Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Black and White

Starring:Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Director: Ub Iwerks
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

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In these cartoons released between 1928 and 1935, Walt Disney created one of the icons of 20th-century culture. Disney's reputation was built on these early shorts, and the films shimmer with the energy of the young artists exploring the new medium of the sound cartoon. Watching the films in chronological order enables the viewer to see the remarkable progress Walt and his crew made in animation, storytelling, and acting in just seven years. The rambunctious, rubbery Mickey of "Plane Crazy" and "Steamboat Willie" quickly developed into the polished charmer of "Gulliver Mickey" and "Mickey's Orphans." More than 70 years after his debut, the black and white Mickey still displays the appeal that made him so popular during the '30s, when A Mickey Mouse Cartoon appeared on theater marquees with the feature titles, and his fans included Franklin Roosevelt, Mary Pickford, George V of England, the Nizam of Hyderabad--and the more than one million children who joined the first Mickey Mouse Club.

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In these cartoons released between 1928 and 1935, Walt Disney created one of the icons of 20th-century culture. Disney's reputation was built on these early shorts, and the films shimmer with the energy of the young artists exploring the new medium of the sound cartoon. Watching the films in chronological order enables the viewer to see the remarkable progress Walt and his crew made in animation, storytelling, and acting in just seven years. The rambunctious, rubbery Mickey of "Plane Crazy" and "Steamboat Willie" quickly developed into the polished charmer of "Gulliver Mickey" and "Mickey's Orphans." More than 70 years after his debut, the black and white Mickey still displays the appeal that made him so popular during the '30s, when A Mickey Mouse Cartoon appeared on theater marquees with the feature titles, and his fans included Franklin Roosevelt, Mary Pickford, George V of England, the Nizam of Hyderabad--and the more than one million children who joined the first Mickey Mouse Club.

Description

Witness the birth of an American icon. This historic compilation chronicles Mickey Mouse's early career, from his landmark debut in 1928's "Steamboat Willie" to the last of his black-and-white shorts, "Mickey's Service Station," in 1935. Gain insights into Mickey's beginnings in new interviews with legendary Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. See the earliest visuals on record showing the creative birth of animation's most historically significant cartoon as well as the only black-and-white cartoon pencil footage known to exist. All of this and more is revealed in this homage to the mouse who captured the imagination of the world. Featuring exclusive introductions by film historian Leonard Maltin, this is a timeless collection from generations past for generations to come.

Customer Reviews:

Mickey Mouse - New, Crude and Black & White.......2007-01-14

The Walt Disney Treasures series presents these classics quite well. Follow the evolution of Mickey Mouse starting with this collection. Beware though, Mickey wasn't originally created as a "role-model" so this set wouldn't be good for children. This quality is good for a 75+ year old mouse and quite interesting.

The most importand of the disney dvd's.......2006-04-08

I finally got my hands on this dvd and all tha waiting was worth it! The first cartoons to use music and sounds in such variety, the first to introduce a real American middle class man of the time through a cartoon figure. All the way from the other side of the world I still enjoy it...Mickey's best shorts are here!

UNBELEIVABLE.......2005-11-04

The best of the B&W days otherwise known as Mickey's Golden Age. STEAMBOAT WILLIE, PLANE CRAZY, MICKEY'S SERVICE STATION. It's all there. Only one problem: they should have released B&W Volume 1 and Volume 2 with proper chronology in place.

Very minor.

Not PC? Who cares?.......2005-09-25

Pretty good stuff for classic animation fans. These cartoons are relatively plotless, but full of funny gags expounded on various situtations.

In particular, I enjoyed BLUE RHYTHM which has Mickey and crew rocking out (or perhaps "Jazzing out" is more time-appropriate) to the "St. Louis Blues." It's clear that Uncle Walt was a big jazz fan. The first three MM cartoons STEAMBOAT WILLIE, PLANE CRAZY (I like where Mickey tries to kiss Minnie and she resists on the plane-that sly dog!), and GALLOPING GAUCHO are real knee slappers, as are MICKEY'S REVUE, THE KARNIVAL KID, and THE CHAIN GANG.

Yeah, these toons have their moments of political incorrectness. BIG DEAL! The generation of SOUTH PARK, THE SIMPSONS, and LIQUID SWIM, (not even people familiar with TOM & JERRY or the LOONEY TUNES, in fact) et. al. will not be shocked, warped, or traumatized by anything here. Some animal cruelty (by a mouse, at that, but as in LOONEY TUNES it's too offbeat to take seriously as opposed to live-action) abound in Steamboat Willie, and gags involving outhouses, bodily functions, Minnnie's panties, cow udders, drunkenness, et cetera abound elsewhere, but who hasn't seen this kind of thing before? What child who has ever gone out to play isn't aware of such things?

