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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.
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 title character of Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, poems by Richard Braithwaite (1588–1673) the protagonist of the Alexandra Barnaby series of novels by Janet Evanovich (born 1943) Dr. Russell Barnaby, evil geneticist in Dead Rising, a 2006 video game; Silas Barnaby, in the 1934 film version of Babes in Toyland
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
Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. 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? [3]
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 ]
After escaping from Barnaby's stronghold, they return to the Toymaster. By now, Barnaby has ordered his trolls to attack Toyland, where they harass and capture residents. Lisa's newfound belief animates an army of life-sized toy soldiers created by the Toymaster, and they drive Barnaby into the Forest of the Night.
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.