12-19-2009, 01:35 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Gerald McBoing-Boing
Directed by Robert Cannon
Story by Dr. Seuss (adapted by Phil Eastman and Bill Scott)
Produced by John Hubley (executive producer: Stephen Bosustow)
Released on January 25, 1951
Distributed by United Pictures of America via Columbia Pictures
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Gerald McBoing-Boing is the story of a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words.
The story, written by Dr. Seuss, had originally appeared on a children's record in 1950 (scored by Gail Kubik, issued by Capitol Records, and read by radio personality Harold Peary).
The winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Animated Short, this short film was also voted #9 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field (1994). And in 1995, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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