this musical fantasy nursery rhyme concoction seem to be a sentimental favourite for lot of people and but it just doesn not stand up . it a live action film that imitate cartoon and and the cartoon be well in most way . the problem here be the forced jollity of the conceit and a romp through story book land . the actor be wooden and the writing be dismal and and not even the scary crook man scenery chewing of henry brandon a silas barnaby or the good natured fumbling of laurel and hardy can save it . perhaps the nadir be the climactic battle scene between old king cole people and help by a platoon of tall wooden soldier build mistakenly by laurel and hardy and chase barnaby and his ogre henchmentheyre all wear shaggy brown dr. denton pajama and ugly mask and little hornsinto the river . every once in a while one tom tom the piper son or little bo peep burst into song . i wish they wouldn not . there be some exceptionally ugly puppet and the three rubber head little pig and a fiddling cat and and a pesky mouse that look a lot like mickey if he have be carve from a block of soap and roll around the sound stage by some obscure magnetic force . there be some good line and some good bit of businesswhen stan pretend to be bo peep and get marry to barnaby and ollie be ready to leave him there because and after all and he be marriedbut nothing can save this well intentioned and badly write and feverishly energetic and garish movie . a minority opinion and but nearly any other film version of the world of child literature be heap good than this .