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    Screamboat Willie? Mickey Mouse horror films lurk as cartoon enters public domain

    LOS ANGELES — Who's the newest horror star that's coming to the screen? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced since 1928's "Steamboat Willie" — which features the earliest version of the iconic character — entered the public domain. Disney's copyright ownership of the seminal short film, which marked the screen debuts of both Mickey and ...
    by Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times Jan 02, 2024 2 minutes
    The original 1928 script for Disney's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse, is displayed during a media tour of the Walt Disney Archives on June 20, 2023, at the Disney Studio lot, in Burbank, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Who's the newest horror star that's coming to the screen?

    M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

    At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced since 1928's "Steamboat Willie" — which features the earliest version of the iconic character — entered the public domain.

    Disney's copyright ownership of the seminal short film,. The classic cartoon stars the beloved mascot as the whistling, rascally pilot of a steamboat floating down a river.

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