And it was something new!” Despite its use of sound, Steamboat Willie was no talkie: Mickey speaks body language and music drives the plot. Oppressed by Captain Pete, Mickey’s emancipation ...

The best-known Mickey Mouse film from those days is “Steamboat Willie,” the seven-minute short that hit theaters in November of that year and kickstarted his international fame. But it wasn ...

The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely three days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from Steamboat Willie is already ...

A new Mickey-inspired horror game, showing the rodent covered with blood stains, also dropped on the same day. Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey ...

Disney's copyright to 'Steamboat Willie' expired Monday along with its right to the original versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. But it still holds copyrights for the later, more familiar ...

Clark has heard that people are wondering why there is a Mickey Mouse mural from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie on the side of the building. Credit: Submitted Photo Credit: Submitted ...

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It was the animation that launched the House of Mouse. Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, is widely seen as the moment that transformed ...

On Nov. 18, 1928, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks released the Walt Disney Company's first short film, "Steamboat Willie." ...