Plane Crazy (1929)

the audience applauded

Excellent, a Must See

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

It was PLANE CRAZY, It was a silent film made several months before Steamboat Willie was made, They didn't release it before as they couldn't find a distributor because at the time Disney was poor as Oswald was owned by Universal until 2006. When they found a distributor for S.B. Willie (United Artists), they released Plane Crazy into theaters a few months after, But Steamboat Willie still wasn't the second, The Gallopin Gauncho was the second, for similar reasons and a similar fate the cartoon was released a few months after Steamboat. Steamboat Willie was the third. But however, Steamboat was Pete's First Appearance, as well as Clarabelle Cow (as Fob)MADDOX COX, OVER AND OUT!

After believing for years that Steamboat Willie was Mickey Mouse's debut,I was surprised to discover that Mickey had made his debut in a Silent cartoon which had sounded added a few months later,which led to me getting ready to take a plane ride with Mickey.The plot:Reading a book on how to fly,Mickey gets a group of farm yard animals to help him build a plane.Getting set for take off,Minnie walks pass the plane,which leads to Mickey grabbing Minnie and putting her in the plane.Looking forward to kissing Minnie as they fly in the sky,Mickey soon discovers that it is harder to fly than he expected.View on the film:Secretly made whilst co-director (along with Ub Iwerks-who drew 700 animation drawings a day for the film!) Walt Disney was still working for Universal,Disney and Iwerks display an amazing sense of daring energy in their animation style,with the directors brilliantly using first person shots to let the viewer see things from Mickey's pov.Keeping the story sweet and easy,Disney and Iwerks make the film fly by with charming visual gags from Mickey using the animals to keep his plane running,to Mickey trying to get Minnie to give him a saucy kiss.

Mickey Mouse is eager to learn to fly, so he builds a strange little airplane and takes Minnie along for a crazy ride. By the end, not unexpectedly, the plane is a wreck and Mickey is in the dog house with his sweetie.This is the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon, though in many ways the short film is very much unlike later Mickey films and was even quite a bit different than the second one (STEAMBOAT WILLIE). Unlike STEAMBOAT WILLIE, the animation quality is a tad crude and in its original form, PLANE CRAZY was a silent film. However, due to the popularity of STEAMBOAT WILLIE and its soundtrack with music and sound effects, Walt Disney decided in late 1928 to add a similar track to PLANE CRAZY. I am not even sure if the totally silent version still exists, but even if it doesn't, try watching the film with the sound turned all the way down to get the effect. You'll probably notice that it just isn't as cute or catchy as STEAMBOAT WILLIE, though you'll still probably see that compared to other cartoons of the 20s, it is still a tremendous film and still very watchable today.While some might poo-poo the film for its simple style, true fans of animation should see this landmark film--especially so they can see just how far the Mouse has come after all these years.

This short is the first one done and this is not the "gosh, aw shucks" mouse Disney so carefully protects today. Mickey early on was a bit of a cad and a rogue. Quite the smart aleck. Interesting glimpse at Mickey. This short holds up well after 70+ years and is well worth watching. Recommended.