10 Landmark Movies That Were The First Of Their Kind
6. The First Mickey Mouse Cartoon - Plane Crazy
Most people that think they know much of anything about Mickey Mouse would probably offer up Steamboat Willie as the first cartoon ever to star the mouse since it was such a big hit and being one of the first sound sync cartoons gave it a significant place in film history. But they'd be wrong as the real first appearance of Mickey was in a 1927 cartoon called Plane Crazy, inspired by Charles Lindbergs famous solo flight across the Atlantic. The film was considered so uncommercial when it was created that it didnt even find a distributor - and neither in fact did the second one, The Galloping Gaucho. One of the most ridiculous things holding back Mickey Mouse at the time was a notion expressed by studio mogul Louis B. Mayer that women would be too scared if they saw a ten feet tall mouse on the screen. Its no wonder that the Disney Corporation doesnt do much to rectify the historical record and promote Plane Crazy. In this cartoon Mickey isnt so much a lovable scamp as he was meant to be in the cartoons as he is an insufferable asshole who forces Minnie Mouse to kiss him when their up in a plane and throws a horseshoe at her after she walks away from her among other things. While its been a long-running complaint that Mickeys a bit milquetoast, this probably isnt what the complainers wanted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZPzHg0h80
