Babes in Toyland (1961)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 7
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This second film adaptation of the Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland was producer Walt Disney's Christmas offering for 1961. The 1903 Herbert original had very little in the way of a plot, so screenwriters Joe Rinaldi, Lowell S. Hawley, and Ward Kimball lifted elements from the 1934 filmization of Toyland, which starred Laurel and Hardy. Annette Funicello plays Mary Contrary, about to wed Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) in the heart of Mother Goose Village. The villainous Barnaby (Ray Bolger),
Dec 14, 1961 Limited
Sep 3, 2002
Buena Vista
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Cast
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Ray Bolger
Barnaby -
Tommy Sands
Tom Piper -
Annette Funicello
Mary Contrary -
Ed Wynn
Toymaker -
Tommy Kirk
Grumio -
Kevin Corcoran
Boy Blue -
Henry Calvin
Gonzorgo -
Gene Sheldon
Roderigo -
Mary McCarty
Mother Goose -
Ann Jillian
Bo Peep -
Brian Corcoran
Willie Winkie -
Marilee & Melanie Arnold
Twins -
Jerry Glenn
Simple Simon -
John Perri
Jack-be-Nimble -
David Pinson
Bobby Shaftoe -
Bryan Russell
The Little Boy -
James Martin
Jack
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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (7) | DVD (1)
a flat, stagy, artificially cheerful affair that falls far short of the memorably creepy Laurel and Hardy version of 1934.
Top CriticAn audience of preschoolers and kindergarteners should still appreciate this colorful Disney film, and curious parents might enjoy seeing certain actors at work.
Perhaps 105 minutes of this sugary concoction borders on punishment, but when the movie hits a creative groove the results are highly amusing, generating a heightened sense of theatrical entertainment with a definite Disney twist.
Disney's first live-action musical is the second, inferior version of Victor Herbert's operetta; the first, in 1934, stars Laurel and Hardy.
So-so 1961 Disney take with Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Ed Wynn.
Where are Laurel and Hardy when you need them?
A disgrace to the memory of Laurel and Hardy and the Hal Roach original.
Audience Reviews for Babes in Toyland
Super Reviewer
Upon watching it again for the first time in decades I was happy with the nostalgia of the film but a little bored in the watching of it.
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Foreign Titles
- Babes in Toyland (1961) (DE)
- Babes in Toyland (1961) (UK)
