Synopsis
An animated tooth lectures children about a balanced dental hygiene program.
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Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Health: Dentistry
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A GREAT FILM!!! · Ja30fitz · 2005-07-24
How could ANYONE not like this film? It is hilarious! An animated tooth lecturing you on things to do to "help him stay strong"? How can that miss?!?! The tooth advocates eating hard foods, and assures children that exercise is enjoyable. When it comes to creepy, bizzare films from the 1930s, this is the #1 film to see! It is a classic and VERY funny!
★★★★ · Brusha brusha brusha · Spuzz · 2005-07-26
Very strangely primitive (ok, maybe it WAS 1939 but wouldnt they have learned anything?) film about how important it was to take care of your teeth, Narrated by a scary looking animated tooth, the film is essentially a telling of how to take care of your teeth. Er, especially when a large one is in your living room. Waiting for you to feed it. Shirley Temple look-alikes preferred please. Make sure you exercise them regularily (by chewing crunchy foods! Not soft ones!) and of course, make sure you brush. But, uh, couldnt they make brushing your teeth a LITTLE more fun, instead of the…
★ · Beyond dull... · Bunko · 2003-12-17
"Told By a Tooth" opens with a brief bit of amateurish animation (which smacks of early 30s Van Beuren Studios work) before plunging headlong into bland footage of bland children demonstrating proper dental hygiene. Like watching your Great Aunt's home movies. There is something unspeakably creepy, however, about the scenes of the little girl pouring milk and food into the giant model tooth as though they were offerings to some bizarre pagan idol.