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Article: 80 years ago, Mickey Mouse steamed onto entertainment scene.
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- Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
- Article date:
- November 20, 2008
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Eighty years ago, one of the world's most beloved stars was born as Mickey Mouse whistled his way onto the silver screen with the cinema debut of "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theater in New York.
That day, Nov. 18, 1928, is widely considered the iconic mouse's official birthday. But months before, Walt Disney had dreamt up the cartoon character and featured it in the short animated film "Plane Crazy."
"'Steamboat Willie' is the most famous of the early Mickey Mouse films because it has a soundtrack," Eric Smoodin, a professor of film studies at the University of California, Davis, told AFP.
"Mickey Mouse, within a year or two after ...