Lets kick off my film filled December with what turned out to be quite to opposite of a Christmas film, as the film is set in July and only features two references to Christmas!'Babes in Toyland' (also known as March of the Wooden Soldiers)
Synopsis: Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe house and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.
Ok so, I would say I enjoyed this film for the most part but as it was made in 1934 it definitely shows its age, as it is in black and white which doest so much bother me but still it is, the actors have that funny way of pronouncing things very properly, and the vocal style for the singing can be hard to understand at times but those things were common at the time, it gets a little long and drawn out at times but really i just think that I've been a little desensitized by the focus on action intensity of modern cinema. Overall I would say its worth a watch but its not great by todays standards and as I said before its really not much of a Christmas film.
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