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| | Amazon.com: Video: The Hand Behind the Mouse - The Ub Iwerks Story (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | He left Disney in 1930 to start his own studio, but his cartoons failed to attract audiences. |
 | | The oversight is understandable, given that this documentary was done for the Disney studio, and is not likely to give competitors any free publicity. |
 | | As near as I can tell, "The Hand Behind the Mouse," which tells the story of Ub Iwerks, the animator who first drew Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney, is your ONLY chance to see "Steamboat Willie." Of course, that was the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon, which was added to the National Film Registry in 1998. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NZEK?v=glance (1993 words) |
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