Babes in Toyland (1961 film)
| Babes in Toyland | |
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| Directed by | Jack Donohue |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Written by | Lowell S. Hawley Ward Kimball Glen MacDonough (operetta) Joe Rinaldi |
| Starring | Ray Bolger Tommy Sands Annette Funicello |
| Music by | Victor Herbert George Bruns |
| Cinematography | Edward Colman |
| Editing by | Robert Stafford |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 14, 1961 |
| Running time | 106 min. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Babes in Toyland (1934 film) |
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Babes in Toyland is a 1961 musical film in Technicolor, directed by Jack Donohue, produced by Walt Disney, and distributed to theatres by Buena Vista Distribution. It stars Ray Bolger as Barnaby, Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary,Tommy Sands as Tom Piper, and Ed Wynn as the Toymaker. Annette was one of the original members of the Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s.
The film was based upon Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, which had been filmed in a 1934 black-and-white version by Laurel and Hardy and Hal Roach. The Disney version, however, contains more than twice as many songs as the Laurel and Hardy version, although the lyrics are changed and some of the song tempos drastically altered.
Tagline: The happiest, most delightful musical comedy of your lifetime!
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1961 films | American films | Film remakes | Musical films