Gallopin' Gaucho (again silent, l928) sees Mickey in shoes for the first time and he kept them on for Steamboat Willie. The gloves came, I think, with either The Barn Dance (l928) or The Opry House (l929). read more
Black hands can sometimes become featureless blobs (as seen on the very left of the top image). With gloves, you can always clearly see what Mickey's doing with his hands. read more
The gloves came, I think, with either The Barn Dance (l928) or The Opry House (l929). As for the gloves, here's an explanation from Walt himself: 'We didn't want him to have mouse hands, because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave him gloves. Five Fingers looked like too much on such a little figure, so we took one away. read more