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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: The Hyperion Studios, seen here in 1936, expanded as the studio's business grew. By 1939 it was too small to house the growing empire. The Melbourne Ave. apartment, first residence of the new couple, Walt and Lillian Disney. The Disneys built a spacious, new "Hansel and Gretel" cottage on Woking Way, overlooking the Hyperion Studios and lived there until 1949. (1954) and "Mickey Mouse Club" (1955) series were enormous successes, and led to the creation of his theme park, Disneyland (originally planned for a loca- tion near the Los Angeles river in Los Feliz). e stu- dio then began to produce hugely popular mixed life-action and animation films. "Mary Poppins" (1964) is considered to be his highest achievement in this genre. Over the next 30 years, the success of Disney full-length animated and standard features and theme park made the name a household word. By the time of his death in 1966, the avuncular All-American Walt Disney was an international icon. DH Donald Seligman is president of the Los Feliz Im- provement Association and author of e Illustrated Early History of Los Feliz (available at www.LFIA.org); Lynne Jewell chairs the Association's History Committee. BELOW: The Three Little Pigs was a smash hit in 1933 and funded the expansion of Disney's fledgling empire. Disney addresses in Los Feliz (all except Commonwealth Avenue apartment still remain) 1923: 4406 Kingswell Avenue 1923: 4409 Kingswell Avenue 1923-25: 4651 and 4649 Kingswell Avenue 1925-27: 4637 Kingswell Avenue 1927: 1307 Commonwealth Avenue 1927-33: 2495 Lyric Avenue 1933-49: 4053 Woking Way Copyright Disney Company® WINTER 2011 / DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD 19