To the crybaby sissy critics who feel that these cartoons are oh-so traumatic for the kiddies and (gasp) so terribly disgusting-go watch Barney and the New Zoo Revue with your raggedy ann dolls! Everyone else, get some cold drinks, put this in the DVD and have a REAL larf!

Disney Rarities.......2005-08-11

I love Mickey Mouse in Black and White DVD. I watch it all the time. If you love this item I have a suprise for you. On December 6th a new tresuare called Disney Rarities released among the fifth wave will be released. The new tresuare will contain at least a few of the seried before Mickey Mosue. This will not contain Oswald because the rights to Oswald belong to Universal. This will contain all the Laugh O Grams and the Laffets plus sopme Alice comedies. It will also contain Donald in Mathmagical Land.

Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two

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Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two
Starring: Mickey Mouse
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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Release Date: 2004-12-07

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By the time "The Barn Dance" (1928), the fourth Mickey Mouse short and the oldest film on this collection, was released, Mickey was well on his way to cartoon stardom. The viewer can see how quickly the Disney animators improved between "The Barn Dance" and "Mickey's Kangaroo" (1935, his last black-and-white film). The characters are so rubbery in "Barn Dance," that when Mickey steps on Minnie's foot, her leg stretches out on the floor. Mickey and Minnie look noticeably more solid by "Mickey's Mechanical Man" (1933). "Playful Pluto" (1934) offers the landmark sequence of Pluto trying to escape from sheet of fly paper: one of the first instances where an animated character actually seemed to think and react to his environment believably. But it's Pluto who gets the laughs--Mickey is already turning into the straight man he eventually became.

The Disney shorts also improved as films during this period. The direction becomes surer, with increasingly imaginative camerawork. If some cartoons look backward, recycling gags from "Steamboat Willie," "The Barnyard Concert" (1929) anticipates "The Band Concert" (1935). In both films, Mickey conducts a group of ragtag musicians in Zampa's "The Poet and the Peasant" Overture, and "Barnyard Concert" feels like a rough sketch for the brilliant "Band Concert," Mickey's first color short.

A few of these films include ethnic imagery that was considered good taste in the early '30s, but is no longer acceptable, as host Leonard Maltin cautions. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon

Description

In this final volume, the homage to Mickey's early career is completed with these shorts. From 1928's "The Barn Dance" to his very last black-and-white short, 1935's "Mickey's Kangaroo," his colorful antics in a black-and-white world propelled him to super-stardom. The Mickey craze touched everybody and everything. In this volume, hear Leonard Maltin and Disney Legend John Hench talk about Mickey's official birthday portraits. Visit an unbelievable collection of Mickey collectibles and rare artifacts. Enjoy period photos, publicity, and animation art from the archives. It's all here plus more in this celebration of the mouse who became a global icon.

Customer Reviews:

"From The Vault".......2007-05-29

Hi, I am here to talk to you about the "From The Vault" section, and to tell their reason for being there.

The Haunted House: When every thing goes black, Mickey says,"Mammy! Mammy!...Mammy!!!!"
The Moose Hunt:For 2 reasons:When Mickey Mouse tells Pluto to speak, he says"Mammy!", And, Pluto fakes his death.
The Delivery Boy:???? Nothing offended me!
The Grocery Boy:Again,????!!
Mickey in Arabia:A camel gets drunk off beer!
Mickey's Good Deed:Mickey takes toys to a poor family for Christmas, and he had a baloon of a black person with funky hair.
Mickey's Mellerdrammer:MAJOR sterotype alert! Blackface gags!
The Steeplechase:A hore gets drunk this time!
Shanghiaed:Pete chews tabacco and offers Mickey a "chew".
Mickey's Man FRiday:Cannibals!!

This was a great set, aside from the un-skippable intro to "From The Vault"!

Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two by .......2007-05-14

great item. thank you for the timely manner in which it was received

Classic Mickey Mouse.......2007-05-04

I got this at a bargin. I was so glad I got it! It has Mickey Mouse shorts from 1928 - 1935. The best one on the set was Mickey's Steam Roller. For Disney buffs, Mickey fans, or anyone loving Mickey Mouse,I highly recommend this.

Mickey Mouse in black & white vol.2.......2007-04-11

As someone who grew up on Disney and Mickey, I enjoyed this DVD immensely.

Disney Tresures Indeed.......2006-02-03

These old cartoon shorts are some of the best animation ever made, though they are not perfect. Sometimes Mickey is only the straight man for other, funnier characters, and sometimes these Disney cartoons lack the zaniness and the smart-aleck attitude that I love in the Warner Brothers cartoons, but they are still great, and they show the evolution of animation, and the evolution of Mickey. If you're a fan of Disney, then these are a must-have.

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