Tommy Tucker's Tooth (1922)

Name: Tommy Tucker's Tooth
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Released: 1922-12-06

10m

Running Time

Plot.

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. The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCrum. It earned the Laugh-O-Gram studio $500.

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Cast & Crew.

Jack Records

Jimmie Jones

Ub Iwerks

Animation

Walt Disney

Producer / Director

Fred Harman

Animation

Details.

Release Date
December 6, 1922

Status
Released

Running Time
10m

Box Office
$500

Genres
Documentary Animation Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

health

health care

silent film

toothache

dental care

Wiki.

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. 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.