BABES IN TOYLAND

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CREDITS

1934, 79 minutes, B&W.
Producer, Hal Roach; Directors, Gus Meins and Charles Rogers; Screenplay, Nick Grinde and Frank Butler; Cinematography, Art Lloyd and Francis Corby; Music Direction, Harry Jackson.

CAST

Stannie Dum, Stan Laurel; Ollie Dee, Oliver Hardy; Little Bo-Peep, Charlotte Henry; Tom-Tom, Felix Knight; Little Boy Blue, Johnny Downs, Curly Locks, Jean Darling; Mother Goose, Virginia Karns; Widow Peep, Florence Roberts; Little Miss Muffet, Alice Dahl; Silas Barnaby, Henry Brandon; Santa Claus, Ferdinand Munier; Simple Simon, Charles "Buddy" Rogers; The Toy Maker, William Burness; Tom Thumb, Sumner Gretchell; Old King Cole, Kewpie Morgan.

SONGS

Toyland; Don't Cry Bo-Peep; A Castle in Spain; I Can't Do the Sum; Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough; Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Ann Ronell and Frank Churchill; March of the Toys by Victor Herbert.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

". . .Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee [are] hapless employees of Toyland's toy factory who room in Old Mother Peep's shoe. Face with eviction by the evil Silas Barnaby, Mother Peep needs to raise her mortgage, but the boys' plan to get the money from the toymaker goes awry."
- Liner Notes from Image Entertainment Laserdisc

NOTES

"One of the few musicals intentionally aimed at children, Babes in Toyland was a 79-minute delight."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"It is amusing enough to entertain older persons who remember when they were young."
- Variety

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