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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Mickey Mouse's popularity spawned a Mickey Mouse Club in 1929 which met every Saturday for an afternoon of cartoons and games in local theaters.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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His fiery temper endeared him to audiences, and in the 1940s he surpassed Mickey Mouse in the number of cartoons reaching the theaters.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Thus, Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie, the world's first synchronized sound cartoon, which premiered at the Colony Theater in New York on November 18, 1928.
So, they made a third Mickey Mouse cartoon, this time with fully synchronized sound, and Steamboat Willie opened to rave reviews at the Colony Theater in New York November 18, 1928.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Disney's first rodent-related animated cartoon—featuring Mickey Mouse—was made in 1928: Steamboat Willie.
Mickey Mouse debuted on the big screen in 1928 in the first sound cartoon, “Steamboat Willie.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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The victory ruling now allows Hollywood studios to retain the copyrights of these vintage films and Mickey Mouse cartoons for twenty more years, until the piece of work reaches 95 years.
An expired copyright would mean that early Disney cartoons that had Mickey Mouse in them would be in the public domain, so you could (for example) freely trade or even sell tapes of Steamboat Willie - but only the program itself.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Mickey Mouse steps out of the cartoons and into the world of video games as he sets out on a fun filled adventure, exclusive to Nintendo GameCube.
I think the old Mickey Mouse cartoons are the funniest, and my favourite TV programme is Blue Peter.
I have tons of Mickey Mouse and Asterix cartoons by my bed.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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But industry leaders complained that they could lose billions of dollars if the creative works they own rights to, such as George Gershwin songs or Mickey Mouse cartoons, were opened to the public.
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