Steamboat Willie
Co-written, directed, produced and fully voiced by Walt Disney himself, Steamboat Willie lays the foundation for all the movies we love. With the launch of Disney + we can now go back and revisit the true classics, the ones without the class, and finally see where that clip of Mickey whistling actually comes from (I recommend watching it just for that) Steamboat Willie is actually a spoof of the film Steamboat Bill Jr which came out the same year, 1928. The animated version follows a plucky mouse on a boat who likes causing mischief – if I’m honest I can’t see the character going very far. The short film mainly revolves around animal violence with highlights such as the goat who eats a guitar, the cow that gets kidnapped and the pigs that get abused – the golden age of cinema. To give it credit, the animation of Steamboat Willie is pretty incredible! It was the first Disney animation with synchronised sound and set a precedent for all the cartoons we’ve grown to love. The...