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Babes In Toyland

1961, Movie, NR, 106 mins

Babes In Toyland: Review

A remake of the original 1934 Laurel and Hardy film; were it not for Stan and Ollie, the original might have been a misfire, so you can well imagine that this version is not as good as that one. Sheldon mimes Laurel and Calvin essays Hardy, but it's to no avail. No question that a lot of money was spent on this holiday release, but most of it was wasted due to the miscasting of Bolger as the villain and the dullness of Sands and Funicello as the young lovers. Any Victor Herb... read more leave a comment

Babes In Toyland: Cast & Details

Year: 1961
Rated NR

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Cast
Ray Bolger: Barnaby
Tommy Sands: Tom Piper
Annette Funicello: Mary Contrary
Ed Wynn: Toymaker
Tommy Kirk: Grumio
Kevin Corcoran: Boy Blue

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Babes In Toyland: TV Guide News

I have submitted this ... | Today's News: Our Take | 1/19/2006

Question: I have submitted this question to a lot of columns but have never received an answer. Yet I know that this program existed. I'd like to purchase it for myself (and — oh, yeah — the grandchildren). Can you help? My question is: Shirley Temple hosted a show that reenacted fairy tales. It was shown on Saturday nights. She would end the show with this song: "Dreams are made for children, and a dream is a fairy tale...."

Answer: It did indeed exist, Regi. Shirley Temple's Storybook started off as a run of ABC specials in 1958 but began airing more regularly the following year and then moved to NBC the next year as The Shirley Temple Show, a regular weekly series that went off the air in 1961.

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