Fresh
The film is an authentic children's entertainment and quite the merriest of its kind that Hollywood has turned loose on the nation's screens in a long time.
Andre Sennwald, New York Times
Babes in Toyland
1½ hours of hilarious laughter!
1934 · 1h 18m · Approved
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Gus Meins
,
Charley Rogers
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Babes in Toyland
Overview
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Director and cast
- Gus Meins Director
- Charley Rogers Director
- Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee
- Charlotte Henry as Little Bo-Peep
- Henry Brandon as Silas Barnaby
- Felix Knight as Tom-Tom Piper
- Florence Roberts as Mother Widow Peep
- Virginia Karns as Mother Goose
- William Burgess as The Toymaker
- Marie Wilson Cast
- Ferdinand Munier Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a kid's movie rife with all the Freudian squalor that Disney repressed.
Chicago Reader
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