Alice in Wonderland-1905
Alice in Wonderland is a (1903) British silent film directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow. It is the first movie adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The film is memorable for its use of special effects, including Alice's shrinking in the Hall of Many Doors, and in her large size, stuck inside of White Rabbit's home, reaching for help through a window.
Only one copy of the original film is known to exist and parts are now lost. The British Film Institute has partially restored the movie and its original film tinting on February 24, 2010. It is now available from several sources, and is included as a bonus feature on a 1996 BBC DVD.
Cast
- Alice: May Clark
- Frog: Cecil M. Hepworth
- White Rabbit / Queen of Hearts: Mrs. Hepworth
- Mad Hatter / Fish: Norman Whitten
- Playing Card: Geoffrey Faithfull
- Playing Card: Stanley Faithfull
Alice in Wonderland - 1933
Alice in Wonderland is a 1933 ensemble film produced by Paramount Pictures. It is mostly live-action, except for The Walrus and The Carpenter, which was animated by Leon Schlesinger Productions.
Stars featured in the film included Charlotte Henry as Alice, W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle, Gary Cooper as the White Knight, Edward Everett Horton as The Mad Hatter, Charles Ruggles as The March Hare, and Baby LeRoy as The Joker.This version was directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. It also drew heavily from Eva LeGallienne and Florida Friebus's then-recent stage adaptation.
This film is occasionally broadcast on cable television channels such as Turner Classic Movies. The original running time was 90 min., but when EMKA bought the television rights in the late-1950s, it was cut to 77 minutes. Universal released this film on DVD March 2, 2010, in the cut version.
Cast of characters
- Richard Arlen: Cheshire cat
- Roscoe Ates: Fish
- William Austin: Gryphon
- Gary Cooper: White Knight
- W.C. Fields: Humpty Dumpty
- Leon Errol: Uncle Silbert
- Louise Fazenda: White Queen
- Alec B. Francis: King of Hearts
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher: Rabbit
- Cary Grant: Mock Turtle
- Lilian Harmer: Cook
- Charlotte Henry: Alice
- Sterling Holloway: Frog
- Roscoe Karns: Tweedledee
- Baby LeRoy: Joker
- Mae Marsh: Sheep
- Polly Moran: Dodo Bird
- Jack Oakie: Tweedledum
- Edna May Oliver: Red Queen
- May Robson: Queen of Hearts
- Charlie Ruggles: March Hare
- Ned Sparks: Caterpillar
- Ford Sterling: White King
- Alison Skipworth: Duchess
- Edward Everett Horton: the Mad Hatter
- Jackie Searl: the Dormouse
Alice in Wonderland-1951
An 1951 adaptation of the Lewis Carroll by Disney. Arguably the best known film version of the story. It was a critical and commercial failure in the 1950s. Its surreal use of music and color started raising its popularity. By the 1980s it was among the best received Disney films.
Cast
- Kathryn Beaumont as Alice
- Ed Wynn as Mad Hatter
- Richard Haydn as Caterpillar
- Sterling Holloway as Cheshire Cat
- Jerry Colonna as March Hare
- Verna Felton as Queen of Hearts
- J. Pat O'Malley as Tweedledum and Tweedledee; Walrus; Carpenter; Mother Oyster
- Bill Thompson as White Rabbit; The Dodo
- Heather Angel as Alice's sister
- Joseph Kearns as Doorknob
- Larry Grey as Bill the Lizard, Card Painter
- Queenie Leonard as Bird In Tree, Snooty Flower
- Dink Trout as King of Hearts
- Doris Lloyd as Rose
- Jimmy MacDonald as The Dormouse
- The Mellomen as Cards
- Don Barclay as Other Cards
Alice in Wonderland-1982
An 1982 recording of a theatrical production by the Children's Theatre Company. The protagonist was young Annie Enneking. While a quality production it suffers somewhat from the raised voices of the actors, needed to reach a large live audience but hardly tolerated on film.
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Alice in Wonderland-1985
An 1985 adaptation of the Lewis Carroll, originally created as a two-part television special. The first part covered material from the Alice in Wonderland novel, the second from "Through the Looking-Glass". Unusually Alice was played by a child actress rather than a teenaged one.
