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{{Infobox film
| name           = Babes in Toyland
| image          = Babes in toyland 1961 poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]]
| producer       = [[Walt Disney]]
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[Lowell S. Hawley]]
* [[Ward Kimball]]
* Joe Rinaldi
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Babes in Toyland (operetta)|Babes in Toyland]]''|[[Victor Herbert]]<br />and [[Glen MacDonough]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ray Bolger]]
* [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]]
* [[Annette Funicello|Annette]]
* [[Ed Wynn]]
* [[Tommy Kirk]]
* [[Kevin Corcoran]]
* [[Henry Calvin]]
* [[Gene Sheldon]]
}}
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Victor Herbert]]
* [[George Bruns]]
* [[Mel Leven]] (new lyrics)
}}
| cinematography = [[Edward Colman (cinematographer)|Edward Colman]]
| editing        = Robert Stafford
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1961|12|14}}
| runtime        = 105 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 105:00--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/babes-toyland-1970-1 | title=''Babes in Toyland'' (U) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=December 5, 1961 | access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $3 million<ref name="new"/>
| gross          = $4.6 million (U.S./Canada rentals)<ref name="Rentals">{{cite news|title=All-Time Top Grossers|work=Variety|date=January 8, 1964|page=69}}</ref>
}}
'''''Babes in Toyland''''' is a 1961 American [[List of theatrical Christmas films|Christmas]] [[musical film]] directed by [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]] and produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]]. It stars [[Ray Bolger]] as Barnaby, [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]] as Tom Piper, [[Annette Funicello]] as Mary Contrary, and [[Ed Wynn]] as the Toymaker.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jones, Tom|title=Disney Live 'Toyland': Victor Herbert Musical Is Re-created In Manufactured Never-Never Land|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 June 1961|page= X7}}</ref>

The film is based upon [[Victor Herbert]]'s popular 1903 operetta ''[[Babes in Toyland (operetta)|Babes in Toyland]]''. There had been a 1934 film also titled ''[[Babes in Toyland (1934 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' starring [[Laurel and Hardy]], and three television adaptations prior to the Disney film, but Disney's was only the second film version of the operetta released to movie theatres and the first in [[Technicolor]]. The plot, and in some cases the music, bear little resemblance to the original, as Disney had most of the lyrics rewritten and some of the song [[tempo]]s drastically changed, including the memorable song "Toyland", a slow ballad, which was sped up with only the chorus sung in a march-like rhythm.<ref name="new"/>

The toy soldiers later appeared in [[Christmas parade]]s at the [[Disney theme park]]s around the world.

Funicello said it was her favorite filmmaking experience.{{sfn|Funicello|Romanowski|1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic/page/124 124]}}

== Plot ==
A stage play begins, presented by [[Mother Goose]] and her talking goose, Sylvester, about [[Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary|Mary Contrary]] and [[Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son|Tom Piper]], who are about to be married. The miserly and villainous Barnaby hires two crooks, dimwitted Gonzorgo and silent Roderigo. They are to throw Tom into the sea and steal Mary's sheep, depriving her of her means of support, to force her to marry Barnaby. Mary is unaware that she is the heiress to a fortune, but Barnaby is aware and wants it all for himself. Gonzorgo and Roderigo decide to sell Tom to the [[Gypsy|Gypsies]] instead of drowning him, in order to collect a double payment.

Gonzorgo and Roderigo return and tell Mary, Barnaby, and the citizens of Mother Goose Land that Tom has accidentally drowned. They show Mary a forged letter in which Tom tells Mary he is abandoning her, and she would be better off marrying Barnaby. Mary, believing she is destitute, reluctantly accepts the proposal from Barnaby. Barnaby unknowingly arranges for the same Gypsies who have Tom to provide entertainment for the wedding. Tom, disguised as the Gypsy Floretta, reveals himself, and Barnaby pursues the frightened Gonzorgo and Roderigo, furious at their deception.

