Say this for Disney: It may have merchandised its animated characters into oblivion, but it's been extremely cautious with the films in which those characters appear. The Warner Brothers cartoon ...

Like Justin Timberlake and Brittney Spears after her, Annette Funicello rose to prominence as a singer and actress on the back of The Mickey Mouse Club in the late 1950’s. The Club’s daily television ...

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Those of my generation grew up in the sense the second of three waves in a long-held reign over animated filmmaking by Disney. The beloved and well-known classics like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and ...

Walt Disney seated with drawing board on his lap and representations of his creations Mickey and Minnie Mouse behind. October 1933. Walt Disney seated with drawing board on his lap and representations ...

Walt Disney gets all the credit for creating Mickey Mouse, but it was actually his best friend Ub Iwerks who first brought the iconic character to life in 1928. Kansas City takes a lot of pride in ...

This review originally ran March 19, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at SXSW. It is easy, perhaps, to take Mickey Mouse for granted, both as an icon and a character. His image, as ...

Mickey Mouse's creation was not as straightforward as popularly believed, as it involved previous characters like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and the Perform-O Toys' Micky. Walt Disney's initial sketch of ...