

Gerald McBoing-Boing
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- English
- staircase
- autograph
- father
- celebrity
- doctor
- shaving
- straight razor
- scooter
- running away
- sound effect
- teasing
- short film
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical2 Nov 1950
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Gerald McBoing-Boing was released on 2 November 1950.
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1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/27/2022
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 eponymous moniker and become a lonely and sad young boy. He runs away and bumps into a man who owns a radio station, and …
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