing against “It’s Got Me Again”, by Leon Schlesinger“Flowers and Trees” ended up being the big winner of the night, as it was the first animated film to be produced in Technicolor technology, marking the first victory for The Walt Disney Company at the Oscars.
In addition to taking the statuette home, Disney also played another important role in the night. This is because, to mark the debut of the “Best Cartoon Short” category, the Academy asked Walt create a special short film for the ceremony, which was titled “Parade of the Award Nominees”.
The short, produced by Walt Disney alongside his team, he presented caricatures of the night’s nominees from all categories in a parade, where they were led by Mickey Mouse. The production was also responsible for marking the first time that the world’s most famous mouse was animated entirely in color.
Special prize
But the big night of Walt Disney It didn’t stop there! In addition to winning the statuette for “Flowers and Trees”, the filmmaker was also honored by the Academy with a Special Award, also known as an Honorary Oscar, given to great achievements in cinema that did not fit into established categories.
In this ocasion, Disney received the honor for creating Mickey Mouse, recognized as one of the most important animated characters ever created in history.
Source: Recreio
