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Steamboat Willie was an immediate hit, while Gang War has since been lost and all but forgotten today. A Colony theatre bill, from November 18, 1928, promoting Steamboat Willie in the second row. The success of Steamboat Willie not only led to international fame for Walt Disney but for Mickey as well. Variety (November 21, 1928) wrote:
Larry Stoops, better known as "Steamboat Willie" (born 1951), is a veteran musician of Dixieland, jazz, and ragtime music, specializing in the early twentieth century era of the genres. He and his band perform nightly at Musical Legends Park, in the French Quarter of New Orleans , at the Cafe Beignet.
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It uses the American public domain status of the short animated film Steamboat Willie, featuring the earliest version of Mickey Mouse. [2] The film was released via YouTube on January 1, 2024 and is credited as the first released film to have been derived from Steamboat Willie since the cartoon entered the public domain. [3]
"Steamboat Bill" is a 1910 song with music by the vaudeville group The Leighton Brothers and lyrics by Ren Shields. It became one of the first hit recordings in the United States through its 1911 recording by Arthur Collins , [ 1 ] mostly known as the music in Disney 's Steamboat Willie , the first released Mickey Mouse sound cartoon.
Now, get ready for “Steamboat Willie” horror films. The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Monday, and indie horror producers are wasting no time in capitalizing on it.
“Screamboat,” a horror-comedy reimagining of Disney’s Steamboat Willie character that recently entered the public domain, has announced final additions to its cast ahead of a sales screening ...
Steamboat Bill was recorded by Arthur Collins in 1911 [7] and would go on to inspire Charles Reisner to write a movie for Buster Keaton titled Steamboat Bill, Jr., which released as a silent film in 1928. That same year, Walt Disney found inspiration in the movie and in the song to create the first synchronized cartoon with sound, Steamboat Willie.