Mickey Mouse and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks again served as the head animator, assisted by Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Wilfred Jackson and Dick Lundy. This short was intended as a parody of Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill, Jr.", first released on May 12 of the same year. Although it was the third Mickey cartoon produced, it was the first to find a distributor, and thus is considered by The Disney Company as Mickey's debut. "Willie" featured changes to Mickey's appearance (in particular, simplifying his eyes to large dots) that established his look for later cartoons and in numerous Walt Disney films. The cartoon was
The Magical Music of Walt Disney The Magical Music of Walt Disney The Magical Music of Walt Disney is a 4-volume compilation album of Disney music and songs up through 1978, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Mickey Mouse. However, it did not put The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the records. 1. Mickey Mouse Revue 2. Steamboat Willie 3. Mickey's Early Years (1929 – 1934) 4. Maestro Mickey Conducts (1935 – 1942) 5. Three Little Pigs (1933) 1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 2. Fantasia (1940) 3. Pinocchio (1940) 1. Dumbo