Babes in Toyland

Dec 18, 1954

1h 16m

★ 6.0

Overview

Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with rotating cast members.

Genres

Music

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

NBC Studios

Babes in Toyland Trailers

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Cast

Jane Piper

Jo Sullivan

Tommy Tucker

Dennis Day

Silas Barnaby

Jack E. Leonard

Grumio, the Toymaker

Wally Cox

Santa Claus

Dave Garroway

Clyde (voice)

Bil Baird

Puppets (voice)

Cora Baird

Dancer

Rod Alexander

Joan

Ellen Barrie

Peter Piper

Edward Brian

Dancer

Bambi Linn

Widow Piper

Mary Mace

When a friendly cabbie tells two young sisters the story of a boy named Leo who moved to Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adjusting to the big city and enjoying the days leading up to Christmas, Leo accidentally loses his dog Ramona in Central Park. Leo is devastated by his loss until a magical creature named Little Spirit appears.

6.8

VeggieTales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas

Oct 19, 2013

Bob and Larry are going all out to make it the best Christmas ever at the Spring Valley Mall. With music, decorations and a light show like no other, it's an all-out spectacle to outshine the competition! But a little girl with a big heart changes everything when she shows them all what Christmas is really about.

5.4

Mother Holly

Dec 4, 1954

No overview available.

5.8

Rumpelstiltskin

Oct 16, 1982

Desperate to save her own life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange elf-like character. When she cannot cover her debt she is faced with a challenge.

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0.5

Sněhurka a sedm trpaslíků

Dec 1, 1934

Princess Snow White tries in vain to win the favor of the queen. The queen is too preoccupied with her beauty and regularly checks in the magic mirror whether she is still the most beautiful. When one day she discovers that Snow White is even more beautiful, she orders the huntsman to kill Snow White in the forest and bring her heart. The huntsman takes pity on Snow White and lets her go. The girl walks through the forest to a cave equipped with small furniture for seven people. Soon the dwarfs arrive and allow Snow White to hide in them and live there with them. The mirror reveals her hiding place to the queen. The queen goes to Snow White in disguise with a poisoned belt, but the dwarfs save the girl.

4.5

O Janovi a podivuhodném příteli

Dec 24, 1990

H. Ch. Andersen's story was the basis for the narrative film 'Of John and the Wonderful Friend', in which the 'magic wand' plays an important plot-forming role. With its help, Jan overcomes the magician Magnus and rescues the princess Agnes.

1.6

A Christmas Love

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A couple struggling to make ends meet are given a new chance by the arrival of a mysterious letter that grants them one special wish during the holiday season.

6.5

Tree Man

Dec 6, 2016

Francois the Tree Man is far from his wife and three small children in Quebec, selling Christmas trees and living in a van on the streets of New York City. He does it for them. But this is home, too. Like the hundreds of Christmas tree sellers who descend upon the city from Canada, New England and even Europe, Francois delivers the magic of the season over a grueling month in his adopted neighborhood. He's a star, a storyteller, a Santa Claus in a sap-stained coat, a confidant, a friend, and a father figure to the local characters who are his New York family. They also need him. TREE MAN is the story of Francois's journey, how he arrived here, what holds him, and the conflict that will cause him to leave. As one of Francois' long-time customers says: "This has nothing to do with the trees anymore."

6.3

Nursery Rhyme Review

Feb 3, 1946

A compilation of four Mother Goose stories "photographed in three-dimensional animation" and unified by a prologue and an epilogue with Mother Goose herself magically setting up a projector to show the films. The familiar nursery rhymes are "Little Miss Muffet," "Old Mother Hubbard," "The Queen of Hearts," and "Humpty Dumpty." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

6.0

Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love

Nov 30, 2016

An unexpected blizzard threatens the Parton family, while at the same time Dolly's father (and his kids) make sacrifices to raise enough money to finally buy his wife the wedding ring he could never afford to give her. Meanwhile, an important person in little Dolly's life begins to see that her amazing voice and musical gift might just be made for something bigger than rural Tennessee.

4.6

A Doggone Christmas

Nov 19, 2016

When the CIA discovers a cute orphan puppy with amazing telepathic abilities, the powers-that-be in Washington immediately lock him down and plan on forcing the poor dog to become a covert secret weapon. But fate steps in and frees the pint-sized Jack Russel Terrier from government clutches

6.1

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Oct 26, 2018

When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.

6.0

Jack Frost

Nov 15, 1998

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

5.8

Bush Christmas

Dec 22, 1983

In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope is that their horse, Prince, will win money in a New Year's race. But when Prince is stolen the children embark on a dangerous and exciting adventure to get him back.

6.2

Hardrock, Coco and Joe — The Three Little Dwarfs

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Hardrock, Coco and Joe is a short stop motion animated cartoon based on a song written by Stuart Hamblen. It is about three of Santa Claus' helpers who ride on Santa's sleigh each Christmas.

5.3

Home Alone 3

Dec 12, 1997

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

5.0

The Sound of Bells

Jan 3, 1952

A primer on car dealing and a parable with kindness.

5.6

Deck the Halls

Nov 22, 2006

Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.