March of the Wooden Soldiers
The Amazing Story of Laurel & Hardy's Babes in Toyland, By Randy Skretvedt
Brand new! Step behind the scenes during the making of the holiday favorite with Randy Skretvedt’s forthcoming MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS: THE AMAZING STORY OF LAUREL & HARDY’S “BABES IN TOYLAND.” Featuring nearly 400 rare illustrations, the new book reveals the incredible adventure of bringing to the screen Barnaby, Tom-Tom, Bo-Peep, the Bogeymen, and – of course – Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum.
The film has been a holiday classic on TV since the early 1950s. The annual showing on WPIX in New York kept this movie alive in American popular culture, when for many years it was unavailable anywhere else. But the on-screen magic is only part of the fascinating story of MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS.
240 Pages * ISBN 978-1937878214
Kindle Ebook * ASIN B0CMKLZBX1
$25.00
Casebound Hardcover Retail Price: $49.95
240 Pages * ISBN 978-1937878207
Author
Randy Skretvedt
Randy Skretvedt is the author of the definitive work on the boys: Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies, recently revised in a greatly expanded Ultimate Edition. He is co-author of Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography, The Nostalgia Entertainment Sourcebook, Laurel and Hardy on Stage! and booklet notes for dozens of CD’s; former managing editor of Past Times: The Nostalgia Entertainment Newsletter; and producer and host of Los Angeles’ weekly Forward into the Past (KSPC-FM 88.7).
