Steamboat Willie (1928). (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) Terrifier’s Art The Clown actor David Howard Thornton has turned an animated legend into a horror star in new film Screamboat.

Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse, is the star of a new horror trailer after becoming public domain Monday. A trailer for a slasher film "Mickey’s Mouse ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey ...

The "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse became public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. ... Disney's early Mickey Mouse, Picasso, Tolkien and more art now in the public domain ...

Now, people should still be able to do things like incorporate clips of Steamboat Willie in an art project, or maybe sell a T-shirt reproducing a frame from the movie.

David Howard Thornton, the actor best known as Art the Clown in the Terrifier films, will step into the shoes of Mickey Mouse in the forthcoming public domain horror movie Screamboat.From the ...

Now, people should still be able to do things like incorporate clips of Steamboat Willie in an art project, or maybe sell a T-shirt reproducing a frame from the movie.

The company even made Steamboat Willie available on YouTube for free back in 2009. "Here is the irony," McCleod says. "Steamboat Willie is based on a popular film at the time." Steamboat Bill, Jr. was ...

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

Steamboat Willie is a play on its name. "Mickey Mouse made an appearance in a film for the first time that very much relied on another copyrighted work that helped propel its popularity," McLeod ...

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.