Babes in Toyland Movies



  Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made 106 films, 104 of which have been saved. 
         The Babes in Toyland Tent has access to about 70 of them.

  Most of the films are two reelers, that is, they run about 20 minutes. 
         We usually run two two-reelers at meetings.


  The most memorable film is probably The Music Box, in which they struggle to
         carry a piano up a tremendously long flight of steps to a house at the top.


  Babes in Toyland, also known as March of the Wooden Soldiers, is a feature length film. 
         It is set in mythical Toyland with all the Mother Goose characters.  It is a musical. 
         The Boys play Stannie Dee and Ollie Dum.  It is often regarded as a Christmas movie.


  Many of the shorts (two-reelers) are silent.  The St. Louis Theater Organ Society
         occasionally joins us to provide music for a silent film showing. 
         In reality, the silents were never silent.


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