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Steamboat Willie (1928)

8 min  -  Animation | Family | Comedy  -   11 August 1930 (Sweden)
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Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

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Ub Iwerks, and 1 more credit »

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Walt Disney
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Cast

Uncredited cast:
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Mickey Mouse / Minnie Mouse / The Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
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Storyline

Mickey is piloting a steamboat when Captain Pete comes to the bridge and throws him off. They stop to pick up cargo. Minnie just misses the boat and Mickey uses the crane to grab her. She drops her sheet music of "Turkey in the Straw" and a goat eats it. With help from Mickey, she cranks the goat's tail, and it plays the tune. Mickey accompanies on percussion and by torturing various animals, until Pete comes down and puts a stop to it, putting Mickey to work peeling potatoes. While this is the first sound Mickey Mouse, there's no dialog. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Mouse | Goat | Steamboat | Captain | Sheet Music  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Musical | Short

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Sweden) See more »

Also Known As:

Barco de vapor Willie See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$4,986 (estimated)
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Walt Disney Productions See more »
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Sound Mix:

Cinephone

Color:

Black and White
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Trivia

One scene that was planned but never animated was at the loading dock. After Mickey loaded the cow onto the boat, he was to have loaded the sow and her piglets as well. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Mickey picks up the hammer with his tail, it jumps out into mid-air for a frame then goes back in. See more »

Connections

Spoofed in "The Simpsons: The Day the Violence Died (#7.18)" (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"Steamboat Bill"
(uncredited)
Music by Bert Leighton and Frank Leighton
Whistled by Mickey Mouse See more »