Steamboat Bill, Jr. 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 style, "The Cameraman", before his creative control was taken away by the studio. Charles Reisner directed the film, and the credited story writer was Carl Harbaugh, although Keaton wrote the script and publicly called
The Gallopin' Gaucho The Gallopin' Gaucho The Gallopin' Gaucho is the second short film featuring Mickey Mouse to be produced, following "Plane Crazy" and preceding "Steamboat Willie". The Disney studios completed the silent version in August 1928, but did not release it in order to work on "Steamboat Willie". It was released, with sound, after "Steamboat Willie". Both Mickey and Minnie Mouse had already made their debuts with the release of "Plane Crazy" on May 15, 1928. However that film had also failed to catch the attention of distributors when first produced as a silent film. "The Gallopin' Gaucho" was a second attempt