Hello,
> As many of you may know, there are dozens and dozens of biographies on 
> Walt Disney.
I have read Marc Eliot's, where he details the financial deals for 
producing Mickey Mouse films in the 30's, along with more information 
about Disney's first feature films. As far as it is noted in Eliot's 
book, Walt Disney never applied for any kind of private/foundation grant 
or government art funding for his  cartoon production in the 30s and 
40s. Can anyone confirm this? Was there any such funding available for 
producing cartoons at the time? Or were cartoon studios always obliged 
to find a funding strategy solely based on returns from 
sales/distribution/merchandising?

When I say government funding, I'm not asking about government 
commissions for cartoons for the American military, such as during WWII, 
but simply government money given to an artist so that they can use it 
to pursue their art freely.

> Thank you in advance for any more information.
>
> V. Britto
>
>

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