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Midway through the production of 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Walt Disney was out of money. He asked his brother, Roy, to borrow more so that he could finish the film. Roy told Walt that he would need to show the work-in-progress Snow White to Bank of America executive Joseph Rosenberg, who was solely in charge of approving loans to movie studios. Walt said absolutely not. Roy insisted, telling Walt (something like) 'If you want Joe to give you more money to finish this thing, you need to show him what he's paying for.' Walt reluctantly agreed. He had workers at the studio work overtime to put the unfinished film together to show Joseph Rosenberg. 📽 Rosenberg met Walt on a Saturday at the Disney Studio. He and Walt were the only two in the projection room as the film started. Only a few of the scenes were complete, with pencil sketches and blank sequences everywhere. Walt had to explain what was happening to Rosenberg throughout the screening, even filling in the dialogue in certain scenes. Rosenberg didn't say much during the screening. Walt watched him, waiting for huge reactions from everything that he was seeing, but those big reactions never came. 👀 After the film ended, Walt walked Rosenberg to his car. They talked about all kinds of things that had nothing to do with the movie they had just watched. Walt was sweating as he watched the banker climb into his car and start the engine. "'Thanks - goodbye!' he said. Then he added: 'That thing is going to make a hatful of money.'" ❤🏰❤️ I love this story! Thank you so much for reading it! It's another one that can be found in a lot of books, on Wikipedia, YouTube, etc., but the first place I ever heard it was in Bob Thomas's book, "Walt Disney: An American Original". The quote at the end is from the book. I always say it, but if you don't have it, it's a great read and it's the Disney family preferred Walt biography. 🙂