Question: We're Barnaby, Stannie Dum, and Ollie Dee based on actual nursery rhymes, or were they made up for the movie?
March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
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Directed by: Charley Rogers, Gus Meins
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Virginia Karns
Continuity mistake: When Tom is on trial, the large crowd is there to witness. Barnaby is there, thinking he got away with his ploy. There is a man standing next to Barnaby who disappears from the wide shot and reappears in the closeups.
Barnaby: Big bait catches big rat.
Answer: Stan and Ollie were based on Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. I believe the character of Barnaby was created for the movie.