12America Laughs!
Walt Disney the Tycoon
Steamboat Willie was not the first film of the new Mickey Mouse series. The first one was Plane Crazy. Following Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight, an enthusiastic Mickey decides to become a pilot; involves farm animals in the process; and even brings his fiancée, Minnie, with him into the sky; they crash but end up safe and sound. The film featured some impressive close-ups, although it did not surpass the quality level of the previous productions; in fact, it was based on the previous The Ocean Hop (1927) starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Mickey was no more charismatic than Oswald; he looked and behaved very much like him and, from a purely graphic viewpoint, neither character amounted to much.1 Disney ...
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