Gerald McBoing-Boing

Name: Gerald McBoing-Boing
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1950-11-02
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Marvin Miller

6.6/ 10

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1950

Release Year

8 min

Runtime

Animation

Comedy

Overview

The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.

Keywords

staircase

autograph

father

celebrity

doctor

shaving

straight razor

scooter

running away

sound effect

teasing

short film

dialog in rhyme

Cast

Marvin Miller

Narrator (voice)

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 27, 2022

7/10

Told in rhyme, this tells the story of Gerald McCloy who cannot speak - he just makes noises - a train, a car, you name it. Doctors can't help and his poor parents are all but driven to distraction. He is excluded from school, his inability to speak robs him of friends and soon he has acquired the e…

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