The film’s story takes place in Toyland which is inhabited by Mother Goose and other well known fairy tale characters. Stannie Dun and Ollie Dee (played by Laurel and Hardy) live in a shoe which is owned by villainous Silas Barnaby who is looking to marry Bo Peep.Our heroes try to borrow money from their employer the toymaker to pay off the mortgage on the shoe and keep Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails they trick Barnaby into marrying Stannie Dum instead of Bo Peep. Engaged Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.Stan and Ollie run and hide in the toy shop where they discover a box of darts to battle the Bogeymen. They empty the darts into a cannon but decide instead to unleash the toy soldiers on their enemy. The “march” alluded to the film’s title begins as the soldiers march out and attack the Bogeymen with their bayonets driving them back into Bogeyland. Stan and Ollie decide to give the Bogeymen a parting shot with the dart filled cannon. As Stan aims the cannon and lights the fuse the barrel of the cannon reverses and unleashes the barrage of darts on Ollie’s back. The film ends with Stan pulling them out one by one as Ollie winches.
The film’s story takes place in Toyland which is inhabited by Mother Goose and other well known fairy tale characters. Stannie Dun and Ollie Dee (played by Laurel and Hardy) live in a shoe which is owned by villainous Silas Barnaby who is looking to marry Bo Peep.Our heroes try to borrow money from their employer the toymaker to pay off the mortgage on the shoe and keep Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails they trick Barnaby into marrying Stannie Dum instead of Bo Peep. Engaged Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.Stan and Ollie run and hide in the toy shop where they discover a box of darts to battle the Bogeymen. They empty the darts into a cannon but decide instead to unleash the toy soldiers on their enemy. The “march” alluded to the film’s title begins as the soldiers march out and attack the Bogeymen with their bayonets driving them back into Bogeyland. Stan and Ollie decide to give the Bogeymen a parting shot with the dart filled cannon. As Stan aims the cannon and lights the fuse the barrel of the cannon reverses and unleashes the barrage of darts on Ollie’s back. The film ends with Stan pulling them out one by one as Ollie winches.
