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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
Alan and Jane arrive in Toyland, where they find Contrary Mary and Tom-Tom and seek protection from the Master Toymaker, an evil genius who plots with Barnaby to create toys that kill and maim. The demonically possessed dolls turn on the Toymaker, killing him, and Barnaby uses the information to have Alan sentenced to death.
Babes in Toyland, a television movie starring Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves, using only two songs from the Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland (1997 film) , an animated film featuring the voices of Christopher Plummer, Joey Ashton and Lacey Chabert, using only one musical number from the Victor Herbert operetta
He continued to star in several films, including Walt Disney's remake of Babes in Toyland (1961) and smaller cameos throughout the 1960s and 1970. Bolger made frequent guest appearances on television, including the episode "Rich Man, Poor Man" of the short-lived The Jean Arthur Show in 1966.
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.