Fantasia (1940 film)
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Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sha
Theatrical release poster
Leopold Stokowski conducted the film's score.
Deems Taylor was the film's Master of Ceremonies, who introduced each segment in live-action interstitial scenes.
Disney acting out a scene in The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Taylor and Stokowski
Mickey Mouse
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Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime corporate icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company and a figurehead of American animation, Mickey is
Fantasia (1940 film)
…concept in 1938 as work neared completion on The Sorcerer's Apprentice, originally an elaborate Silly Symphony cartoon designed as a comeback role for Mickey Mouse, who had declined in popularity. As production costs surpassed what the short could earn, Disney decided to include it in a feature-length film of…
Walt Disney with a cutout of Mickey as he was drawn by the end of 1928
Poster of the 1933 short The Mad Doctor
In 1930's The Chain Gang, Mickey plays the role of a prisoner attempting to escape confinement. Morally-dubious roles such as this would quickly become impossible due to the character gaining an image as a role model for children.
Mickey in Fantasia (1940)