Disney’s animation studio was able to continue cranking out the less expensive black-and-white Mickey Mouse adventures without a single dip in popularity. Mickey didn’t make the conversion to ...

Along with The Complete Goofy, the second wave of Walt Disney Treasures includes Mickey Mouse In Black & White, which collects all of the Mickey Mouse shorts from 1928's landmark "Steamboat Willie ...

Two of the most sought-after characters in film and television are set to enter the public domain on Jan. 1, which will allow creators to use the original versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse to ...

He charmed moviegoers with his black-and-white antics and high-pitched squeak, all backed by innovative new sound technology. The best-known Mickey Mouse film from those days is “Steamboat ...

According to a 1948 essay penned by Walt Disney, the creation of Mickey Mouse began on a 1928 train ride from Manhattan ... Crazy," he was missing his iconic white gloves and oversized shoes.

A dark screen appeared with the title “Plane Crazy” in white letters. The audience met a black mouse as he attempted ... marked the beginning of Mickey Mouse — and the end of a frantic ...

The final short included a special appearance by the early version of Mickey Mouse from the 1928 black-and-white cartoon, "Steamboat Willie." Later in the Inside the Magic article, under a header ...

Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain ... the copyright on Steamboat Willie – a short, black-and-white 1928 animation that first introduced audiences ...