"Alices Adventures In Wonderland - with Fiona Fullerton as Alice

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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland starring Fiona Fullerton made in 1972

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The 1972 film featuring an all star cast including
MICHAEL CRAWFORD, FIONA FULLERTON, DUDLEY MOORE, SPIKE MILLIGAN, PETER SELLERS, RALPH RICHARDSON, FLORA ROBSON, HYWELL BENNETT, MICHAEL HORDERN, MICHAEL JAYSTON and ROBERT HELPMANN.

Music by JOHN BARRY Lyrics by DON BLACK
Directed by WILLIAM STIRLING

Alice's adventures underground have been filmed on many occasions. 1972 saw the release of a musical version starring Fiona Fullerton as a charming Alice, and featuring Michael Crawford as The White Rabbit.
Fiona Fullerton has appeared in a number of film and TV roles, including being a "Bond" girl on one occasion.

Michael Crawford was still relatively unknown at this stage, having only recently made his name in the UK

as Frank Spencer in the sitcom "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em". He was just starting out on his singing and stage career and would soon star in Barnum and then on to the very big time in "Phantom Of The Opera".

The rest of the cast read like a "Who's Who" of the British entertainment industry, including theatrical luminaries such as Sir John Gielgud and Michael Hordern to the incredible comic talents of Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Roy Kinnear.

For this ambitious musical version of Lewis Carroll's famous story, composer John Barry (below) worked closely with lyricist Don Black (below far left),

with former "King Brothers" member, Denis King, acting as a personal instructor for Fiona Fullerton, a fifteen year old newcomer, playing Alice. As soon as her role in the film was confirmed, a meeting was arranged with Barry in his London apartment, which was situated on the Albert embankment, opposite the Tate gallery. Michael Crawford, Don Black and Denis King were all present as Barry played them piano tapes of the songs.

Fiona Fullerton recalled this scene with great fondness, describing Barry as "very patient and kind" during a time when she was still an "impressionable 15 year old" and revealed that, at that time, she had a huge crush on him! Barry wrote most of the music at his remote villa in Majorca. The film's director was Will Sterling, pictured here with Fiona Fullerton on the Shepperton set. He described "Alice" as a "Victorian coloured picture book come to life, full of charm, fantasy, fun and adventure."

Cover art. The picture above is from a "making of" booklet while the picture to the right is a re-coloured poster from Spain.

The Fiona Fullerton musical re-released on DVD in 2005.
This 1972 gem was promised as a digitally remastered version, however, be warned that it is in fact just the same grainy version as was released a couple of years ago. Buy it if you must, but don't expect anything spectacular.

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