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Auction History Result 5y1584 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T 8x10.25 still 1953 sexy blonde modeling Happy Fingers hat & shirt, rare! Date Sold 2/13/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, the classic 1953 Roy Rowland children's musical dark fantasy ("The First Wonderama"; "In color by Technicolor"; "The wonder musical of the future!"; "Plus a Hit Parade of Songs"; ; "Songs you'll never stop singing!"; "T for tremendous! T for terrifying! T for terpsichore! T for tickles! T for tootlers! T for tunes! T for terrific!"; T for entertainmenT [spelled backwards]; "Screen Play by Dr. Seuss and Allan Scott"; about a boy forced to take piano lessons from a strange teacher, and he dreams of a bizarre world where the teacher tortures his students; the movie is very dark, but it was originally even darker in that it had an elevator scene where an executioner-like masked man takes people down floor by floor to a dungeon, and he calls off the torture devices on each floor, and that sequence was shortened!) starring Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried (in the title role as Dr. Terwilliker), Tommy Rettig, and George Chakiris. Note that this movie soured Dr. Seuss on Hollywood and merchandising for many years until his death. The studio created a really cool special supplement to the pressbook (the supplement is quite rare!), which contains a massive section of tie-in promotional items, and that might have helped contribute to how Dr. Seuss felt about Hollywood (but I would give anything to have any original Happy Fingers beanie, or a hand puppet, or lollipop, or Hand-y Pants and Shirts, or scarves, or roller skates, or costume jewelry, or balloons, etc.; all these are real items that were advertised in the pressbook, but all of them are beyond rare and impossible to find!). Note that this movie was produced by Stanley Kramer. We did not know that until we saw a candid still with Kramer (we wonder why his connection to this movie never seems to get mentioned!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still shows a pretty blonde wearing not only the Happy Fingers hat, but also a really cool 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T shirt, which we have never seen before. The bottom of the still has all the regular information for the movie, so this IS a still for the movie, but yet, it appears to be advertising the merchandise that was available! Stranger yet, we would think that this merchandise was surely aimed at children, so why have a pretty blonde modeling it? If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. There is a crease in the bottom left, rectangular discoloration in the lower left, and some tears in the top border. There are a couple of stains next to the model's legs. But in spite of these defects, the still can certainly be displayed and enjoyed! Learn More about condition grades 
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