Babes in Toyland
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63% Critic Match

Babes in Toyland

1½ hours of hilarious laughter!

6.3 / 10 1934 1h 18mNR English
FantasyComedyFamily

Storyline

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Cast & Crew

Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Stannie Dum

Lead
Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Ollie Dee

Charlotte Henry

Charlotte Henry

Little Bo Peep

Henry Brandon

Henry Brandon

Silas Barnaby

Felix Knight

Felix Knight

Tom-Tom Piper

Virginia Karns

Virginia Karns

Mother Goose

Florence Roberts

Florence Roberts

The Widow Peep

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

King's Guard (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charley Rogers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Babes in Toyland is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker