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Steamboat Willie (1928)

| Animation, Short, Comedy | 1 January 1929 (USA)
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Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

Directors:

Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney (uncredited)

Star:

Walt Disney
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Cast

Uncredited cast:
Walt Disney ... Mickey Mouse / Minnie Mouse / Peg-Leg Pete / 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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Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 1929 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Barco de vapor Willie See more »
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Box Office

Budget:

$4,986 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Cinephone

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Variety's review of "Steamboat Willie" read: "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 effects. The union brought laughs galore. Giggles came so fast at the Colony they were stumbling over each other." (Variety, November 21, 1928.) See more »

Goofs

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

Quotes

Parrot: Hope you don't feel hurt, big boy!
[laughs, Mickey harms the parrot in some way]
Parrot: Help! Help! Man overboard!
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Alternate Versions

Other deletions (especially for recent television showings) include Mickey pulling on a cat's tail. The full, original, uncut version has been released on DVD. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

Turkey in the Straw
(uncredited)
Traditional
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A New Era in Cartoon History
4 January 2001 | by laishers – See all my reviews

This era was not just the dawn of sound in cartoons, but of a cartoon character which would go down in history as the world's most famous mouse. Yes, Mickey makes his debut here, in this cheery tale of life on board a steamboat. The animation is good for it's time, and the plot - though a little simple - is quite jolly. A true classic, and if you ever manage to get it on video, you won't regret it.
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