Disney and his brother Roy pooled their money and moved to Hollywood to create the Disney Brother's Studio. (“Walt Disney”) Previously, Disney had created a cartoon in Kansas City about a little girl in a cartoon world, called Alice's Wonderland. The team decided to use it as a "pilot" film to sell a series of these "Alice comedies". On October 16, 1923, a New York distributor, MJ Winker, contacted Walt to distribute the "Alice Comedies". After that day, the Disney Company began something magical and very successful. Originally known as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio because Walt and Roy were equal partners, the company's name later changed to Walt Disney Studio, at Roy's request. ("A Walt Disney Story