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  • 1961
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 1961
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 46 m
Babes in Toyland

Summary Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo Peep, thus depriving Mary and the children she lives with of their livelihood, forcing her to marry Barnaby. The sheep are stolen, but Gonzorgo and Roder...

Directed By: Jack Donohue

Written By: Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough, Ward Kimball, Joe Rinaldi, Lowell S. Hawley, Anna Alice Chapin

  • 1961
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 1961
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 46 m

Babes in Toyland

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
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Summary Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo Peep, thus depriving Mary and the children she lives with of their livelihood, forcing her to marry Barnaby. The sheep are stolen, but Gonzorgo and Roder...

Directed By: Jack Donohue

Written By: Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough, Ward Kimball, Joe Rinaldi, Lowell S. Hawley, Anna Alice Chapin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
40% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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80
This time, Mr. Disney, true to himself in his own fashion, has constructed a garden of dreams to delight every child, with the aid of a few of the noted Herbert melodies, a spate of new ones, a cast of photogenic kids and willing grown-ups and sets as stylized as those of any Disney cartoon.
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75
While this film definitely does not gain points for female empowerment, it can still be fun for kids with toy soldiers coming to life, a shrinking machine and a multitude of Mother Goose characters, including Little Bo-Peep and Willie Winkie.
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60
Walt Disney's first live-action musical, a lavish translation to the screen of Victor Herbert's operetta, Babes in Toyland, is an expensive gift, brightly-wrapped and intricately packaged. But some of the more mature patrons may be distressed to discover that quaint, charming Toyland has been transformed into a rather gaudy and mechanical Fantasyland. What actually emerges is Babes in Disneyland.
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50
A generally disappointing film, with only Bolger and Wynn to recommend it.
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40
A flat, stagy, artificially cheerful affair that falls far short of the memorably creepy Laurel and Hardy version of 1934.
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Production Company Walt Disney Productions
Release Date Dec 14, 1961
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating G
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Tagline The happiest, most delightful musical comedy of your lifetime!
Website https://movies.disney.com/babes-in-toyland
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Laurel Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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