One of the children who lives with Mary informs her of some sheep tracks leading into the Forest of No Return. The children sneak away into the forest to search for the missing sheep. The trees of the forest awaken and capture them. Tom and Mary follow and find the children in the forest, where they tell stories about the live trees. The trees seem just like ordinary trees to Tom and Mary. Tom, Mary, and the children camp for the night. In the morning, the trees once again come to life and explain that they are now in custody of the Toymaker in Toyland (who is also the Mayor and Chief of Police). Tom, Mary, and the children happily continue on, escorted part of the way by the trees.

Through the windows of the Toymaker's house they watch the Toymaker's brilliant apprentice, Grumio, present a new machine that makes toys without any manual labor. Overjoyed, the Toymaker speeds up the machine to such a high rate that it explodes, destroying every toy in the factory. Tom, Mary, and the children offer to help make more toys in time for [[Christmas]].

Grumio presents another invention, a shrinking "gun" that reduces everyday objects to toy size. He warns that if it is used on anything more than once, the shrunken object disappears completely. The Toymaker is at first delighted at the idea of producing toys by shrinking life-sized objects, but then Tom points out the impossibility of finding enough everyday objects to shrink down into the large quantity of toys needed for Christmas. The Toymaker berates Grumio for his stupidity and throws the shrinking gun out the window in disgust.

Barnaby, who has been spying on them, takes the discarded shrinking gun and uses it to shrink the Toymaker and Tom. When Barnaby's henchmen see him threatening to shoot Tom a second time, they abandon Barnaby. They try to flee, but Barnaby shoots them and locks them up with Tom in a birdcage.

Barnaby forces Mary to marry him by threatening to destroy Tom, and he threatens to destroy the Toymaker if he refuses to preside over the wedding ceremony. While the Toymaker draws out the ceremony, Gonzorgo and Roderigo rescue Tom, and the three of them sneak away and return with an army of toy soldiers to fight Barnaby. Barnaby easily demolishes the toy soldiers with a toy cannon. He is about to obliterate Tom with another dose from the shrinking gun, but Mary destroys it with the toy cannon. The liquid splatters all over Barnaby and shrinks him to toy size. Tom, after challenging Barnaby to a duel with swords, stabs Barnaby, who falls from a great height into an empty toybox.

During the battle with Barnaby, Grumio creates and presents another new invention, one that returns miniaturized people and items to their original size. He immediately uses it on the Toymaker, Gonzorgo, and Roderigo, but not on Barnaby. Grumio is about to use it on Tom, but after reminding Grumio that he is the head toymaker and that Grumio is just his assistant, the Toymaker uses the invention himself to return Tom to his natural size.

A few days later, Tom and Mary are married attended by all of Mother Goose Village including Gonzorgo and Roderigo as well as the trees from the Forest of No Return, and everyone lives happily ever after as the stage curtains close, ending the film.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Ray Bolger]] as Barnaby
* [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]] as [[Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son|Tom Piper]]
* [[Annette Funicello]] as [[Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary|Mary Contrary]]
* [[Ed Wynn]] as Toymaker
* [[Tommy Kirk]] as Grumio
* [[Kevin Corcoran]] as [[Little Boy Blue|Boy Blue]]
* [[Henry Calvin]] as Gonzorgo
* [[Gene Sheldon]] as Roderigo
* [[Mary McCarty (actress)|Mary McCarty]] – [[Mother Goose]]
* [[Ann Jillian]] as [[Little Bo Peep|Bo Peep]]
* Brian Corcoran as [[Wee Willie Winkie|Willie Winkie]]
* Marilee and Melanie Arnold as Twin 2
* Jerry Glenn as [[Simple Simon (nursery rhyme)|Simple Simon]]
* John Perri as [[Jack Be Nimble|Jack-Be-Nimble]]
* David Pinson as [[Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea|Bobby Shaftoe]]
* Bryan Russell as The Little Boy
* James Martin as [[Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)|Jack]]
* Ilana Dowding as [[Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)|Jill]]
* Robert Banas as Russian Dancer (uncredited)
* Eileen Diamond as Dancer (uncredited)
* [[Bess Flowers]] as Villager (uncredited)
* [[Jeannie Russell]] as Singer (voice) (uncredited)
}}

