Plane Crazy (first released on May 15, 1928) is an animated cartoon, and is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released. A soundtrack by Carl W. Stalling was added to the cartoon on December 29, 1928.
The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were credited for assisting him; these two had already signed their...
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Plane Crazy (first released on May 15, 1928) is an animated cartoon, and is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released. A soundtrack by Carl W. Stalling was added to the cartoon on December 29, 1928.
The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were credited for assisting him; these two had already signed their contracts with Charles Mintz, but he was still in the process of forming his new studio and so for the time being they were still employed by Disney. This short would be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation.
The short was originally released under the name "Mickey Mouse In Plane Crazy" but when Walt Disney had a sound version copyrighted in 1930, he also shortened the name to "Plane Crazy".
Mickey was apparently trying to fly an airplane to imitate Charles Lindbergh. After building his own airplane, he asks Minnie to...
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