KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 18, 1928. Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willy. It was the first cartoon to feature synchronized music, dialogue, and sound effects.

In May 1928, at a movie theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the crowd was treated to an unannounced preview of a new silent cartoon from a local studio. The viewers had no idea they were ...

The original design of Mickey Mouse from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie officially entered the public domain on January 1, triggering a flood of parodies and memes. Not to mention, a handful ...

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