Clip of Mickey Mouse as he appeared in the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie.
So what does this mean exactly?
This is Mickey Mouse.
Clip of Mickey Mouse as he appeared in the 1928 cartoon “Steamboat Willie.” (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
This is exciting because it’s kind of symbolic, Jenkinssays.
I kind of feel like the pipe on the steamboat, like expelling smoke.
It’s so exciting.
Original poster of the 1928 cartoon, “Steamboat Willie.” Mickey Mouse’s first animated short. (Photo: Walt Disney viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Not the first animated cartoon to be synchronized with sound effects, but the first to attract favorable attention.
This one represents a high order of cartoon ingenuity, cleverly combined with sound effect.
The union brought forth laughs galore.
The character Pete (left) and Mickey Mouse (right) as they appear in “Steamboat Willie” from 1928. (Photo: The Walt Disney Company viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Original poster of the 1928 cartoon, Steamboat Willie.
Mickey Mouses first animated short.
A mouse-shaped diagram titled “Mickey Mouse: Trademark and Copyright Do and Don’t” by Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and Sean Dudley. (Photo:Jennifer Jenkins and Sean Dudley,CC BY 4.0)
