Babes in Toyland (1934)

Directed by

Gordon Douglas, Charley Rogers, Gus Meins

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, buddy film, musical film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 159 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Laurel and Hardy are bumbling toy makers in the magical land of Toyland. They must stop a villainous miser from evicting innocent residents and ruining Christmas.

whimsicalplayfulcheerfulmusicalslapstickfantasticallightheartednostalgic

What happens

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. Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Gus Meins and Charles Rogers, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There are two computer-colorized versions between The Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1991 and Legend Films in 2006. Although the 1934 film makes use of many of the characters in the original play, as well as several of the songs, the plot is almost completely unlike that of the original stage production. In contrast to the stage version, the film's story takes place entirely in Toyland, which is inhabited by Mother Goose (Virginia Karns) and other well-known fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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