The Walt Disney Archives staff says the inaugural Mickey Mouse Club meeting held Dec. 21, 1929 at the Elsinore Theatre is the earliest on record.

“Plane Crazy,” Disney’s first Mickey Mouse short, featured a hot-tempered Mickey humiliating and forcibly kissing his beloved Minnie Mouse.

“Plane Crazy,” Disney’s first Mickey Mouse short, featured a hot-tempered Mickey humiliating and forcibly kissing his beloved Minnie Mouse.

“Plane Crazy,” Disney’s first Mickey Mouse short, featured a hot-tempered Mickey humiliating and forcibly kissing his beloved Minnie Mouse.

Here’s what to know about the first-ever Mickey Mouse short, and why you’re probably not familiar with it. ‘Plane Crazy’ wasn’t an immediate success ...

He first appeared in “ Plane Crazy,” a silent short film that test-screened months before “Steamboat Willie” and portrays Mickey in a less-than-flattering light.

Here’s what to know about the first-ever Mickey Mouse short, and why you’re probably not familiar with it.