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Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland , Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), and March of the Wooden Soldiers (in the United States), a 73-minute abridged version.
The 22-year-old Kleinbach was so convincing in elderly makeup that he fooled movie producer Hal Roach, who hired Kleinbach to play Silas Barnaby, the villain in the Laurel and Hardy feature Babes in Toyland. [citation needed] In 1936, having until then been performing under his real name, he adopted the stage name of Henry Brandon.
For decades, "March of the Wooden Soldiers," a.k.a. "Babes in Toyland," has been a Thanksgiving tradition on WPIX TV. The movie turns 90 this year
He is best known for his roles in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby. Bolger was the host of The Ray Bolger Show on TV from 1953 to 1955, originally titled Where's Raymond?
A 1960 adaptation for television, produced by William Asher, featured Shirley Temple as the old gypsy Floretta, Angela Cartwright as Jane, Jonathan Winters as Barnaby, and Jerry Colonna, Joe Besser, and Carl Ballantine as his henchmen Gonzales, Roderigo, and Gonzorgo. It was shown as an episode of the anthology series The Shirley Temple Show.
The lone exceptions are Henry Brandon's "Barnaby" character (not named onscreen, but named as such in the script), [5] and the other three adults seen at the Cosmopolitan Opera House. Brandon's villainous Barnaby character was re-purposed from another Hal Roach production, Laurel and Hardy 's 1934 feature Babes in Toyland . [ 5 ]
Babes in Toyland is a 1961 American Christmas musical film directed by Jack Donohue and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It stars Ray Bolger as Barnaby, Tommy Sands as Tom Piper, Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary, and Ed Wynn as the Toymaker. [4] The film is based upon Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland.
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