== Production ==
=== Development ===
In May 1955, [[Walt Disney]] announced that he would produce ''Babes in Toyland'' as an animated feature.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hopper, Hedda |title=Disney's next cartoon film will be 'Babes in Toyland{{' "}} |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65778500/clipped-from-the-chicago-tribune/ |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |date=May 17, 1955|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |id={{ProQuest|179440596}}}} {{Open access}}</ref> By October 1956, Disney had assigned Bill Walsh to produce and Sidney Miller to direct the project.<ref>Hopper, Hedda (October 20, 1956). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65778984/clipped-from-the-chicago-tribune/ "'Babes in Toyland' Will Be Top Disney Musical in 1957"]. ''Chicago Daily Tribune''. Part I, p. 20 – via Newspapers.com. {{Open access}}</ref> However, filming was delayed, and by August 1959, the project was retooled as a live-action television movie, making it Disney's first live-action musical. [[Ward Kimball]] had been tapped to produce and direct the project, while [[Mel Leven]] would write new lyrics.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/variety215-1959-08/page/n245/mode/2up |title=Disney's 1st Live Tuner |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=22 |date=August 25, 1959 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Disney 'Babes' to be Live Action TV Musical |magazine=[[The Film Daily]] |date=August 28, 1959 |page=9}}</ref>

With Kimball in charge, he reviewed the three scripts that had been written, all of which he found to be "terrible, absolutely nothing." Kimball had found the 1903 operetta script to be too complicated. In his script, he excised the orphans subplot and focused the story on a love triangle between Tom, Mary Contrary, and Barnaby. In the following months, Kimball worked alongside story artist Joe Rinaldi and effects animator [[Joshua Meador]] to ensure the film would be visually interesting.{{sfn|Pierce|2019|page=223}} In June 1960, Disney told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'': "We're updating the lyrics; the music, of course, is Victor Herbert's. ''March of the Toys'' will be done in animation. I'll be using fantasy with 'live' more and more. I've decided people should play people and shouldn't be animated – only the effects should."<ref>Scheuer, Philip K. (June 25, 1960). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380890381 "Realist Disney Held His Dreams"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Section G, p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.</ref>

While Disney was vacationing in Europe, Kimball was finalizing set designs and casting decisions, the latter of which required Disney's approval. "We decided on [[Ray Bolger]], things like that, and [such decisions usually] were the provinces of Walt," Kimball later explained. Furthermore, with the studio's option on the film rights set to expire within a year, a studio publicist placed trade advertisements that promoted Kimball's work on the film, leading to Disney deciding that Kimball had got above himself.{{sfn|Pierce|2019|pages=224–225}} Kimball was also traveling to New York to scout for Broadway actors to cast in the film. According to Joe Hale, Kimball had wanted one actress for Mary, but Disney had insisted on [[Annette Funicello]]. Further casting disagreements led to Kimball being kicked off the film.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Didier Ghez |title=Walt's People – Volume 11: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him |chapter=Joe Hale |year=2011 |page=527 |publisher=[[Xlibris]] |isbn=978-1-465-36840-9}}</ref>

