THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T - Sponsored by Variety July 18, 2010

Sponsored by Variety: THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T, 1953, Columbia, 89 min. Dir. Roy Rowland. The only live-action film written by Dr. Seuss, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T is a riotous Technicolor fantasia about a young boy (Tommy Rettig) trying to escape the nefarious clutches of his mad music teacher Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried) – who is bent on capturing 500 boys and forcing them to play his evil concerto on the world’s largest piano!

Clip reel and PowerPoint presentation preceding the film and discussion in between films with art director John Muto.

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