Walt Disney's first Mickey Mouse film was called 'Plane Crazy.' It was a silent film shown to a test audience in 1928. But distributors weren't excited about it, so it wasn't released to the public.

Walt Disney's signature creation, Mickey Mouse, in his breakout 1928 cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie." (Photo: ©Walt Disney/Courtesy: Everett Collection) He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years ...

Whenever I visit the Elsinore Theatre, my imagination wanders to 1929. The palatial playhouse was still shiny and new, and a whistlin', toe-tappin' mouse had taken the entertainment world by the ears.

The penciled panels are crudely drawn but unmistakably Mickey. These earliest known storyboards of the iconic Mickey Mouse -- drawn in the summer of 1928 for the 1929 cartoon "Plane Crazy" -- will be ...

It was Dow who personally invited Salem boys and girls to become charter members of the Elsinore Mickey Mouse Club in a Dec. 19, 1929 advertisement in the Capital Journal. Admission was one penny, ...

This story was originally published Dec. 23, 2019. The next time you visit the Elsinore Theatre, let your imagination wander to 1929. The palatial playhouse was still shiny and new, and a whistlin', ...