Walt Disney Legacy Collection/Mickey Mouse: The Black & White Years/Booklet

The following is a near-accurate transcript of the booklet included with Mickey Mouse: The Black & White Years. Although some of the information in this article will for the most part be identical to what the booklet could look like in print, not every part of it can be found here and it is not up to the content programmer to author those parts.

Foreword
Written by David Gerstein

Overview
"I hope that we never lose sight of one thing; that it was all started by a mouse." - Walt Disney

For 90 years, Mickey Mouse has taken the world by storm - literally. It comes as no surprise that he's the most recognizable figure around, edging out the President of the United States and jolly old St. Nick for that title. Whenever you've been at a Disney park or seen someone wearing a T-shirt with a specific character on it, you've seen Mickey.

On this multi-disc set, we'll be taking a look at the films that started it all for the lovable rodent - 74 short cartoons released during the early years of animation, from his unsuccessful and successful debuts in 1928 to the end of his black-and-white career in 1935, when he graduated to full-blown streamlined Technicolor.

Shorts

 * 1928: Plane Crazy, The Gallopin' Gaucho, Steamboat Willie
 * 1929:
 * 1930: