The Gallopin' Gaucho is a 1928 American animated short film and the second short film featuring Mickey Mouse to be produced, following Plane Crazy and preceding Steamboat Willie. The Disney studios completed the silent version in August 1928, but did not release it in order to work on Steamboat Willie. The Gallopin' Gaucho was released, with sound, after Steamboat Willie on December 30 of the same year.
The Gallopin' Gaucho
Title card of "The Gallopin' Gaucho".
Image: Mickey Mouse smoking in The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
Image: Mickey Mouse drinking beer in The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white gloves.
Al Jolson as a minstrel in The Jazz Singer (1927)
Walt Disney with a cutout of Mickey as he was drawn by the end of 1928
Mickey in Fantasia (1940)
Minnie and Mickey at Hong Kong Disneyland