After believing for years that Steamboat Willie was Mickey Mouse's debut,I was surprised to discover that Mickey had made his debut in a Silent cartoon which had sounded added a few months later,which led to me getting ready to take a plane ride with Mickey.
The plot:
Reading a book on how to fly,Mickey gets a group of farm yard animals to help him build a plane.Getting set for take off,Minnie walks pass the plane,which leads to Mickey grabbing Minnie and putting her in the plane.Looking forward to kissing Minnie as they fly in the sky,Mickey soon discovers that it is harder to fly than he expected.
View on the film:
Secretly made whilst co-director (along with Ub Iwerks-who drew 700 animation drawings a day for the film!) Walt Disney was still working for Universal,Disney and Iwerks display an amazing sense of daring energy in their animation style,with the directors brilliantly using first person shots to let the viewer see things from Mickey's pov.Keeping the story sweet and easy,Disney and Iwerks make the film fly by with charming visual gags from Mickey using the animals to keep his plane running,to Mickey trying to get Minnie to give him a saucy kiss.
The plot:
Reading a book on how to fly,Mickey gets a group of farm yard animals to help him build a plane.Getting set for take off,Minnie walks pass the plane,which leads to Mickey grabbing Minnie and putting her in the plane.Looking forward to kissing Minnie as they fly in the sky,Mickey soon discovers that it is harder to fly than he expected.
View on the film:
Secretly made whilst co-director (along with Ub Iwerks-who drew 700 animation drawings a day for the film!) Walt Disney was still working for Universal,Disney and Iwerks display an amazing sense of daring energy in their animation style,with the directors brilliantly using first person shots to let the viewer see things from Mickey's pov.Keeping the story sweet and easy,Disney and Iwerks make the film fly by with charming visual gags from Mickey using the animals to keep his plane running,to Mickey trying to get Minnie to give him a saucy kiss.