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Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. [2] It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Animation Studios and was released by Pat Powers, under the name of Celebrity Productions. [3]
In 1928, Powers sold Walt Disney the Powers Cinephone so that Disney could make sound cartoons such as Mickey Mouse's Steamboat Willie (1928). [12] Unable to find a distributor for the sound cartoons, Disney began releasing his cartoons through Powers' company Celebrity Productions (also known as Celebrity Pictures).
Disney used Pat Powers' Cinephone system, created by Powers using Lee De Forest's Phonofilm system without giving De Forest any credit. Steamboat Willie premiered at New York's 79th Street Theatre, and played ahead of the independent film Gang War. Steamboat Willie was an immediate hit while Gang War is all but forgotten today.
Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie" You may have heard that Mickey Mouse is public domain as of Jan. 1, 2024 — but what does all of that mean?. Not as much as you might be assuming. Only one ...
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).
The earliest known version of Disney’s iconic character entered the public domain on Jan. 1 — 95 years after appearing in the 1928 short film “Steamboat Willie.” Prepare for darker ...
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So Disney arranged a special preview screening with the music and sound effects being played live behind stage through a microphone. The Steamboat Willie test screening was a success and managed to gain a distributor, Celebrity Pictures chief Pat Powers. However, the first attempt to synchronize the sound with the animation was a disaster with ...