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He's all heart. "expressing what we all like to think are the best traits of our humanity: sweet sentiment, unfeigned pleasure, saucy impudence." He has an "active, positive character" that can cheer a world of people up in even the worst of times. He's "respectable, gentle, responsible" and "moral". He would never set a "bad example by so much as flying off the handle in a situation where anybody but a saint would've blown his top." He is celebrating his 71th year in film this year of 1999 and has "earned a permanent place in history."
Mickey Mouse is an image that is hard to resist, even those that have never seen him in action find a certain attraction to him. In the 1950s, an man named Dr. Tom Dooley tried unsuccessfully, at first, to provide free medical care off the coast of south-east Asia. He was running a Red Cross hospital boat offering free care to the local people. Because of the very small response to his offering, he asked for permission from the Disney Company to put a picture of Mickey Mouse on his ship. After gaining permission and putting a big picture of Mickey Mouse on the side of his ship, all the kids started coming down to the ship for check-ups, and yet none of these kids had ever heard of Mickey Mouse.
Mickey Mouse SpeaksIn a 1978 interview about his role in the film Fantasia, Mickey Mouse commented, "There was no such thing as a stunt mouse in those days. I had to do it all myself - without wires" |
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A Word from Mr Walt DisneyWalt said around 1933Mickey Mouse speaks to that deathless, precious, ageless, absolutely primitive remnant of something in every world-racked human being. |
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Mickey MouseFirst screen appearance: Steamboat Willie Voices played by: Walt Disney (1928-1946), Jimmy "Mac" MacDonald (1946-1977), Wayne Allwine (1977-Present) Full Features: Fantasia(1940), Fun & Fancy Free(1947) |
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Family Information
Sweetheart(s): Minnie Mouse Pet(s): Pluto |
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