''Tommy Tucker's Tooth'' is a live-action short film by
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
at his short-lived
Laugh-O-Grams
The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also called Laugh-O-Gram Studios) was a short-lived film studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri that operated from June 28, 1921 to November 20, 1923.
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studio in
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
from 1922.
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.
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Tommy Tucker's Tooth' a
The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
1920s Disney animated short films
1920s American animated films
Films about dentistry
Films directed by Walt Disney
Films produced by Walt Disney
1922 animated films
1922 films
Articles containing video clips
American black-and-white films
Laugh-O-Gram Studio films
1922 short films
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