<P> Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks . It was produced in black - and - white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions . The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie , although both the characters appeared several months earlier in a test screening of Plane Crazy . Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey 's films to be produced , but was the first to be distributed because Walt Disney , having seen The Jazz Singer , had committed himself to producing the first fully synchronized sound cartoon . </P>
<P> Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks . It was produced in black - and - white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions . The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie , although both the characters appeared several months earlier in a test screening of Plane Crazy . Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey 's films to be produced , but was the first to be distributed because Walt Disney , having seen The Jazz Singer , had committed himself to producing the first fully synchronized sound cartoon . </P>
who pioneered animated movies with his short feature steamboat willie in 1928
who pioneered animated movies with his short feature steamboat willie in 1928
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