Babes in Toyland (1961 movie)
Babes in Toyland is an 1961 Disney musical movie. It starred Tommy Sands as Tom Piper and Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary. The characters in the movie are taken from Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
| 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 Mel Leven (new lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Edward Colman |
| Edited by | Robert Stafford |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 min. |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4.6 million (US/ Canada rentals) [1] |
Plot
Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the night before of their wedding, evil Barnaby hires two men, Gonzorgo and Roderigo, to drown Tom and take Mary's sheep. The sheep are being taken care of by Little Bo Peep. This will make life very hard for Mary and the children she lives with. It will make her have to marry Barnaby.
Tom and the sheep are taken by Gonzorgo and Roderigo, but they sell Tom to gypsies instead of killing him. Tom escapes from the gypsies and goes with Mary, Bo-Peep, and other Mother Goose characters to Toyland.
Sources
- ↑ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
