Alice in Wonderland (1933)
December 18, 1933Release Date
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
December 18, 1933Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Charlotte Henry
Alice
Richard Arlen
Cheshire Cat
Roscoe Ates
Fish
William Austin
Gryphon
Gary Cooper
White Knight
Leon Errol
Uncle Gilbert
Louise Fazenda
White Queen
W.C. Fields
Humpty-Dumpty
Alec B. Francis
King of Hearts
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Rabbit
Cary Grant
Mock Turtle
Lillian Harmer
Cook
Raymond Hatton
Mouse
Sterling Holloway
Frog
Edward Everett Horton
Mad Hatter
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
Charles Ruggles
March Hare
Jackie Searl
Dormouse
Alison Skipworth
Duchess
Ned Sparks
Caterpillar
Ford Sterling
White King
Billy Barty
White Pawn / The Baby (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Two of Spades (uncredited)
Harry Ekezian
First Executioner (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
Miss Simpson (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
The Clock (uncredited)
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Release DateDecember 18, 1933
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
Content RatingNR
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Alice in Wonderland is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy film adapted from the novels by Lewis Carroll. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures, featuring an all-star cast. It is all live action, except for the Walrus and The Carpenter sequence, which was animated by Harman-Ising Studio. The film was seen by Walt Disney, and inspired him to create his company's 1951 animated adaptation.
Stars include 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 Hatter, Charles Ruggles as The March Hare, Richard Arlen as the Cheshire Cat, Baby LeRoy as The Joker, and Charlotte Henry in her first leading role as Alice.
This adaptation was directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and William Cameron Menzies, based on Lewis Carroll's books Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Alice Through the Looking-Glass (1871). It also drew heavily from Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus's then-recent stage adaptation.
When Paramount previewed the film in 1933, the original running time was 90 minutes. By the time it was shown to the press, it was truncated to 77 minutes. Many reviews, including the savage one in Variety, made a point of how long it seemed at an hour-and-a-quarter. Though being released at this shorter time, it is often mistakenly reported that Universal Pictures edited it when it bought the television rights in the late 1950s. Universal released the film on DVD on March 2, 2010, as the first home video release.
It is the only major live-action Hollywood theatrical production to adapt the original Alice stories. The next major live-action Hollywood production to do so is a two-part adaptation for television in 1985, and the second major live-action Hollywood production for movie theaters to use the title Alice in Wonderland was made by Tim Burton for Disney in 2010 as a sequel to the original story.