Plane Crazy

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Plane Crazy is a 1928 silent animated short film that marked one of Mickey Mouse’s earliest screen appearances and parodied Charles Lindbergh–style aviation feats.

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Plane Crazy canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
animated short film
black-and-white film
silent film
animationStudio Walt Disney Animation Studios
surface form: Walt Disney Studio
basedOn contemporary aviation events
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creativeDirector Walt Disney
director Ub Iwerks
Walt Disney
distributor Celebrity Productions
era silent film era
featuresCharacter Clarabelle Cow
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
featuresMedium hand-drawn animation
firstPublicScreeningType test screening
followedBy Steamboat Willie
The Gallopin' Gaucho
surface form: The Gallopin’ Gaucho
format black-and-white
franchise Mickey Mouse
hasColorProcess none (black-and-white)
hasGenre animated comedy
comedy film
hasTheme aviation
romantic comedy
leadAnimator Ub Iwerks
mainCharacter Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
musicBy Carl W. Stalling
notableFor early example of Disney animation
one of Mickey Mouse’s earliest screen appearances
originalLanguage Silent
parodies Charles Lindbergh
aviation feats
partOfSeries Mickey Mouse film series
producer Walt Disney
productionCompany Walt Disney Productions
surface form: Walt Disney Studio
releaseDate 1928-05-15
releaseYear 1928
runtimeMinutes 6
setting airplane
rural countryside
sound silent
storyBy Walt Disney
testScreeningLocation Los Angeles
theatricalReleaseDate 1929-03-17

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mickey Mouse firstAppearanceWork Plane Crazy
Steamboat Willie follows Plane Crazy