#march of the wooden soldiers 1934

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You're not gonna believe this...

I looked through all my previous posts...I mean...

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Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) (1934) Charley Rogers and Gus Meins

December 17th 2023

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Stan Laurel with his daughter Lois on set of BABES IN TOYLAND aka MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (1934)

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One of these is not like the others (aka the only NON villain lol)

Characters below the cut lmao

Captain Hook (Jake and The Neverland Pirates), Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races), Snidely Whiplash (Dudley Do-Right), Professor Hinkle (Frosty the Snowman), Silas Barnaby (March of The Wooden Soldiers, 1934), and Bo Peep (March of The Wooden Soldiers, 1934)

Yeeeeaaaaah not the most normal lol

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LIVE ACTION Mickey Mouse! - from 1934, when Laurel & Hardy literally put a monkey in a Mickey Mouse costume for Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wooden Soldiers)

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March of the Wooden Soldiers: The Amazing Story of Laurel and Hardy's "Babes in Toyland"

On this day in 1934 Hal Roach released his deeply twisted Christmas classic Babes in Toyland a.k.a. March of the Wooden Soldiers starring Laurel and Hardy et al. It’s the day of the year when I usually re-share my 2014 post about the film, with all of its links to my posts on the various artists connected with the film. Today, however, there’s fresh news to report. Author Randy Skretvedt, whom…

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) | Keep this Christmas Classic Alive

March of the Wooden Soldiers is a Christmas classic for kids and weird adults alike - come for Monkey Mouse, stay for Laurel & Hardy.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: March of the Wooden Soldiers VHS 1934 Laurel & Hardy.

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) / Musical Christmas Film / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

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It's been a while...but...

I found ANOTHER ONE 😲😲😲

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) movie review

https://wf200reviews.blogspot.com/2022/02/march-of-wooden-soldiers-1934-movie.html

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THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN

1918

The Girl Behind the Gun is a three act musical farce by Ivan Caryll (music), Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse (book and lyrics), based on the French farce "Madame et son filleul" (”Madame and Her Godsons”) by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber.

English writers Bolton and Wodehouse wrote nearly twenty musicals together with various composers, primarily Jerome Kern, who introduced them. Their most-produced collaboration is the book for 1934′s Anything Goes, despite the fact that their book was heavily re-written when a real-life sea disaster caused the show to change course. Wodehouse is probably best remembered as the author of the Jeeves and Wooster books, which were also made into musicals  - two of them - both by Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloydd Webber. 

The musical takes place in Fontainbleu, France. In the plot, a soldier / playwright on leave visits his godmother instead of his wife. This pleases the godmother, but angers the wife, who then begins a flirtation with an Army Colonel. 

The original production was produced by produced by Klaw & Erlanger, directed by Edgar MacGregor, and choreographed by Julian Mitchell. 

The musical had its world premiere on August 26, 1918 at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City. First-nighters on the Great Wooden Way were enthusiastic. 

It opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 16, 1918 and ran 160 performances. The cast was headed by Donald Brian, Jack Hazzard, Wilda Rennet, and Ada Mead.

“Quite properly, there was Just enough plot to get the characters on and off the stage. There were a lot of songs with a lilt that will lend them to whistling.” ~ BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE 

Although the great war (World War I) wouldn’t officially end till November 11, 1918, the war was definitely winding down when the musical was first staged. Producers were still anxious to let playgoers know that this was not a war musical. 

Don’t ask - Don’t tell!  

COLONEL: “How long have you been in the service?”  PRIVATE: “I was married four years ago last March, sir.”

COLONEL: “Have you got a wife?” PRIVATE: “The jury’s still out.” 

In May 1919, The Girl Behind the Gun, revised and sensibly re-titled Kissing Time, opened in London at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it played 430 performances. 

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GENE REYNOLDS

April 4, 1923

Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was born on April 4, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised in Detroit, before the family relocated to Los Angeles in 1934. He is best known for directing, producing and/or writing two hugely successful TV shows: “Lou Grant” (1977) and “M*A*S*H” (1972) which, along with his work on “Room 222″, earned him six Emmy Awards.  

Reynolds served in the United States Navy during World War II. Following the war, Reynolds received a degree in history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and picked up his acting career.

He made his screen debut in the 1934 Our Gang short Washee Ironee. That same year he was an uncredited extra in March of the Wooden Soldiers with Laurel and Hardy. He made his television debut in May 1949 in an episode of “Your Show Time” on NBC. 

Just before working with Lucille Ball, he worked for Lucille Ball doing a January 1957 episode of Desilu’s “Whirlybirds” 

On “I Love Lucy” he played the role of Mr. Taylor, the man who rents the Ricardo apartment when they move to Connecticut in “Lucy Hates To Leave” (S6;E16) filmed on December 13, 1956 and aired on February 4, 1957. His wife was played by Mary Ellen Kay. 

Around the same time, Reynolds started to transition to off camera work, like writing and directing. He directed 75 episodes of “My Three Sons” (filmed at Desilu Studios), from 1962 to 1964. He also directed three episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” filmed on the Desilu backlot. 

Gene Reynolds died on February 3, 2020 at age 96. He was married to Bonnie Jones from 1967 to 1976. In 1979 he married Ann Sweeney. They had one child together.