Steamboat Willie
May 15 1928
•0h 8m
•Animation, Comedy
Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.
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Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse / Minnie Mouse / Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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