Burbank Studio
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Burbank Studio -With the profits from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Walt Disney was able to purchase land and build a whole new studio devoted to the production of his films. Differing from the concrete and asphalt of many movie studios, the Disney Studio had green lawns, trees, and flowers, a spacious commissary, a gymnasium, a baseball field, and other amenities to provide an attractive and inspiring workplace for the artists. While the initial buildings were state-of-the-art for animation production, there was enough land when the company decided to expand into live action production to build sound stages, backlot sets, and other support facilities. The Studio on Buena Vista Street has remained the Disney company's corporate headquarters from 1940 to the present.