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Mickey Mouse was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character that was originated by the Disney studio but owned at the time by Universal Pictures. [11] The first two Mickey Mouse films produced, silent versions of Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho, had failed to gain a distributor.
Steamboat Willie – November 18, Mickey Mouse's first released and first cartoon with synchronized sound, including speech, Walt Disney's first role as Mickey (although he speaks gibberish). Third cartoon to be produced. First Mickey Mouse short distributed by Celebrity Productions.
Mickey Mouse first appeared on May 15th in 1928 in the unfinished short "Plane Crazy." The character was officially unveiled to the public six months later in "Steamboat Willie," co-starring ...
[55] [56] Mickey's dog Pluto first appeared as Mickey's pet in The Moose Hunt (1931) after previously appearing as Minnie's dog "Rover" in The Picnic (1930). Wild Waves was the last Mickey Mouse cartoon to be animated by Ub Iwerks. [57] Iwerks left to start his own studio, bankrolled by Disney's then-distributor Pat Powers. Powers and Disney ...
The name "Mickey Mouse" was first used in the films' title sequences to refer specifically to the character, but was used from 1935 to 1953 to refer to the series itself, as in "Walt Disney presents a Mickey Mouse". In this sense "a Mickey Mouse" was a shortened form of "a Mickey Mouse sound cartoon" which was used in the earliest films.
Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie, which was an enormous success; Plane Crazy was officially released as a sound cartoon on March 17, 1929. [1] [2] It was the fourth Mickey film to be given a wide release after Steamboat Willie, The Gallopin' Gaucho and The Barn Dance (1929).
First Mickey cartoon in color. First color appearances of Goofy and Horace Horsecollar. Mickey Mouse: Mickey's Service Station: Ben Sharpsteen: March 16 "Mickey Mouse in Black and White" Final B&W appearances of Donald Duck, Goofy and Pete. Silly Symphonies: The Golden Touch: Walt Disney: March 22 "Silly Symphonies" "Timeless Tales, Volume ...
An issue concerning this cartoon is whether the title of the short is Fiddling Around, Fiddlin' Around or Just Mickey.Leonard Maltin writes that the cartoon was copyrighted as Fiddlin' Around, [4] and this was seen on the original theatrical poster, while Just Mickey is its common title and was shown on the recreated title card seen on the 2004 Walt Disney Treasures DVD release Mickey Mouse In ...