The soap-operish, tear-jerking film began with a written introduction:"This is a story of the Unconquerable Fortress - the American Home.At the same time, Alice had ascended asylum stairs hat dead-ended at a brick wall, and rolled herself onto the wall to escape, and crash-landed into the same jacuzzi.This great, sensitively-directed, sophisticated film with exceptional acting, and faithful to the source material, has often been overlooked as one of the best films of the 1930s, and one of filmdom""s greatest love stories.He made his way to the fortress aboard a sled pulled by rabbits.]As the group continued on their way, they realized hat some of their ponies were missing.They came upon three large Mountain Trolls (with brownish skin) around a campfire (Tom, Bert, and William) who had carried off four of their animals for a meal.