Steamboat Willie and included the songs "Steamboat Bill", a composition popularized by baritone Arthur Collins during the 1910s, and "Turkey in the Straw," a composition popularized within minstrelsy during the 19th century. The title of the film is a parody of the Buster Keaton film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928), itself a reference to the song by Collins. Walt Disney performed all of the voices in the film, although there is little intelligible dialogue. While the film has received some criticism, it has also received wide critical acclaim, not only for introducing one of the world's most popular cartoon characters, but for its
Once Upon a Mouse Once Upon a Mouse Once Upon a Mouse is a 1981 American theatrical featurette directed by Jerry Kramer and Gary Rocklen of Kramer/Rocklen Studios, produced in association with Walt Disney Productions. It was released on July 10, 1981 on a double bill with "The Fox and the Hound. A documentary featurette produced in celebration of the studio's 20th (now 24th) feature-length animated film "The Fox and the Hound" which highlights sixty years of Walt Disney's legacy beginning with "Steamboat Willie" in 1928 followed by a kaleidoscopic magic carpet ride through the world of Disney animation, including segments from hundreds of