Cast
- Sheila Allen as Mother
- Scott Baio as Pat the Pig
- Billy Braver as The Eaglet
- Red Buttons as The White Rabbit
- Sid Caesar as The Gryphon
- Sammy Davis, Jr. as The Caterpillar/Father William
- Charles Dougherty as The Duck
- Natalie Gregory as Alice
- Sharee Gregory as Sister
- Sherman Hemsley as The Mouse
- Arte Johnson as The Dormouse
- Roddy McDowall as The March Hare
- Jayne Meadows as The Queen of Hearts
- Robert Morley as The King of Hearts
- Anthony Newley as The Mad Hatter
- Donald O'Connor as The Lory Bird
- Ernie Orsatti as Bill the Lizard
- Martha Raye as The Duchess
- Imogene Coca as The Cook
- Telly Savalas as The Cheshire Cat
- Ringo Starr as The Mock Turtle
- Shelley Winters as The Dodo Bird
Alice in Wonderland-1999
An 1999 television adaptation of the Lewis Carrol tales by NBC. Alice is a young girl supposed to perform at a garden party but suffers from stage fright. She runs away and then her Wonderland adventure begins. The theme is Alice learning to face challenges bravely.
Cast
- Alice (Tina Majorino)
- The Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson)
- The Mad Hatter (Martin Short)
- Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg)
- The King of Hearts (Simon Russell Beale)
- Mr. Mouse (Ken Dodd)
- The Mock Turtle (Gene Wilder)
- The March Hare (Adrian Getley, Robert Tygner, Francis Wright {also voice})
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (George Wendt and Robbie Coltrane, respectively)
- The White Rabbit (Kiran Shah and Richard Coombs {also voice})
- The White Knight (Christopher Lloyd)
- The Duchess (Elizabeth Spriggs)
- Major Caterpillar (Ben Kingsley)
- The Walrus and the Carpenter (Peter Ustinov and Pete Postlethwaite, respectively)
- The Gryphon (David Alan Barclay, Adrian Getley, Robert Tygner, Donald Sinden {voice})
- The Knave of Hearts (Jason Flemyng)
- Pat and Bill the Lizard (Jason Byrne and Paddy Joyce, respectively) -
- Miss Lory, Mr. Duck, Mr. Eaglet, and Mr. Dodo (Liz Smith, Ken Campbell, Heathcote Williams and Peter Bayliss, respectively)
- Tiger Lily (Joanna Lumley {voice})
- The Cook (Sheila Hancock)
- Dormouse (Nigel Plaskitt {also voice} and David Alan Barclay)
- The Pig Baby (voice of Nigel Plaskitt)
- The Frog and Fish Footmen (Peter Eyre and Hugh Lloyd)
- The Rose Painting Cards (Matthew Sim, Jonathan Broadbent, and Christopher Sim)
- The Red Knight (Gerard Naprous)
- Mother (Janine Eser) - Alice's mother.
- Father (Jeremy Brudenell)
- Nanny (Mary Healey)
- Governess (Dilys Laye)
Alice in Wonderland-2010
In the film, Alice is now nineteen years old and accidentally returns to Underland (misheard by Alice and believed to be called Wonderland), a place she visited thirteen years previously. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants. Burton said the original Wonderland story was always about a girl wandering around from one weird character to another and he never felt a connection emotionally, so he wanted to make it feel more like a story than a series of events. He does not see this as a sequel to previous films, nor as a re-imagining.
Cast
Wasikowska Mia .... Alice
Johnny Depp .... Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter .... Red Queen
Anne Hathaway .... White Queen
Matt Lucas .... Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Crispin Glover .... Jack of Hearts
Geraldine James .... Lady Ascot
Alan Rickman .... Caterpillar
Timothy Spall .... Bloodhound
Michael Sheen .... White Rabbit
Christopher Lee .... The Jabberwock
Eleanor Tomlinson .... Fiona Chataway
Stephen Fry .... Cheshire Cat
Cast
Wasikowska Mia .... Alice
Johnny Depp .... Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter .... Red Queen
Anne Hathaway .... White Queen
Matt Lucas .... Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Crispin Glover .... Jack of Hearts
Geraldine James .... Lady Ascot
Alan Rickman .... Caterpillar
Timothy Spall .... Bloodhound
Michael Sheen .... White Rabbit
Christopher Lee .... The Jabberwock
Eleanor Tomlinson .... Fiona Chataway
Stephen Fry .... Cheshire Cat
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