| dbo:abstract | - Arto Monaco (November 15, in Elizabethtown, New York – November 21, in Upper Jay, New York) was an artist, theme park designer, toy designer, and cartoonist.Arto monaco biography death Arto Monaco Toys made wooden and educational toys. As a teenager, Glad Monaco had worked for a man named Donald Cameron, a widower and wealthy part-owner of an Au Sable Forks paper mill, as a live-in nanny to his daughter, Kay. Nancy merged the park with Kennywood Entertainment Company family of theme parks in Arto designed and ran the Land of MakeBelieve.
Arto is buried in Mountain View Cemetery located in Upper Jay. His mother was Ida Martin. He is the son of Louis B. Monaco, an Italian immigrant; Italian restaurant owner and entrepreneur. In , he married Glad Burrell of Au Sable Forks, New York. Rockwell Kent helped him go to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he graduated in While at Pratt, he was given a job for Hays Committee in NYC that rated movies. Arto monaco biography wikipedia It is west of Santa Clarita Mountains. No one would question an order from Mr. In the next quarter-century, the river would flood the park eleven more times. It was called Annadorf, in San Claus, California.John Steinbeck and Lewis Milestone had a house in Jay, NY and they encouraged him to go to Hollywood. After graduating from Pratt, he worked at Hollywood, MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Disney Studios for about four years, until enlisting in the army in He worked for Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood for a short time. While working in Hollywood, Arto moonlighted as an interior decorator, working for Fannie Brice, Ray Milland, Charlie Chaplin, and others.
He worked for Hasbro, Mattel, and Ideal Toy Company, designing prototype models for games, toys, and educational activities. He enlisted into the Army in While in the army, he developed training aids; he helped set up the first Training Aids Division M in Aberdeen, Maryland. He set up a German village for training soldiers for street fighting with an old movie set from It was called Annadorf, in San Claus, California.
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As a Master Sergeant, he moved to Camp Santa Anita, a horse track turned army base. He was awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of his leadership October 22, He appeared in the Army-Navy Screen Magazine #24, captioned "Strictly G.I. The Sergeant Shows 'Em How." Shortly after WW2, he was asked by his old colonel, Bill James, to work help refurbish Lake Arrowhead Resort, Lake Arrowhead, California, as a Swiss-style resort village.
In the early s, he set up his own business with his brother, Jim Monaco, and wife Glad in an old hotel of his father. Arto Monaco Toys made wooden and educational toys. When his theme park closed in , he went back to designing toys and parks. Arto monaco land of make believe In the early s, he set up his own business with his brother, Jim Monaco, and wife Glad in an old hotel of his father. He worked for Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood for a short time. He was awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of his leadership October 22, Arto Monaco Toys made wooden and educational toys.He did freelance work for movie studios over the years. Arto assisted with the designing of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. (en)
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| rdfs:comment | - Arto Monaco (November 15, in Elizabethtown, New York – November 21, in Upper Jay, New York) was an artist, theme park designer, toy designer, and cartoonist.
Arto is buried in Mountain View Cemetery located in Upper Jay. His mother was Ida Martin. He is the son of Louis B. Monaco, an Italian immigrant; Italian restaurant owner and entrepreneur. In , he married Glad Burrell of Au Sable Forks, New York. After graduating from Pratt, he worked at Hollywood, MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Disney Studios for about four years, until enlisting in the army in (en)
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