''Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'' is a 1933

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film starring

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. The instrumental title theme, "

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers ''The Parade of the Tin Soldiers'' (''Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten''), also known as ''The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'', is an instrumental musical character piece, in the form of a popular jaunty march, written by German composer Leon Jessel ...

" (also known as "Parade of the Tin Soldiers"), was composed by

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Plot

A large factory complex struggles to produce a single package, which is rushed to a toy store. The box opens, and out steps a Betty Boop doll. The other toys come to life, parade around to the music of ''Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'' and crown her their queen. But a large stuffed toy of

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begins breaking things up by kidnapping Betty. Eventually, the big ape is defeated, and the (somewhat damaged) toys resume their parade, and afterwards fall still on a counter in a store selling damaged toys.

References

External links

Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers on Youtube
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Downloadable cartoon at archive.org
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