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Tommy Tucker's Tooth

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Tommy Tucker's Tooth
Directed byWalt Disney
Story byWalt Disney
Produced byWalt Disney
Animation byWalt Disney
Layouts byWalt Disney
Backgrounds byWalt Disney
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Release date
  • December 6, 1922 (1922-12-06)
Running time
10:34
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
Tommy Tucker's Tooth

Tommy Tucker's Tooth is a live-action short film by Walt Disney at his short-lived Laugh-O-Grams studio in Kansas City from 1922.[1] The format was black and white, and without sound.

The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCrum. It earned the Laugh-O-Gram studio $500. It extols the virtue of regular tooth brushing through the story of two boys: Tommy Tucker and Jimmie Jones. Tommy cares for his teeth, while Jimmie does not. The film ends with advice on proper tooth-brushing technique.

In 1926 Disney made the follow-up short Clara Cleans Her Teeth, starring Walt's niece Marjorie Sewell Davis, after being contacted by McCrum again, who asked for a sequel.

References

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  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
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