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Director:
Robert Cannon
Writers:
Dr. Seuss (story)
Bill Scott (story) ...
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Release Date:
25 January 1951 (USA) more
Plot:
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. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
Bill Melendez: 1916-2008
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Gerald McBoing-Boing deserved its 1950 Oscar win more

Cast

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Marvin Miller ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
8 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/6 | USA:Approved (PCA #14315)

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Trivia:
In animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors, this cartoon was rated the ninth greatest cartoon of all time. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Powerpuff Girls: Get Back, Jojo (#4.3)" (2001) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Gerald McBoing-Boing deserved its 1950 Oscar win, 13 June 2007
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Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

If there's one cartoon that helped to put UPA on the map more than any other, It's Gerald McBoing-Boing. This tale of a little boy who only speaks in sound effects has kept its charm for the last 57 years. Besides the effects, loved the music, the abstract animation and backgrounds, the narration by Marvin Miller, pretty much everything. And it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short of 1950. Glad to have seen it on YouTube after reading about this Dr. Seuss story for so many years. And Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Bill Scott also contributed, how awesome! Hope to see the subsequent shorts made in the series, if not on YouTube, then maybe in a DVD collection. Now I guess I'll watch another UPA short there...

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