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Steamboat Willie
, 1928
Steamboat Willie
, 1928
Steamboat Willie
(1928) was the first Mickey Mouse film to include sound.
The Walt Disney Company
Steamboat Willie
, 1928
See the opening scene of the Warner Brothers cartoon “Porky's Midnight Matinee”
Take a look at a video clip from Winsor McCay's “Gertie on Tour”
How Walt Disney became an American icon
How talkies replaced silent films
See J. Stuart Blackton's animated movie “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces”
Miyazaki Hayao: The Meaning of Colour
What does public domain mean?
Watch the Warner Brothers cartoon
Fresh Hare
, featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
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