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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. is a 1953 American musical fantasy film about a boy who dreams himself into a fantasy world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher enslaving children to practice piano forever.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
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- Family, Fantasy, Music
- Roy Rowland
- 1953-07-01
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.
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Young Bart Collins (Tommy Rettig) lives with his widowed mother Heloise (Mary Healy). The bane of Bart's existence are the hated piano lessons he endures under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried). Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's influence, and gripes to plumber August Zabladowski (Peter Lind Hayes...
Peter Lind Hayes as August ZabladowskiMary Healy as Heloise CollinsHans Conried as Dr. TerwillikerTommy Rettig as Bart CollinsIn the wake of the success of Gerald McBoing-Boing, Geisel submitted a live-action storyline for The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. in 1951. Geisel followed it up with a 1200-page script, with "themes of world dominance and oppression coming out of World War II." Geisel relocated from La Jolla, California, to Los Angeles during filming to "enable him to b...
The score was composed by Frederick Hollander with lyrics by Dr. Seuss. It earned a 1953 Academy Award nomination for "Best Scoring of a Musical Picture". The singing voice of Tommy Rettig was dubbed by Tony Butala, the founder of The Lettermen. Musical numbers 1.Opening Credits / Butterfly Ballet — Dream Sequence 2.Ten Happy Fingers 3.Piano Concer...
At the Hollywood premiere, patrons walked out after 15 minutes, and box-office receipts were disappointing. At the time it was released, the film received negative reviews from critics. Bosley Crowther called the film "strange and confused" and said: Geisel regarded the film as a "debaculous fiasco" and omitted mention of it in his official biograp...
The music that was composed for the film, including material that was not used in the extant copies of the film itself, was released as a set of 3 CDs in 2010. In 2007, a soundtrack CD (ACMEM126CD) was released by Él Records in association with Cherry Red Records.
Mar 22, 2002 · Writer: Allan Scott, Dr Seuss. Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig, John Heasley. Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical. Length: 88 minutes. Original: 1953. Cinema: 29...
Bart has only one enemy in the world: his piano teacher Dr. Terwilliker, who has a mad plan to force 500 youngsters to practice at his magnificent piano 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bart's the only hope to save these kids from being enslaved.
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. is a 1953 American musical fantasy film about a boy who dreams himself into a fantasy world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher enslaving children to practice piano forever.
