Steamboat Willie (1928)
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black-and-white by Disney Cartoons and was released by Pat Powers' Celebrity Productions. The cartoon is considered the official debut of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, although both appeared months earlier in a test screening of Plane Crazy and the then unreleased The Gallopin' Gaucho. Steamboat Willie is the third film in the Mickey Mouse series to have been produced, but it is the first to have been officially distributed, because Disney had seen The Jazz Singer (1927) and became determined to produce one of the first fully synchronized sound cartoons.
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Steamboat Willie streams free on CARTOON REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 7:41 of it.
What year is Steamboat Willie from?
Steamboat Willie dates from 1928, produced by Walt Disney Productions, part of the Mickey Mouse series.
Is Steamboat Willie in the public domain?
This copy is served from the Internet Archive, where it is held as public domain material. Theatrical shorts lapsed into the public domain in large numbers, which is why so much classic animation can be streamed freely and legally.