In case you dont already own all of the black-and-white Mickey Mouse shorts on the two Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets, you can get a glimpse of the early mouse on the new VINTAGE MICKEY compilation disc (Walt Disney Home Ent., $19.99), which streets July 12, 2005.
The mischievous Mickey appears in the following nine seminal shorts directed by Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Burt Gillett and David Hand:
* STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)* PLANE CRAZY (1928)* THE KARNIVAL KID (1929)* THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1931)* THE CASTAWAY (1931)* MICKEYS ORPHANS (1931, Oscar-nominated)* MICKEYS REVUE (1932)* BUILDING A BUILDING (1933, Oscar-nominated)* MICKEYS STEAM ROLLER (1934)
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