Walt Disney by Marie Hammondtree Chapter "Walt Creates a Mouse"

Disney created a lot of movies about a rabbit named Oswald.  He lost the rights to Oswald because he had not clearly read his contract.  So he started new movies about a mouse.  His wife said that Mortimer Mouse was not good and suggested Mickey Mouse.

This is the first Mickey Mouse movie.
"Plane Crazy" 1928 Sound Cartoon

2nd Mickey Mouse Movie
On the 3rd Mickey Mouse movie they had developed a way to have the sound on the film.  It took a lot of work to get the recording just right so it wouldn't blow the tubes on the sound, but they finally created Steamboat Willie.


Later Disney made the Three Little Pigs.  It was his first cartoon to have color.


Then he made a cartoon, The Old Mill, that used a new technique to make it look more 3 dimensional.  He won an academy award for the film.


For making Snow White, he was given a special Oscar with 7 little Oscars, one for each of the 7 Dwarfs.