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Genres — Animation • Short • Comedy • Family • Musical Directed and Story by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks Produced by Roy O. Disney (co-producer), Walt Disney Starring by #WaltDisney Music by Wilfred Jackson, Bert Lewis Animation by Les Clark (inbetweener), Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Johnny Cannon Color process: Black and white Production company — Walt Disney Studio Distributed by Pat Powers (Celebrity Productions/Cinephone sound) 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. #MickeyMouse #SteamboatWillie #95thBirthday #95thAnniversary Steamboat Willie cartoon is notable for being both Mickey and Minnie’s official debut and also the start of a new era of American animated short subjects, having introduced synchronized sound editing to animated films. Release date: #November18th, 1928 (United States) (sound version) Awards — 1 win: 1998 Winner National Film Registry As a work published in 1928, the #cartoon will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024.
