Laurel & Hardy: March of the Wooden Soldiers

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Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released on March 10, 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers (in the United States).

Based on Victor Herbert’s popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Charles Rogers and Gus Meins, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Originally filmed in black-and-white, there are also two computer colorized versions.[1]

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 characters.

Directed by Gus Meins
Charley Rogers
Produced by Hal Roach
Written by Frank Butler
Nick Grinde
based on the libretto by Glen MacDonough (operetta)
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Music by Victor Herbert (operetta)
Frank Churchill
Ann Ronell
Cinematography Francis Corby
Art Lloyd
Editing by Bert Jordan
William H. Terhune
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates March 10, 1934 (1934-03-10)
Running time 1 hour 17min
Country United States
Language English

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43 Replies to “Laurel & Hardy: March of the Wooden Soldiers”

  11. Please – what's the name of the tune that starts @ 0:55? It was the tune on the mobile I put above my baby's cradle and I fell in love with it. Thanks!
    I join other in subbing this channel. Great uploads!

  23. Loved it. When I was a kid the bogeymen scared hell out of me. Interesting that it was Stan Laural's changes in the movie that made it a classic. Hal Roach didn't like what he did at all but hey, it's stood the test of time for at least 5 generations now and as they say, the proof is in the pudding. Thank you so much for posting it.

  28. 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' was produced by Hal Roach and significantly altered from the 1903 operetta, 'Babes in Toyland'. Looking further into Mr. Roach, we learn that he, in 1937, conceived a joint business venture partnering with Vittorio Mussolini, son of the fascist leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini, to form a production company called R.A.M – Roach and Mussolini!This proposed venture with Mussolini, whose father, as we all know, was very friendly with Adolf Hitler, enraged Jewish-owned MGM. When MGM intervened, Roach was forced to pay his way out of the venture. This "embarrassment" led to the end of Roach's relationship with MGM.But in the final analysis, Hal Roach had the 'last laugh'. Although very few have ever picked up on the symbolism, Roach's goose-stepping wooden heroes stand tall as a classic "up-yours" to the powers-that-be who control Hollywood and Banking (Barnaby's mortgage business).
    And that's something that no can take away from the clever producer..

  29. Me and my dad always like to watch this movie at Thanksgiving. Neither of us know why it's a tradition, but when he was growing up in the 60's and 70's it was always played on Thanksgiving. Anyone know why?

  31. Memories of my childhood. I haven't watched this in a few decades. This was a tradition on the holidays. Thank you for having this available to watch.

  33. Its not the best version of babes in Toyland I've ever seen but its certainly not the worst either. Being a film from 1934 its ok for the times. I like the wooden soldiers how they used stop motion and people in costumes.

  37. Thank you for sharing this, as I cannot find it anywhere else, and I have loved watching this since I was knee high to a grasshopper, and it is never shown on tv.

  41. Penalty for theft: banishment to Bogeyland. Pig-napping: banishment to Bogeyland. Jaywalking: banishment to Bogeyland. Toyland is a very, very strict empire.

  42. No joke: The original ending was going to be Stannie and Ollie firing Barnaby out of a cannon and his body parts would spell out 'THE END', but since that would've been too macabre for a '30s movie, let alone one aimed at families, it ended with the cannon firing the darts into Ollie's end.

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