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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Does it matter if Mickey wascreated on a train or at an animator's desk?

Does it matter if Mickey was
created on a train or at an animator's desk?

Full Transcript

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Does it matter if Mickey was created on a train
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or at an animator's desk?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:09
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.
What matters is that hope-from-despair story - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:15
What matters is that hope-from-despair story
In so precarious a world of new possibilities - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
In so precarious a world of new possibilities
And those plans came very near spelling a major disaster for us. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
And those plans came very near spelling a major disaster for...
Mickey was not an overnight success. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Mickey was not an overnight success.
Walt had made two cartoons prior to Steamboat Willie, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:10
Walt had made two cartoons prior to Steamboat Willie,
Then came a very important breakthrough. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Then came a very important breakthrough.
In 1927, as sound came in, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
In 1927, as sound came in,
To launch our picture impressively, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
To launch our picture impressively,
The upshot was that I had to borrow on my automobile, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
The upshot was that I had to borrow on my automobile,
And everybody had to synchronize. Hit that thing right on the button. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
And everybody had to synchronize. Hit that thing right on th...
We had a little-- kind of a little beat that worked up and down. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
We had a little-- kind of a little beat that worked up and d...
They were all musicians working for me, so they could follow those beats, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
They were all musicians working for me, so they could follow...
And when it was finished, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
And when it was finished,
Finally, when all of those elements came together, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:10
Finally, when all of those elements came together,
It had to be this thing - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
It had to be this thing
It hit. It hit with a bang. It was a hell of a success. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
It hit. It hit with a bang. It was a hell of a success.
And nothing would ever be the same after that. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
And nothing would ever be the same after that.
With Steamboat Willie, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
With Steamboat Willie,
When this movie came out, there was nothing like this ever done. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
When this movie came out, there was nothing like this ever d...
And once in a while, in our lifetime, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
And once in a while, in our lifetime,