March of the Wooden Soldiers

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March of the Wooden Soldiers

1934

1h 18m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Fantasy

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Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) rent rooms in Mother Peep's shoe in Toyland. When Mother Peep can't make her mortgage payment to evil Silas Barnaby (Harry Kleinbach), he attempts to blackmail her into having Little Bo-Peep (Charlotte Henry) marry him, despite the girl's attachment to Tom-Tom Piper. Stannie and Ollie offer their assistance to Mother Peep, Bo-Peep and Piper, and later enlist an army of wooden soldiers to battle Barnaby's cave-dwelling bogeymen.

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Andre Sennwald

New York Times

Mar 25, 2006

4/5

The film is an authentic children's entertainment and quite the merriest of its kind that Hollywood has turned loose on the nation's screens in a long time.

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Chicago Reader

Feb 13, 2001

This is a kid's movie rife with all the Freudian squalor that Disney repressed.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Sep 25, 2019

It's a combination of Victor Herbert, scrambled Mother Goose, scrambled Laurel and Hardy, and toy nightmare - the sort of thing an imaginative child might dream, falling asleep after too many Christmas excitements and indigestibles.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

Aug 24, 2017

. Revenge, Christmas, and big wooden men, does it get any better than that? Sometimes, it is really best not to analyze too deeply, just enjoy the insanity.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Feb 7, 2014

Regardless of what you call it, this public domain Laurel and Hardy adventure is a classic fantasy film...

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Jul 22, 2012

Keeps the delicious nightmare fuel flowing

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Robert D

Nov 26, 2025

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍗🍗🍗it's the best moive

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Nov 21, 2025

Funny in 01 hour, 18 minutes, and 00 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in black and white and color versions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 1934-2025 by Amazon MGM Studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gary T

@RT94556716 Apr 8, 2025

Not one my favourites.

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 Mar 14, 2024

Laurel and Hardy do take a back seat to this very entertaining version of the famous opera Babes In Toyland but when their trademark comedy comes in it's absolutely hilarious. An holiday classic for a reason

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John C

@RT19107218 Dec 25, 2023

Great viewing this classic for more than 60 plus years!! Wooden soldiers is one of my favorite scenes, Laurel and Hardy had great acting skills and great friendship off the screen. This movie won't disappoint amazing that it's almost 90 years old.

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Rich R

@Rizzzz Nov 23, 2023

A timeless classic that brings back wonderful memories of my childhood.

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Synopsis

Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) rent rooms in Mother Peep's shoe in Toyland. When Mother Peep can't make her mortgage payment to evil Silas Barnaby (Harry Kleinbach), he attempts to blackmail her into having Little Bo-Peep (Charlotte Henry) marry him, despite the girl's attachment to Tom-Tom Piper. Stannie and Ollie offer their assistance to Mother Peep, Bo-Peep and Piper, and later enlist an army of wooden soldiers to battle Barnaby's cave-dwelling bogeymen.

Director: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Producer: Hal Roach
Screenwriter: Frank Butler, Nick Grinde, Glen MacDonough, Hal Roach
Distributor: GoodTimes Home Video [us], Orion Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 1934, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 18m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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