Dr. Seuss
A wildly imaginative illustrator and author, Dr. Seuss is easily the most beloved figure in American children's literature. As a young man, he found success in advertising and eventually moved on to books, unveiling his kid-centric debut, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937. His 1940 story, the elephant-starring tale Horton Hatches the Egg, became a "Merrie Melodies" (Warner Bros., 1931-1969) animated short two years later, marking the first of many times that his work would get translated to the screen. After World War II, Seuss tackled kid-oriented fare with verve, even releasing two of his most famous books, The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! within months during 1957. The latter became a perennially popular 1966 animated TV special, and various Seuss adaptations followed, even as he continued to publish new stories. About a decade after Seuss' death in 1991, a number of big-budget feature-film versions of his books began to surface, leading to a revival of sorts, though his oddly clever narratives have never truly gone out of style.
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Dr. Seuss
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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10% |
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Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat | Writer | $100.4M | 2003 |
49% |
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Writer | $260.4M | 2000 |
100% |
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Producer | - | 1967 |
83% |
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. |
Screenwriter, Writer |
- | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Design for Death | Writer | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | Screenwriter | - | 1943 |