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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

1953 film directed by Ward Kimball and Charles August Nichols
Movie animated_short_film Q1144768
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Summary

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: Ward Kimball[4], Charles August Nichols[5]
  • Screenwriter: Dick Huemer[6]
  • Composer: Sonny Burke[7], John Elliot[8], Charles Elliott[9]
  • Genre: documentary film[10], musical film[11]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[12]
  • Production company: The Walt Disney Company[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: November 10, 1953[17], 1955[18]
  • Voice actor: Bill Thompson[19], Thurl Ravenscroft[20], Loulie Jean Norman[21], Gloria Wood[22]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[23]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[24]
  • Title: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom[25]
  • Duration: 10 minutes[26]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[27]
  • Storyboard artist: Sylvia Holland[28]
  • P14449: 231327[29]

Why It Matters

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

The Walt Disney Company United States Walt Disney Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . disneyshorts.org. Retrieved . disneyshorts.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years: The 1940s - Part One (2016 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'diq', 'en', 'fr', 'gl', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru']
    Ampas collections film id → W080355
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 231327
    Producer → Walt Disney
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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