Steamboat Willie facts
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November 18 is Micky Mouse's birthday. Steamboat Willie was released in 1928 and is considered by Disney to be his official birthday.
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Steamboat Willie might be public domain - and Disney threatened to sue a student confirming so.
What year did steamboat willie come out?
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The Fleischer brothers released sound cartoons before Disney's 'Steamboat Willie.'
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Steamboat Willie wasn't Mickey Mouse his first appearance. His first short was Plane Crazy, a 1928 silent film that failed to find a distributor after a test screening. When later that year Steamboat Willie turned out a succes they added music to Plane Crazy and released it in 1929.
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Paul Terry released the talkie cartoon 'Dinner Time' on Oct 14, 1928, a month before Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie", which got all the credit
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In Saving Private Ryan, the captured German Soldier from the Radio Tower scene is named Steamboat Willie
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The copyrights to Micky Mouse and Steamboat Willie will expire in less than five years, meaning the character will fall into the public domain instead of Disney ownership.
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"Steamboat Willie" - the debut cartoon of Mickey Mouse - premiered as the short shown before a film called "Gang War," a love story about the turf war between two "ruthless gangs."
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Steamboat Willie" was NOT the first Mickey cartoon. "Plane Crazy" was. It was animated in complete secrecy by Ub Ewerks
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The animated short "Plane Crazy" was the first film with Mickey Mouse, not "Steamboat Willie."
