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* Babes in Toyland ( 1961 film ), a Disney musical starring Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands, again based on the Victor Herbert operetta
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Love briefly played bass in Bjelland's group Babes In Toyland in 1987 before being ejected from the band.
* 1964 – Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress ( Hole, Pagan Babies, Sugar Babydoll, and Babes in Toyland )
An ' operatic spectacle ' was based on the strip, with music by Victor Herbert ( composer of Babes in Toyland ) and lyrics by Harry B. Smith.
* February 1 – Victor Herbert, Irish-born composer ( Babes In Toyland ) ( d. 1924 )
* December 14 – Walt Disney's first live-action Technicolor musical, Babes in Toyland, a remake of the famous Victor Herbert operetta, is released, but flops at the box office.
Babes in Toyland was an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1987.
Between 1989 and 1995, Babes in Toyland released three studio albums ; Spanking Machine ( 1989 ), the commercially successful Fontanelle ( 1992 ), and Nemesisters ( 1995 ), before becoming inactive in 1997 and eventually disbanding in 2001.
While the band was inspirational to some performers in the riot grrrl movement in the Pacific Northwest, Babes in Toyland never associated themselves with the movement.
Babes in Toyland formed in 1987, after frontwoman Kat Bjelland met drummer Lori Barbero at a friend's barbecue.
Over the following months, Bjelland convinced Barbero to play drums and formed Babes in Toyland in winter 1987.
It is thought that Courtney Love and Bjelland had collaborated on songs in their previous bands and during Love's brief time in Babes In Toyland, which resulted in the sharing of the lyrics.
As the single reached significant underground success, Babes in Toyland entered the studio in 1989 to record their debut album.
" During the band's tour with Sonic Youth in 1990, Babes in Toyland recorded a radio session for John Peel, one of the many Peel sessions.
The band is profiled in the book " Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band " ( ISBN 0812920589 ) by Neal Karlen, a journalist for the New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine.
The band was the subject of the 1994 book Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band by Neal Karlen, which dealt with the band's signing to Warner and the recording of Fontanelle.
On April 8, 1994, Babes in Toyland played a benefit show for Rock Against Domestic Violence with 7 Year Bitch, and Jack Off Jill in Miami at the Cameo Theater, the same day lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, had been found dead in his Seattle home.
Original bassist Michelle Leon briefly rejoined the band for a short period in 1997, when Babes in Toyland were constantly breaking up and reforming.
However, a year earlier, Bjelland had formed a new band, Katastrophy Wife, which seemed to replace Babes in Toyland as her main musical project.
Babes in Toyland performed a reunion show billed as " The Last Tour " on November 21, 2001 — which was released as a live album called Minneapolism-and this was not only the last Babes in Toyland show, but also the last official activity.
Bjelland played a number of shows in Europe in 2002 under the title Babes in Toyland with a new drummer and bassist from the British band Angelica, however, Bjelland stopped using the name after Barbero and Herman raised legal issues.
Despite some critical acclaim, and a successful UK tour supporting Babes in Toyland and Trumans Water, they failed to achieve mainstream popularity.
Babes in Toyland may refer to:
Babes and 1961
** Babes in Toyland ( soundtrack ), the soundtrack album from the 1961 film
He continued to star in several films, including Walt Disney's 1961 remake of Babes in Toyland.
Wynn provided the voice of the Mad Hatter in Walt Disney's film, Alice in Wonderland, but many baby boomer children remember him most fondly for his brief appearances as The Toymaker alongside Mouseketeer Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands in Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland released in 1961.
* Babes in Toyland ( 1961 )-actor ( as The Toy Maker )
He also played Grumio in the fairy tale fantasy Babes in Toyland, had a small role in Moon Pilot ( 1962 ) and teamed with Funicello for two stories shot overseas, The Horsemasters ( 1961 ) and Escapade in Florence ( 1962 ).
* Babes in Toyland ( 1961 )
Bogeyland is the abode of the " bogeymen " ( and presumably, " bogeywomen ") in Laurel and Hardy's 1934 film Babes in Toyland and the Technicolor remake from 1961 from Walt Disney.
* Toy Soldiers from Babes in Toyland ( 1961 film )
Babes in Toyland is a 1961 Christmas musical film in Technicolor, directed by Jack Donohue, produced by Walt Disney, and distributed to theatres by Buena Vista Distribution.
Sands performed in several films including Mardi Gras ( 1958 ), Babes in Toyland ( 1961 ), The Longest Day ( 1962 ), Ensign Pulver ( 1964 ), and None But the Brave ( 1965 ), playing a Marine Second Lieutenant, but both his singing and film career had faded by the 1970s.
* Babes in Toyland ( 1961 )
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) In 1939, Freed was hired as associate producer for the film Babes in Arms.
* Babes in Toyland ( 1934 film ), a musical comedy starring Laurel and Hardy, based on the Victor Herbert operetta
* Babes in Toyland ( 1986 film ), a television movie starring Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves, using only two songs from the Victor Herbert operetta
* Babes in Toyland ( 1997 film ), an animated film featuring the voices of Christopher Plummer, Joey Ashton and Lacey Chabert, using only one musical number from the Victor Herbert operetta
Bill Foulkes said that, if done right, the film could become a " tribute to the Busby Babes which could be seen for generations to come.
Among their many Broadway hits were the shows A Connecticut Yankee ( 1927 ), Babes in Arms ( 1937 ), The Boys from Syracuse ( 1938 ), Pal Joey ( 1940 ), and By Jupiter ( 1942 ), as well as many successful film projects.
Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released on November 30, 1934.
Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Charles Rogers and Gus Meins, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
* Simple Simon was played by Charley Rogers in Babes in Toyland ( 1934 film ).
While Sonic Youth is the focus of the documentary, the film also gives attention to Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones.
She made her first film appearance in Babes on Broadway ( 1941 ) at the age of four, but it was the following year that her first major role brought her widespread attention.
* " Good Morning " ( 1939 song ), a song by Nacio Herb Brown from the 1939 film Babes in Arms, also used in the 1952 musical Singin ' in the Rain
Ducking stools have appeared occasionally in film and television, such as in Babes in Toyland, The Avengers (" Murdersville ", Season 6, Episode 7 ; 1967 ), and Doctor Who (" The Highlanders ", Season 4, Episode 15 ; 1966 ).
* Buena Vista Records, a label largely devoted to authentic soundtrack albums of mostly live-action Disney film musicals, such as Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, Summer Magic, and Babes in Toyland, as well as recordings by actors then under contract to Disney, such as Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills.
In 2011, he was portrayed by David Tennant in the BBC Two film United, which centred on the Busby Babes and the Munich air disaster.
The film was based upon Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland.
By 1934 Douglas was assistant to director Gus Meins, and served as assistant director on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy ’ s 1934 film Babes in Toyland, and on the Our Gang comedies made between 1934 and mid-1936.
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