Steamboat Bill, Jr. Bill, Jr." McQueen stands in Keaton's place as a house facade falls over him. This film was shot from multiple angles, and the scene repeats over and over again while McQueen stands seemingly unaffected. Steamboat Bill, Jr. Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the last product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and became the last picture Keaton made for United Artists. Keaton ended up moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he made one last film in his trademark
Steamboat Willie "Kingdom Hearts II" (2005), and "Epic Mickey" (2010). Furthermore, in "" (2012), a "Steamboat Willie" outfit can be obtained for Mickey. The fourth-season episode of "The Simpsons", "" features a short but nearly frame-for-frame parody of the opening scene of Steamboat Willie entitled "Steamboat Itchy". In the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan", set in 1944, a German POW tries to win the sympathy of his American captors by mentioning "Steamboat Willie", even mimicking the sound of the boat whistle from the film. The unnamed character appears in the credits as "Steamboat Willie". In the 2000 Mickey Mouse cartoon "April Fools'