Editing Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) (section)

== Background ==
[[File:Disney studios Burbank aerial view.JPG|400px|thumb|The Walt Disney Studios in an aerial photo from 1999]]
Prior to the official opening of the [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] lot in 1940, the Walt Disney Studios was situated at several different locations in Los Angeles. During summer 1923, [[Walt Disney]] created "The Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio" in his uncle Robert Disney's garage, which was located at 4406 Kingswell Avenue, in the [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]] neighborhood of Los Angeles (just east of Hollywood). This garage has been on display at the Stanley Ranch Museum in Garden Grove since the 1980s, several blocks away from Disneyland.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Garden Grove Historical Society|url=https://ggcity.org/HistoricalSociety|website=City of Garden Grove|access-date=August 7, 2015}}</ref> His brother [[Roy O. Disney]] was also in Los Angeles at the time. In October 1923, the brothers leased office space on the rear side of a real estate agency's office at 4651 Kingswell Avenue. On October 16, 1923, Walt Disney accepted an offer from [[Margaret Winkler]] of [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] to distribute the new [[Alice Comedies]] starring [[Virginia Davis]]. It was also at this site where on January 14, 1924, [[Walt Disney]] met his future wife [[Lillian Bounds]], an "ink and paint" girl whom he personally hired. In February 1924, the studio moved next door to an office of its own at 4649 Kingswell Avenue. The late Robert Disney's residence and the small office building that is home to 4649 and 4651 Kingswell Avenue have survived to the present and are still in use.

In 1925, [[Walt Disney]] placed a deposit on a new, considerably larger lot at 2719 Hyperion Avenue, and the studio moved there in January 1926. It was here where, after a train journey with his wife Lillian, Walt created the character of [[Mickey Mouse]] in 1928. Here, too, the first three-strip [[Technicolor]] animated film, the ''[[Silly Symphony]]'' ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', and the first animated cartoon using [[Multiplane camera|Disney's multiplane camera]], ''[[The Old Mill]]'', were created. In 1937, the Hyperion studio produced Disney's first full-length animated feature film, ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''. Disney's staff began to grow to a substantial size at the Hyperion Studio, and [[Disney Legends]] such as [[Disney's Nine Old Men]] began their careers there. The Hyperion studio site was sold in 1940 and divided between two different industrial manufacturers, and in 1966 a subsequent owner demolished what was left of the studio complex and replaced it with the supermarket and shopping center that stand there today. To honor the company's former headquarters from 1926 to 1940, the name 'Hyperion' has been reused over the years by the Walt Disney Company for multiple divisions and attractions, including [[Hachette Books|Hyperion Books]] and the [[Hyperion Theater]] at [[Disney California Adventure]]. The current management team consists of Susan Arnold (Chairwoman) Bob Iger
(CEO), John Nallen COO, Viet Dinh CLO, Tommy Lee CFO, at PBS (now part of Disney) Susan Arnold CFO, John Gelke VP Global Operations, J Young SVP Growth, Gerard Devan Group Executive APAC, Stephanie Gruber Group Executive Television, Christopher Greavu Vice President of Sales