Alice in Wonderland (1950)
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Release Date: May 13, 1949 Wide
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Release Date: May 13, 1949 Wide
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Alice in Wonderland is a misfire attempt to retell the Lewis Carroll story in the style of the famous John Tenniel illustrations. The film is an uncomfortable blend of live actors in ill-fitting costumes, ugly life-sized puppets, and ragged stop-motion animation. Carol Marsh, as Alice, is the only non-grotesque in the bunch, but that doesn't make her any more appealing. The brainchild of American puppeteer Louis Bunin, this project is relentlessly weird and unattractive, helped not at all by the
May 13, 1949 Wide
Jan 1, 1998
Cast
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Stephen Murray
Lewis Carroll -
Pamela Brown
Queen of Hearts, Queen ... -
Carol Marsh
Alice -
Felix Aylmer
Cheshire Cat, Dr. Lidde... -
Ernest Milton
Vice Chancellor, White ... -
Raymond Bussières
The Tailor -
Joyce Grenfell
Doormouse, Ugly Duchess
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I watched this because I thought it was the famous Disney version. HA...it's not! This is one of the worst films I have seen in my life.
July 9, 2011
Jameson Worley
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This rendition of the story begins in England where they setup the story to come by introducing the inspirations for each of the characters in Wonderland through real people Alice and Lewis Carroll may have been acquainted with. This choice takes away some of the magic in trying to point out a kind of natural association for inspiration, but does not hurt it too much as one forgets about it the deeper into the story they go. While many parts are pretty close to literal adaptation there are several parts that were clearly artistic liberty in trying to come up with scenes, scenarios and musical numbers to keep with the spirit if not in the book itself.
For being released in 1949 it is strangely more gruesome in its aesthetic than I would have expected for a children's movie in that time period. Not that it is in any way horrifying, but the style and animation technique with the clay figures gives it a slightly odd yet likable quality. Most of the music I found unimpressive. The live action acting was often poor. Marsh as Alice did ok though she looked a bit old. The voice acting was pretty decent and the animation was better than I would have expected for that time period. The overall film and sound quality though was still expectedly poor.
NOTE: This is the 8th out of 21 known adaptations of the Lewis Carroll story I've seen. See blog for more details.
For being released in 1949 it is strangely more gruesome in its aesthetic than I would have expected for a children's movie in that time period. Not that it is in any way horrifying, but the style and animation technique with the clay figures gives it a slightly odd yet likable quality. Most of the music I found unimpressive. The live action acting was often poor. Marsh as Alice did ok though she looked a bit old. The voice acting was pretty decent and the animation was better than I would have expected for that time period. The overall film and sound quality though was still expectedly poor.
NOTE: This is the 8th out of 21 known adaptations of the Lewis Carroll story I've seen. See blog for more details.
September 19, 2010
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