We are two students currently in our last high school year and must present a personal project in order to obtain our diploma. We have been big fans of Disney since our childhood, and it was with pleasure and enthusiasm that we chose to research some of the films Walt Disney made in his lifetime: The Alice Comedies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Steamboat Willie, The Silly Symphonies, Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella and Mary Poppins.

The aim of our project is to try to understand why some films were better received than others and how Walt Disney managed to position himself in the movie market.

We would like to contact David Smith to ask him a few questions for our above.mentioned personal project. We are contacting you because we have seen that you have interviewed him. We would be very grateful if you could send us any information. This would help us a lot and your reply, for which we thank you in anticipation, is much appreciated.

We are looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Céline Maradan
&
Alison Durussel