In January 1961, [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]] was signed to direct, following his success on Broadway directing ''[[Top Banana (musical)|Top Banana]]'' and ''[[Mr. Wonderful (musical)|Mr. Wonderful]]'', and for his work on TV specials for [[Dean Martin]] and [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/01/16/archives/fox-films-devises-projection-plan-firm-claims-greater-depth.html |title=Fox Films Devises Projection Plan: Firm Claims Greater Depth Perception on Wide Screen |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 16, 1961 |page=22}}</ref> While Kimball would still be credited as the screenwriter, he was relegated to directing the 15-minute toy soldier sequence.{{sfn|Pierce|2019|page=226}} In March 1961, Disney said he wanted to create a film of the standard of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939).<ref name="new">{{cite news |last=Becker |first=Bill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/23/archives/ed-wynn-returns-to-a-comedy-role-after-decade-in-dramas-he-will-be.html |title=Ed Wynn Returns to a Comedy Role |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |date=March 23, 1961 |page=29}}</ref> "It's like a Disney cartoon only with live actors", said one Disney executive.<ref>{{cite news|author=Waugh, John C. |title='Music Man', 'Flower Drum Song', and 'Babes in Toyland' Face the Camera: Three Musicals in Three Cinematic Styles|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=April 25, 1961|page=6}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
In September 1960, it was reported that Disney had wanted to discuss [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]] for the lead role as Tom.<ref>Hopper, Hedda (September 24, 1960). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/201599380 "McCarey Is Working on Pearl Buck Tale"]. ''Chicago Daily Tribune''. Part 1, p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.</ref> By January 1961, Ray Bolger was cast as a villain for the first time in his career.<ref>Hopper, Hedda (January 16, 1961). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386199084/ "Entertainment: Harvey Will Star in 'Five Finger' Bolger Villain in 'Toyland'; Myrna Fahey in Metro Movie"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Part IV, p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.</ref> [[Gene Sheldon]], best known for his role of Bernardo in the Spanish Western television series ''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'',<ref>Tinee, Mae (November 26, 1961). [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/374625647/ "Gene Sheldon Beats Drums for 'Toyland{{' "}}]. ''Chicago Daily Tribune''. Part 5, p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.</ref> appeared alongside his ''Zorro'' co-star, [[Henry Calvin]]. Tommy Kirk played a support role.<ref name="vagg">{{cite magazine|magazine=Diabolique Magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=The Cinema of Tommy Kirk|url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-cinema-of-tommy-kirk/|date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> According to Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands beat out [[Michael Callan]] and [[James Darren]] to play the male lead.{{sfn|Funicello|Romanowski|1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic/page/128 128]}}

=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography]] started on March 13, 1961, and was scheduled for three months.<ref name="new"/> Preparation, rehearsing and pre-recording took three months.{{sfn|Funicello|Romanowski|1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic/page/127 127]}} Tommy Kirk said he enjoyed making the film because of the opportunity to work with [[Ed Wynn]]:
<blockquote>I thought he was delightful and so did everyone else. You couldn't not like him. He was completely crazy and he was just as crazy offscreen as he was on. But it was all, of course, an act. He was a very serious, religious man in his own way, but he loved playing Ed Wynn, the perfect fool, the complete nut. And he was good at it. Actually I think the movie is sort of a klunker, especially when I compare it to the Laurel and Hardy ''Babes in Toyland''. It's not a great film but it has a few cute moments. It's an oddity. But I'm not embarrassed about it like I am about some other movies I've made.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kevin |title=Sex, Lies, and Disney Tape: Walt's Fallen Star |work=Filmfax |issue=38 |date=April 1993 |page=70 |url=https://www.oldies.com/product-view/FX38.html}}</ref></blockquote>

Funicello had a bad experience with [[William Fairchild]], who had directed her in ''[[The Horsemasters]]'' (1961), but found Jack Donahue to be "simply wonderful."{{sfn|Funicello|Romanowski|1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic/page/127 127]}} She also enjoyed the fact "it was the first, and unfortunately, I think, the last time I made a movie in which I actually danced something besides the [[Watusi (dance)|Watusi]] or the swim."{{sfn|Funicello|Romanowski|1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic/page/129 129–130]}}

