One of the great classics of my childhood is March of the Wooden Soldiers, the 1934
Laurel and Hardy comedy fantasy based on the musical Babes in Toyland. When I was growing up it was on TV every year
either on Thanksgiving or sometime shortly thereafter. It marked the beginning
of the Christmas season and I waited for and looked forward to it every year.
It’s not a great movie. Heck, it’s not even a great comedy, not even by Laurel
and Hardy standards. But there’s something so magical in the story that so
easily captures the imaginations of children.
