Alice In Wonderland, film and TV appearances.

Film and TV productions across the years

INTRODUCTION

There have been any number of "Alice" adaptations over the years, this section of the website concentrates on the film and TV versions. Each production has been thoroughly researched and has detailed illustrated reviews of most of the major ones. Where possible, I've added a representative number of production stills and frame grabs to give a good flavour of what the film is all about. These pages can be accessed from the menu to the left of this column. A listing of all currently known Alice TV and film productions follows below. There may be some omissions which will be rectified as and when more information is obtained.

Only family-orientated productions are listed, so "adult" versions belong elsewhere, not on this site thank you.

Lists of cast and crew are of intense interest to some and a reading chore for others, so, rather than clutter up the individual pages with long cast lists, I've provided links to the excellent Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) who are experts at this kind of small detail. Just click on the IMDB hyperlink to go there, then use "back" to return.

The abreviations "AIW" and "TTLG" should be self explanatory and indicate which of the two Alice stories the film is largely based on. Bear in mind though, that some productions incorporate elements of both. A red dot indicates there is a separate information page available. Either click it to go there or use the left-hand menu.

AVAILABILITY ON HOME VIDEO AND DVD

I'm often asked if certain productions can be obtained on VHS or DVD. The on-line video stores are the best bet. If a production is still available it's just a matter of placing a credit card order. Where a production is deleted, the second-hand market is the only way. I find ebay.com a very useful place to visit, sooner or later whatever you're looking for turns up. Click the graphic to go there.

Where I know a production is available, this is indicated in the appropriate pages. Not everything is available in every country or in every format. Note that both VHS and DVD are supplied in different formats, depending on where you live. If you buy from outside your own country, check that your equipment has multi-standard playback facility. Many do these days but, if in doubt, only buy tapes or DVD's intended for your own part of the world.

WORTH REMEMBERING
People who advertise Alice videos on Ebay will often say that they're "rare" or "ultra-rare" or "hard to find". Don't believe them! They only say that to push the price up. Almost every Alice cinema film made since 1948 is easily obtainable, brand new, through normal retail channels at normal retail prices. Buying them through Ebay, unless the price is very low, is pointless.

The 1933 Charlotte Henry film isn't currently on official release but it does turn up on Ebay every single week - that one isn't "rare" either, although the copies are bootlegs. If that doesn't bother you, the average going rate is around $15. Don't pay much more for it, if someone bids higher let them waste their money, it'll come up again the following week. Another cautionary note, some people advertise the film as being 90 minutes in length. It isn't, it's around 76 minutes.

YEAR	DESCRIPTION	MAIN STARS	DIRECTOR	IMDB
1903	AIW. Silent movie, UK	May Clark	Cecil M. Hepworth	IMDB
1910	AIW. Silent Movie, Edison Manufacturing Company, USA	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
1915	AIW. Silent Movie, released in 1915 as a Nonpareil film	Viola Savoy	W.W.Young	IMDB
1928	TTLG. Silent version	Not known	Walter Lang	IMDB
1930	Puttin' On The Ritz - early sound film, contains an "Alice In Wonderland" segment.	Joan Bennett.	Edward Sloman	IMDB
1931	AIW. Commonwealth Pictures Corporation. US. The first Alice film with sound.	Ruth Gilbert, Ralph Hertz, Leslie King, Meyer Berensen.	Bud Pollard	IMDB
1933	AIW. Paramount Pictures Corporation. US. Star-studded extravaganza.	Charlotte Henry, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant.	Norman McLeod	IMDB
1938	"My Lucky Star" - feature film with Sonja Henie, contains 'Alice' segment.	Sonja Henie, Richard Green.	Roy Del Ruth	IMDB
1948	AIW. Film produced in France, part live action, part puppets. Appeared in the USA in 1951.	Carol Marsh, Stephen Murray, Felix Aylmer	Dallas Bower, Lou Bunin	IMDB
1951	AIW. Major animated feature film production by the Walt Disney studios. Probably the most widely accepted version.	Katherine Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna	Clyde Geronimi/Wilfred Jackson	IMDB
1955	AIW/TTLG. Adaptation of the Eva Le Gallienne play for NBC TV	Gillian Barber, Elsa Lanchester, Eva Le Gallienne	Not known	N/A
1965	ALICE, a TV play by Dennis Potter, later made into the feature film "Dreamchild"	Deborah Watling, George Baker, Rosemary Crutchley	Gareth Davies	IMDB
1966	AIW. Animated USA TV production by Hanna-Barbera Productions	Janet Waldo, Sammy Davis Junior, Harvey Corman	Hanna-Barbera	IMDB
1966	AIW. Surreal UK BBC TV play, produced on film, B/W	Anna Malik, Peter Cook, Wilfred Brambell	Jonathan Miller	IMDB
1966	TTLG. USA TV special. Musical version which takes some liberties with the original story.	Judi Rolin, Jack Palance, Jimmie Durante	Alan Handley	IMDB
1972	AIW. UK produced feature film musical with music by John Barry	Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers	William Sterling	IMDB
1973	TTLG. UK TV play. Fairly straight drama with English actors.	Sarah Sutton, Brenda Bruce, Geoffry Bayldon	James McTaggart	IMDB
1980	AIW/TTLG. USA play, later done on TV and released on video. More play than film so not linked here, can be found in the theatrical section.	Meryl Streep	Joseph Papp	-
1982	AIW. The Childrens Theater Company and School of Minneapolis stage production.	Annie Enneking	John Driver/John Clark	N/A
1983	AIW. USA TV production filmed live in a single run-through.	Kate Burton, Donald O'Connor	Kirk Browning	IMDB
1985	AIW. Fictionalised film of Alice Hargreaves' trip to the USA in 1932 for Carroll's centenary, UK	Coral Browne, Amelia Shankley, Ian Holm	Gavin Miller	IMDB
1985	AIW/TTLG. Two part USA TV extravaganza, includes "Looking Glass", and produced by Irwin Allen	Natalie Gregory, Lloyd Bridges, Anthony Newley	Harry Harris	IMDB
1987	TTLG. USA TV animated children's version of "Through The Looking Glass", modern-day treatment.	Janet Waldo	Not known	N/A
1987	AIW. The Care Bears Adventure In Wonderland. Nelvana feature film.	Tracey Moore	Raymond Jafelice	IMDB
1989	AIW. Film made in Czechoslovakia, part live action, part stop motion. Very surrealistic and dark.	Kristyna Kohoutova and Camilla Power	Jan Svankmajer	IMDB
1991	A spinoff series from Disney, rather than a straight adaptation.	Elisabeth Harnois	Various	N/A
1996	TTLG. USA ice ballet under the title "Fairy Tales On Ice - Alice Through The Looking Glass".	Nancy Kerrigan	Not known	IMDB
1999	TTLG. A grown-up Alice is transported through the looking glass while reading the story to her daughter.	Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Gary Olsen, Ian Richardson	John Henderson	IMDB
1999	AIW. High budget TV/video adaptation bursting with energy and special effects. Made in the UK by Hallmark.	Tina Majorino, Martin Short, Gene Wilder, Miranda Richardson.	Nick Willing	IMDB
2000	ALICE UNDERGROUND. Low budget independent film which uses elements of the 'Alice' stories in a modern street-wise production.	Elena Korikova, William Paul Michals, Ed Deacy, Kevin Fitzpatick Murphy.	Robert E. Lee	N/A
2004	ALICE'S MISADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Independent film, uses basic 'Alice' concepts to produce a modern-day "re-imagining" of the story.	Maggie Henry.	Robert Rugan.	N/A

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