Dr. Seuss

Writing

Dr. Seuss

Born — Died

1904-03-02 — 1991-09-24

Place of birth

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Acclaimed American writer born Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, titled "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberr…

Known for

Behind the camera

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! poster
7.5

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966

The Lorax poster
7.2

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about the environmental destruction caused by his greed.

The Lorax

1972

The Lorax poster
7.2

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about the environmental destruction caused by his greed.

The Lorax

1972

Rumors poster
7.1

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

Rumors

1943

Going Home poster
5.1

Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.

Going Home

1944

Snafuperman poster
6.6

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.

Snafuperman

1944

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. poster
6.2

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

1953

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat poster
6.2

The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

1982

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat poster
6.2

The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

1982

Pay Day poster
5.7

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

Pay Day

1944

Three Brothers poster
5.7

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities

Three Brothers

1944

Coming!! Snafu poster
6.4

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

Coming!! Snafu

1943

Gripes poster
6.9

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

Gripes

1943

Horton Hears a Who! poster
6.8

In this story, Horton discovers there is a microscopic community of intelligent beings called the Who's living on a plant that only he can hear. Recognising the dangers they face, he resolves to keep them safe. However, the other animals around him think Horton has gone crazy thinking that there are such beings.

Horton Hears a Who!

1970

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street poster
7.3

1944 animated short film by George Pal, based on the book by Dr. Seuss.

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

1944

Halloween Is Grinch Night poster
6.0

When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a'prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism (outhouse), when the wind blows him away to a confrontation with the gruesome Grinch. Eukariah decides that the Grinch must be stopped, so he faces his fears and confronts the Grinch and his spooks.

Halloween Is Grinch Night

1977

The Cat in the Hat poster
6.8

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

The Cat in the Hat

1971

The Cat in the Hat poster
6.8

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

The Cat in the Hat

1971

The Butter Battle Book poster
6.5

A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.

The Butter Battle Book

1989

Censored poster
6.6

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

Censored

1944

Hot Spot poster
6.2

As the Devil watches Pvt. Snafu and his unit stationed in Iran, he talks about the hazards of working in the heat.

Hot Spot

1945

Target Snafu poster
6.0

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to protect himself adequately against their onslaught.

Target Snafu

1944

Daisy-Head Mayzie poster
5.5

Daisy-Head Mayzie wakes up one morning to find a daisy has sprouted from the top of her head. Facing her classmates' taunts and her parents' dismay, Mayzie triumphs at last with the hard-won knowledge that love is more important than fame!

Daisy-Head Mayzie

1995

Spies poster
6.4

The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.

Spies

1943

Outpost poster
5.6

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers and reports evidence of the enemy's presence at his assigned area.

Outpost

1944

Dr. Seuss on the Loose poster
7.3

The pressure to conform, the inevitability of change, and the resistance to trying something new form the basis for the usual madcap adventures associated with the creative mind of Dr. Seuss. "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" builds upon three short stories - "The Sneetches," "The Zax" and "Green Eggs and Ham" - to create a thematic trio that explores the often fickle and flexible world of attitudes.

Dr. Seuss on the Loose

1973

Dr. Seuss on the Loose poster
7.3

The pressure to conform, the inevitability of change, and the resistance to trying something new form the basis for the usual madcap adventures associated with the creative mind of Dr. Seuss. "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" builds upon three short stories - "The Sneetches," "The Zax" and "Green Eggs and Ham" - to create a thematic trio that explores the often fickle and flexible world of attitudes.

Dr. Seuss on the Loose

1973

In the Aleutians poster
5.4

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

In the Aleutians

1945

There's a Wocket in My Pocket poster
NR

It features about the strange creatures that live in his house, such as the yeps on the steps, the nooth grush on his toothbrush, the wasket in his basket, the zamp in a lamp, the yottle in the bottle, and the Nureau in the bureau.

There's a Wocket in My Pocket

2024

Operation Snafu poster
5.8

Private Snafu steals secret Japanese war plans, is captured and tried. He escapes and rows out to sea.

Operation Snafu

1945

Dr. Seuss' The Zax poster
7.0

They are stubborn and arguable and have messy hair and hairy bodies. They live in the Prairie of Prax. Varieties of Zax include a North-Going Zax and a South-Going-Zax.

Dr. Seuss' The Zax

2020

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike poster
6.1

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

1944

Gas poster
5.7

Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.

Gas

1944

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? poster
7.8

A young man wishes he could get away and his wish is granted in a globetrotting, song singing way.

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

1980

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? poster
7.8

A young man wishes he could get away and his wish is granted in a globetrotting, song singing way.

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

1980

The Hoober-Bloob Highway poster
6.5

The Hoober-Bloob Highway is an animated musical special written by Dr. Seuss. Visit the magical island where Mr. Hoober-Bloob sends babies to Earth in his own musical way.

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

1975

The Hoober-Bloob Highway poster
6.5

The Hoober-Bloob Highway is an animated musical special written by Dr. Seuss. Visit the magical island where Mr. Hoober-Bloob sends babies to Earth in his own musical way.

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

1975

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins poster
6.5

Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

1943

The Infantry Blues poster
5.9

Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.

The Infantry Blues

1943

No artwork available
NR

U.S. Coast Guard training film about the adjustment from civilian life to military life. Anxiety, lack of privacy, homesickness, uncertainty, and worry are all addressed. Distributed by U. S. Navy Training Films.

The Inside Story

1944