Alice in Wonderland

1949 MusicFamily 83 minutes Directed by Dallas Bower

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About Alice in Wonderland

A Victorian framing story puts Carol Marsh's Alice into Wonderland, where the Queen, the Hatter, and the rest are stop-motion puppets. Lewis Carroll, played by Stephen Murray, hovers at the edge of the tale.

Cast & crew

More about Alice in Wonderland

Dallas Bower directed. Lou Bunin built the stop-motion puppets. Carol Marsh plays Alice. Edward Eliscu wrote the script from Carroll's book. Gerald Gibbs and Claude Renoir photographed it. Sol Kaplan wrote the music. A French-British production. The American opening followed on July 26, 1951.

Themes

Look

Gerald Gibbs and Claude Renoir photographed the live Alice against Bunin's puppets.

Music

Sol Kaplan wrote the score.

Preservation

A Castle Films extract circulates on Wikimedia Commons as Castle Films - Alice in Wonderland.webm. That reel is not the full 83-minute picture.

Notes

  • Wonderland figures are puppets. Alice is the live performer moving among them.
  • The US release date, July 26, 1951, comes after the 1949 European opening.

Influenced by

  • Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Castle Films - Alice in Wonderland.webm, excerpt)