The Evolution of Mickey Mouse
Sources:
- The Evolution of Mickey Mouse | The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Author is Nicole Hellmann
- Mickey Mouse | Cartoon, Creation, Disney, & Facts | Britannica
- Written and fact-checked by The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, 1927–1928
- Essay by Scott Brogan
1947-Now
1928
Mickey Mouse is Born
- First apeared in "Plane Crazy" (1928)
- Recieved signature shoes in "Galloping Gaucho" (1928)
- Famous since "Steamboat Willie" (1928)
- Impish nature
- Rubber Hose animation
- Much has changed with disney's star
- Disney once said; "It all started with a Mouse."
- Technically it began with a rabbit
- These pictures are of latest mickey models
- Steamboat Willie gone public domain
1929-1947
1927
Mickey Mouse evolves
- Mickey's gloves first appeared in "Opry House"
- Been kept since "When the Cat's Away"
- Developed "Pie cut-eyes",
- Did away with Rubber-Hose style in 1939
- Walt himself voiced Mickey in "Karnival Kid"
- Walt voiced Mickey till 1947
Oswald Incident
- Walt had successful show Alice's Wonderland
- Moved foreward to cartoon rabbit
- Oswald depbuted in "Trolley Troubles" (1927)
- Walt lost rights to universal
- Needed a new star