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March of the Wooden Soldiers 
Actors : Richard Alexander, Frank Austin, Billy Bletcher, Henry Brandon, Baldwin Cooke
Director : Charley Rogers, Meins, Gus
Studio : PASSPORT VIDEO
by PASSPORT VIDEO
Release Date : 2003-12-09
Publisher : PASSPORT VIDEO
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0254930716962
UPC : 025493071696
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 89 reviews)
List Price : $9.98
Our Price : $4.39
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Also known as Babes In Toyland, this 1934 classic stars Laurel and Hardy as Stanley Dum and Ollie Dee, who do their bumbling best to help poor Little Bo Beep (Charlotte Henry who, a year earlier, played the title role in the all-star Alice in Wonderland) escape the evil clutches of Barnaby (a truly frightening Henry Brandon) and his band of Boogeymen. Also included is a special bonus: The rare 1921 silent short A Lucky Dog, which marked the very first joint appearance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy |
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Americancivilwar.com |
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The most lavish feature built around Laurel and Hardy, 1934's March of the Wooden Soldiers is also the most bizarre. Opening unpromisingly with one of several mawkish numbers derived from Victor Herbert's musical Babes in Toyland, the antics of toyshop laborers Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are worked into a scenario midway between Lewis Carroll and the Brothers Grimm. Nursery-rhyme characters come and go in a surreal fantasy, with the evil Mr. Barnaby threatening to evict Widow Peep from her shoe unless he receives her daughter Bo in marriage. The movie culminates in a full-scale invasion of Toyland by the yeti-ish Bogeymen and their defeat by the 100 six-foot wooden soldiers which Stan and Ollie have built by mistake. Henry Brandon gives a characterful performance, while 1930s child star Charlotte Henry is an appealing heroine. Directors Gus Meins and Charles R. Rogers milk the slapstick to an increasingly unnerving degree. Reputedly Hardy's favorite among the double act's features, March of the Wooden Soldiers emerges now as their most audacious screen appearance. --Richard Whitehouse |
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Christmas Classic |
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I remember watching this on TV as a child, and bought it to watch with my grandchildren - they loved it! Lauren & Hardy and other actors/comedians from the 1930's, 40's, and 50's should not be forgotten. |
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Not like I remembered it |
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The adults found it very boring and the children ages 8 and 10 said it was just ok |
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March of the Wooden Soldiers/Babes in Toyland |
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What can you say about this historic film...remember watching it when I was young during 50's in black and white...showed color version in VHS to my 2 children...I bought the DVD and showed it to them again this Christmas...some traditions never end...in color it is even better [colorized]!!! Originally titled as Babes in Toyland... |
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March of the Wooden Soldiers |
This year at Christmastime, my son asked me if I had remembered this film. I used to watch it as a child, and he had those memories also.
I bought the video for my grandsons to pass the tradition on. They thoroughly enjoyed this old classic. |
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Laurel & Hardy MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS |
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As a child I adored this movie, it has become an annual must see at our house. Lately I have been catching it on cable redone in color. I WAS SO PLEASED to find a DVD of it in it's original state of Black and White. It just isn't Christmas without this film for me. Thanks Americancivilwar.com |
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