After losing control of his Oswald character, Walt Disney and his team brainstormed to come up with a new cartoon character: a mouse named Mickey. Watch a short clip about how Walt Disney and his ...

In May 1928, at a movie theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the crowd was treated to an unannounced preview of a new ...

A fitting tribute to Disney’s creation was provided by the celebrated illustrator Maurice Sendak, who described Mickey Mouse as “the emblem of happiness.” ...