Researching early sound cartoons is fascinating. By studying these efforts, it becomes easier to see why Disney’s Steamboat Willie was such a sensation and how Mickey Mouse became a superstar. In ...

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Ub Iwerks published the first Color-Sound cartoon 84 years ago today, starring Flip the Frog. But chances are, you’re much more likely to know him for his other cartoon creation: Mickey Mouse. Walt ...

The dynamic Disney duo shares the same birthday because Nov. 18 marks the anniversary of when "Steamboat Willie" first showed at the Colony Theater on Broadway in New York in 1928. It is the very ...

On this day, August 16th in 1930, the world's first colour and sound cartoon titled 'Fiddlesticks was released. Here are a few things that you may not know about the animated short 'Fiddlesticks', ...

Animation has been a feature of the small screen for as long as television has existed. From the hand-drawn, black-and-white cartoons that first appeared on British and American networks in the 1930s, ...

In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, “Minnie the Moocher” and “The Old Man of the Mountain.” ...