== Songs ==
{{See also|Babes in Toyland (soundtrack)}}

{| class=wikitable
! Title
! Music by
! Music adapted by
! Lyrics by
! Sung by
|- 
| "Mother Goose Village and Lemonade"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns<br/>"Mother Goose Village" adapted from musical piece ''Country Dance'' "Lemonade" adapted from musical piece ''Military Ball''
| Mel Leven
| Chorus
|-
| "We Won't Be Happy Till We Get It"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns<br> from ''He Won't Be Happy Till He Gets It''
| Mel Leven
| Ray Bolger, Henry Calvin and danced by Gene Sheldon
|-
| "Just a Whisper Away"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello
|-
| "Slowly He Sank to the Bottom of the Sea"
| George Bruns
| 
| Mel Leven
| Henry Calvin & danced by Gene Sheldon
|-
| "Castle in Spain"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Ray Bolger (who also dances)
|-
| "Never Mind, Bo-Peep"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Ann Jillian and chorus
|-
| "I Can't Do the Sum"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Annette Funicello
|-
| "Floretta"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Tommy Sands and Chorus
|-
| "Forest of No Return"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns from<br>''The Spider's Den''
| Mel Leven
| Chorus, Singing trees, and children
|-
| "Go to Sleep"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns from<br>''Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep''
| Mel Leven
| Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, and children
|-
| "Toyland"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven and<br>Glen MacDonough
| Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, children and Singing trees
|-
| "Workshop Song"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns from<br>''In The Toymaker's Workshop''
| Mel Leven
| Ed Wynn, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, and children
|-
| "Just a Toy"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns
| Mel Leven
| Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello
|-
| "March of the Toys"
| Victor Herbert
|
|
| Orchestra
|-
| "Tom and Mary"
| Victor Herbert
| George Bruns<br>from ''Hail to Christmas''
| Mel Leven
| Wedding guests
|-
|}

== Release ==
In conjunction with the film's release, ''Babes in Toyland'' was prominently featured on ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Color]]'' television program, with an episode titled "Backstage Party" airing on December 17, 1961.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schumach |first=Murray |title=Films by Disney Work Two Ways: Producer Uses the Same Shows for TV and Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/13/archives/films-by-disney-work-two-ways-producer-uses-the-same-shows-for-tv.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 7, 1961 |page=40}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://d23.com/this-day/nbc-tv-airs-the-walt-disneys-wonderful-world-of-color-show-backstage-party/ |title=NBC TV AIRS THE WALT DISNEYS ... |website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]] |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> It was presented in two parts on The Wonderful World of Disney on December 21 and December 27, 1969.<ref>{{Citation|last=Donohue|first=Jack|title=Babes in Toyland: Part 1|date=1969-12-21|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560972/|series=The Magical World of Disney|access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref> The film was released on [[DVD]] on September 3, 2002, by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.amazon.com/Babes-Toyland-Ray-Bolger/dp/B000065V3X |title=Babes in Toyland |medium=[[DVD]] |format=1.33:1 |publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] |date=September 3, 2002 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |asin=B000065V3X}}</ref> It was released on Blu-ray on December 11, 2012.<ref>{{Citation|last=Donohue|first=Jack|title=Babes in Toyland|date=December 11, 2012 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Babes-Toyland-Blu-ray-Ray-Bolger/dp/B009IQG5ME/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OO1HY6HJSDB5&keywords=babes+in+toyland+blu+ray&qid=1640805008&sprefix=babes+in,aps,1080&sr=8-1&pldnSite=1|access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref> It was added to the Disney+ subscription service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch Babes in Toyland {{!}} Full movie {{!}} Disney+|url=https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/babes-in-toyland/34Uc4fGpBTIO|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.disneyplus.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Babes in Toyland'' earned $4.6 million in rentals from the United States and Canada.<ref name="Rentals" />

=== Critical response ===
[[A. H. Weiler]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote in his review: "...let us say that [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney]]'s packaging of [[Victor Herbert]]'s indestructible operetta is a glittering color and song and dance-filled bauble artfully designed for the tastes of the sub-teen set. Adults would have to be awfully young in mind to accept these picture-book caperings of the Mother Goose coterie as stirring stuff. This ''Toyland'' is closer to [[Disneyland]], but who ever heard of an adult winning an argument on that issue?"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/12/15/archives/disneys-babes-in-toyland-is-holiday-show-at-music-hall.html |title=Disney's 'Babes in Toyland' Is Holiday Show at Music Hall |first=A. H. |last=Weiler |author-link=A. H. Weiler |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=49 |date=December 15, 1961 |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described the film as "an expensive gift, brightly-wrapped and intricately-packaged and is certain to be a fast-selling item in the Yuletide marketplace. A choice attraction for the pre-teen set, it will be an especially big draw among those in the five-to-ten age bracket." However, the review cautioned that older audiences "may be distressed to discover that quaint, charming 'Toyland' has been transformed into a rather gaudy and mechanical 'Fantasyland.' What actually emerged is 'Babes in Disneyland.'"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1960/film/reviews/babes-in-toyland-2-1200419996/ |title=Film Reviews: Babes in Toyland |magazine=Variety |page=6 |date=December 6, 1961 |access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

