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Alice in Wonderland

  • 19331933
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.2K
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Charlotte Henry in Alice in Wonderland (1933)
In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
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In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
IMDb RATING
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2.2K
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  • Directors
    • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Hugh Harman(animation sequences)
    • Rudolf Ising(animation sequences)
  • Writers
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(screen play)
    • William Cameron Menzies(screen play)
    • Lewis Carroll(novel "Alice in Wonderland")
  • Stars
    • Richard Arlen
    • Roscoe Ates
    • William Austin
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  • Directors
    • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Hugh Harman(animation sequences)
    • Rudolf Ising(animation sequences)
  • Writers
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(screen play)
    • William Cameron Menzies(screen play)
    • Lewis Carroll(novel "Alice in Wonderland")
  • Stars
    • Richard Arlen
    • Roscoe Ates
    • William Austin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
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    Richard Arlen
    Richard Arlen
    • Cheshire Catas Cheshire Cat
    Roscoe Ates
    Roscoe Ates
    • Fishas Fish
    William Austin
    William Austin
    • Gryphonas Gryphon
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • White Knightas White Knight
    Leon Errol
    Leon Errol
    • Uncle Gilbertas Uncle Gilbert
    Louise Fazenda
    Louise Fazenda
    • White Queenas White Queen
    W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    • Humpty-Dumptyas Humpty-Dumpty
    Alec B. Francis
    Alec B. Francis
    • King of Heartsas King of Hearts
    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
    • Rabbitas Rabbit
    • (as Skeets Gallagher)
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Mock Turtleas Mock Turtle
    Lillian Harmer
    Lillian Harmer
    • Cookas Cook
    Raymond Hatton
    Raymond Hatton
    • Mouseas Mouse
    Charlotte Henry
    Charlotte Henry
    • Aliceas Alice
    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    • Frogas Frog
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Mad Hatteras Mad Hatter
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • Tweedledeeas Tweedledee
    Baby LeRoy
    Baby LeRoy
    • Jokeras Joker
    • (as Baby Le Roy)
    Mae Marsh
    Mae Marsh
    • Sheepas Sheep
    • Directors
      • Norman Z. McLeod
      • Hugh Harman(animation sequences) (uncredited)
      • Rudolf Ising(animation sequences) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(screen play)
      • William Cameron Menzies(screen play)
      • Lewis Carroll(novel "Alice in Wonderland")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Mary Pickford and Walt Disney planned a combination live action and animated feature, but Paramount beat them in securing the rights to the story on 9 May 1933.
    • Goofs
      William Shakespeare's birth and death dates are given as 1585-1616. That would make him 31 when he died. Actually, although he did die in 1616 at the age of 52, he was born in 1564.
    • Quotes

      March Hare: Have some more tea?

      Alice: I haven't had any yet, so I can't take more.

      March Hare: You mean you can't take less. It is very easy to take more than nothing.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening cast credits are in order of appearance, with stills of credited actors shown twice: first in full costume and mask with the character name identified, and followed by a studio photo of each with their actor name identified. The end credits are in alphabetical order and presented normally with a character name and actor name on each line.
    • Alternate versions
      The film was previewed at 90 minutes and featured scenes with Julie Bishop as Alice's sister, Harvey Clark as Father William, and Lucien Littlefield as Father William's son. These scenes were deleted and the general release version runs 75 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited into The History of the Hands (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock-a-Bye Baby
      (1886) (uncredited)

      Music and Lyrics by Effie I. Canning

      Played as background music when Alice falls asleep

    User reviews55

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    Top review
    6/10
    An All-Star Spectacular Just Misses True Classic Status
    In the depths of the Great Depression, Paramount mounted this spectacular fantasy with a galaxy of top flight stars and just missed creating a classic. Like the stage ALICE IN WONDERLAND Eva LeGallienne had mounted the year before at her Civic Repertory Theatre in New York - only just closed when the film opened - which appears to have inspired this production, the sets and costumes are drawn heavily from the classic and by then in public domain illustrations from the original book by John Tenniel.

    The result is a dazzling world - starting with Alice's Victorian drawing room where she is waiting out a snow storm with her cat, Dinah and her aunt before beginning her explorations Through the Looking Glass (the film combines both of Lewis Carroll's most famous books) and continuing through most of the most famous incidents from the books in live action fantasy form.

    Only "The Walrus and The Carpenter," delightfully rendered by Max Fleischer's cartoon studio (one would love to have seen the cut footage of the similarly popular "You Are Old Father William" poem!) was deemed too hard to portray with live actors - the baby oysters lured from their bed for culinary conversation - "Shoes and ships and sealing wax" and all that. You've probably seen this cartoon edited from the film and issued separately!

    This was a separate Hollywood production, despite similarities with the Broadway play with music, and didn't use the any of that show's Richard Addinsell song score (recorded by RCA during the stage show's 1947 revival) but turned Dimitri Tiomkin loose on it, and it's nice to see that film's premiere composer could also turn out a nice enough song or two too. This was a first class production all the way - and like MGM's WIZARD OF OZ six years later, didn't make money in it's initial release - or initial RE-release in 1935. Lacking ...OZ's Technicolor and popular song score, this ALICE IN WONDERLAND didn't even carve out its classic niche when television came in, and is now almost lost - supplanted in the popular mind by the fine 1951 Disney animated version of the story, but is well worth seeking out for lovers of Lewis Carroll, classic fantasy or classic film.

    Technicolor or not, songs or not, the film still has elements which dazzle and only a few serious drawbacks for the "short attention span" set. Charlotte Henry is a fine, natural Alice (in an all too brief career of only 31 films, before retiring during WWII, she also did the Laurel & Hardy BABES IN TOYALAND in 1934 and the best of all the Chans, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA in 1936 as Boris Karloff's daughter!) and she is ably supported by a cast of great actors - not all of whom have the luxury of costumes revealing their faces like Ned Sparks' Caterpillar, Edward Everett Horton's Mad Hatter or Edna May Oliver's Red Queen, but the voices of rising stars like Cary Grant (a wonderful singing Mock Turtle) and old pro W.C. Fields (Humpty Dumpty) won't really require seeing the faces in their "Tenniel come-to-life" costumes.

    The problem, if any, comes in the mad whirl of crazy fantasy that takes Alice deeper and deeper into Wonderland (and its sequel) and after a while can lose the audience's interest as they try clinging to a thru-story line. Stick around though, for Gary Cooper's appearance around an hour into the film as The White Knight (only the name is type casting)! It is one of the greatest treats in a motion picture packed with them - and arguably one of the crowning gems of Cooper's career. Quite wonderful.

    Modern audiences may cringe a bit in the opening scene seeing Alice, in a highly starched - and highly FLAMMABLE - dress and apron climbing on the grate in front of a burning fireplace to look in the mirror over the hearth, but someone at the studio did notice (and probably hoped the audience wouldn't). When Alice returns, the fire is out.

    After 75 years though, the fire is far from out on this fascinating extravaganza. If you get a chance to see it, grab it.
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    • Release date
      • December 22, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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