Alice in Wonderland (1951 movie)
Alice in Wonderland, also referred to as Alice for short, is a 1951 American animated movie produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1865 story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It is the thirteenth Disney animated classic. It includes the voices of Kathryn Beaumont (who also voiced Wendy Darling in the 1953 Disney movie Peter Pan) as Alice, and Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter. Alice in Wonderland was the first Disney animated movie to have ending credits (in this movie they contain the cast of characters shown in the film). A sequel of the film, Alice Through the Looking Glass, was planned in 1952, but it was never released.
| Alice in Wonderland | |
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| Produced by | Walt Disney |
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| Based on | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Edited by | Lloyd Richardson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[2] |
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The story
A young girl named "Alice" is bored with her history lesson given by her sister Lorina. She, along with her kitten known as Dinah, sneaks away and dreams a world full of nonsense. However, Alice sees the unusual White Rabbit, who is holding a large golden pocket watch and running off in a hurry. Curious to find out where the Rabbit is going, Alice follows him down the rabbit hole where her adventures in Wonderland in the looking-glass world begin. While changing sizes from big to small and meeting bizarre people, which include the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Dormouse, the Queen of Hearts, and the King of Hearts, Alice is tired from her adventures in Wonderland and wishes to go home.
Voice cast
- Kathryn Beaumont as Alice[3][4]
- Ed Wynn as Mad Hatter[5]
- Richard Haydn as Caterpillar
- Sterling Holloway as Cheshire Cat[6]
- Jerry Colonna as March Hare[6]
- Verna Felton as Queen of Hearts[6]
- J. Pat O'Malley as Tweedledum and Tweedledee/Walrus and Carpenter/The Curious Oysters[7]
- Bill Thompson as White Rabbit/Dodo[6]
- Heather Angel as Lorina
- Joseph Kearns as Doorknob
- Larry Grey as Bill the Lizard
- Queenie Leonard as Pigeon/Iris
- Dink Trout as King of Hearts (final film role before his death in 1950)
- Doris Lloyd as Rose
- Jimmy MacDonald as Dormouse
- Ken Beaumont as Jack of Hearts
- The Mellomen as The Card Painters
- Lucille Bliss as Daisy/The Tulips[8]
- Pinto Colvig as The Flamingos
- Jack Mercer as The Hedgehogs
- Tommy Luske as The Pansies/The Violets
- Jimmy Luske as Rosebud
- Marni Nixon as Calla Lily/Lilac/The Larkspurs/The Gerberal Daisies
- Lynn Bari as Lily of the Valley
- Norma Zimmer as White Rose
- Erdman Penner as Eagle
- Don Barclay as The Card Guards[9]
- The Disney Studio Chorus as The Flowers
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alice in Wonderland: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Barrier 2007.
- ↑ "Kathryn Beaumont". D23. Walt Disney Archives. Archived from the original on July 30, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ↑ Smith, Dave. "Alice in Wonderland Character History". Disney Archives. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ↑ Fahr, Tyler; Seastrom, Lucas O. (January 19, 2017). "Celebrating Ed Wynn: Walt Disney's Partner in Laughter". Walt Disney Family Museum. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Smith, Dave. "Alice in Wonderland Movie History". Disney Archives. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ↑ Veteran Film-TV Actor J. Pat O'Malley Dies. March 1, 1985. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-01-me-23686-story.html. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Voice Chasers". Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ↑ Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. pp. 316–317.