John L. Scott, reviewing for the ''Los Angeles Times'', felt the film was "considerably more showy than either Herbert's stage original or the first film version done in the middle 30's; and older patrons may resent a loss of quaintness and a surplus of fantasy-whimsy. Nevertheless, the lavish, tinseled picture is a fine, appropriate holiday attraction for all but the sophisticated moviegoer."<ref>Scott, John L. (December 21, 1960). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65889406/john-l-scotts-review-of-babes-in/ {{" '}}Babes in Toyland' Bright Yule Package"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Part III, p. 14. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' praised the film as "VERY GOOD", and further acknowledged Walt Disney for having "wrapped this one up in gay silk ribbons, beautiful costumes and brilliant splashes of color the envy of the rainbow rangers. Like a tender father, Disney has put this together with the soft sensitivity of a man in whose trust has been placed the dream world of trusting youngsters everywhere."<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Babes in Toyland' with Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk |url=https://archive.org/stream/harrisonsreports43harr#page/186/mode/2up/ |magazine=Harrison's Reports |page=187 |date=November 25, 1961 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote ''Babes in Toyland'' was "a wonderful piece of entertainment for children under five, but children over five who plan to see it will be well advised to take some Berlitz brushup lessons in baby talk." Additionally, the review was also critical for the modernized music, but praised the March of the Toys sequence.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827113,00.html |title=Cinema: Nursery Crhyme |url-access=subscription |magazine=Time |volume=78 |number=24 |page=85 |date=December 15, 1961 |access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

On the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 36% based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 4.74/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1001488-babes_in_toyland |title=Babes in Toyland (1961) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

=== Disney's "Babes in Toyland Soldiers" ===
Among the most significant legacies of the film has been its influence on Disney's theme parks worldwide. The ''Babes in Toyland'' sets were showcased in [[Disneyland]] Park as an attraction following the film's release and the Toy Soldiers became an iconic symbol of the holidays at Disneyland, [[Walt Disney World]] Resort and other Disney Parks around the world, considered a "draw" and featured heavily in television, online and print advertising rivaling the castles and the famous Disney characters in appearances. Disney's ''Babes in Toyland'' Soldiers are the equivalent of the [[The Rockettes|Rockettes]]' appearance at the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in that park guests and TV viewers expect to see them every year.

The soldiers also appear in the stop-motion nursery sequence in Walt Disney's 1964 musical fantasy [[Mary Poppins (film)|''Mary Poppins'']]. They were designed by Disney animator and [[Imagineering (company)|Imagineer]] [[Bill Justice]], who with fellow Imagineer [[Xavier Atencio|X Atencio]], created the sequence in the film. Justice designed the park soldiers to match the ''Babes in Toyland'' movie soldiers exactly as they appeared in the 1961 film. They made their television debut on ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' when Walt Disney presented the Disneyland Christmas parade in the episode, "[[Holiday Time at Disneyland]]."

==See also==
* [[List of Christmas films]]

== References ==
;Citations
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;Bibliography 
* {{cite book |last1=Funicello |first1=Annette |last2=Romanowski |first2=Patricia |title=A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story |url=https://archive.org/details/dreamiswishyourh00funic |url-access=registration |year=1994 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-0-786-88092-8}} 
* {{cite book |last=Pierce |first=Todd James |title=The Life and Times of Ward Kimball: Maverick of Disney Animation |year=2019 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |isbn=978-1-496-82096-9}}

== External links ==
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[[Category:Films scored by George Bruns]]
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[[Category:Films about sentient toys]]
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