Alice in Wonderland (1931)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Alice in Wonderland |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 58 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bud Pollard |
| script |
John E. Goodson Ashley Ayer Miller |
| cut | Bud Pollard |
| occupation | |
| |
Alice in Wonderland is an American black and white film from 1931. It is the first film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland as a sound film and therefore the first film adaptation using the dialogues of Lewis Carroll. The premiere took place at the Warner Theater in New York .
action
Alice follows a white rabbit to Wonderland, where she meets the bad-tempered cook and the Duchess. She attends a tea party where she meets the mad hatter , the March hare, and the dormouse, while the Cheshire Cat leaves her grin. She annoys the caterpillar and the Queen of Hearts threatens to behead her. With the Duchess, Alice meets the griffin and the green turtle. After a grotesque process, Alice gets tired of the strange events.
backgrounds
The film was directed in 1931 as a low budget production at the Metropolitan Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey with amateur actors. It was written in anticipation of the 100th birthday of the author Lewis Carroll the following year, which caused Alice fever in both North America and Europe. The United States sought to make money from numerous films, songs, and puppet shows about Alice in Wonderland . For example, Betty Boop went to Wonderland in the cartoon Betty in Blunderland , as did Eva Le Gallienne in 1932 on the Broadway show Alice in Wonderland, which was one of the hits that year. Irving Berlin composed an Alice in Wonderland song, while Paramount went to great lengths to produce an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland starring Charlotte Henry , WC Fields , Cary Grant and Gary Cooper . Finally, in 1932, Alice Liddell , the inspiration for "Alice" in the original book, and now an elderly lady, came to America to attend the anniversary celebrations.
Because of this interest, the film premiered in the renowned Warner Theater in New York.
Web links
- Alice in Wonderland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Barrymore Film Center: A History of Film in Fort Lee, NJ . Retrieved May 19, 2020 . ( english )
- ↑ a b 'Curious and Curious' - Alice in the film at NorthJersey.com (English)
- ↑ All Movie Guide: Short review by Bill Warren ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)