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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - Centennial Collection Screening Series

All Stanley Kramer film screenings are presented courtesy of Karen Sharpe-Kramer, Katharine "Kat" Kramer and The Stanley Kramer Library. A portion of every ticket sold will go to support The Stanley Kramer Foundation.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) is a musical fantasy film, the one feature film written by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), who was responsible for the story, screenplay and lyrics. It was directed by Roy Rowland, with many takes directed, uncredited, by producer Stanley Kramer. It earned a 1953 Academy Award nomination for "Best Scoring of a Musical Picture".

The cast includes:

Tommy Rettig
Mary Healy
Hans Conried
Peter Lind Hayes

Filmed in 1952, before the transition to widescreen formats began, it was composed for the then-standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio (1.33:1, when televised) and photographed by the three-strip Technicolor process. It was re-released in 1958 under the title Crazy Music.

This is part of the Stanley Kramer Centennial Collection with special screenings of the following films: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T; The Wild One; High Noon; The Defiant Ones; On The Beach; The Men; Bless The Beasts and The Children; Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Members of the Wedding; Valentine's Weekend Encore Screening of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

These screenings provide a unique opportunity to purchase screenplays and one-of-a-kind framed posters and lobby cards - autographed by legendary director/producer Stanley Kramer.

Popcorn, candy and soft drinks available for small donation.

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