Alice's Wonderland
Alice's Wonderland | |
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Alice Comedies series | |
Alice's Wonderland (1923), from the series Laugh-O-Grams. | |
Directed by | Walt Disney |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Animation by |
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Ub Iwerks, Carman Maxwell |
Studio | Laugh-O-Gram Studio |
Release date(s) | 1923 |
Color process | Black and white |
Running time | 12 minutes 29 seconds |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
Followed by | Alice's Day at Sea |
Alice's Wonderland (1923) is a Walt Disney short silent film, in black and white, produced in Kansas City, Missouri. This short was the first of Walt Disney's famous Alice Comedies and had a working title of Alice in Slumberland. The film was never shown theatrically, but was instead shown to prospective film distributors. It was included as a bonus feature in the Special "Un-Anniversary Edition" of Alice in Wonderland.
Plot
Alice (Virginia Davis) visits an animation studio, where the animators (including Walt Disney) show her various scenes on their drawing boards. A few of them: a cat dancing to a cat band; a mouse poking at a cat until it moves; a couple of mice boxing, while the animators crowd around cheering and acting as corner-men. That night, she dreams of taking a train to cartoon-land, where a red carpet reception awaits. She appears in live action. They have a welcoming parade, with Alice riding on an elephant. The cartoons dance for her, and she dances for them. Meanwhile, lions break out of the zoo. The lions chase her into a hollow tree, then into a cave and down a rabbit hole. Finally, she jumps off a cliff and awakes back in her bed.
Credits
- Scenario And Direction By Walt Disney
- Photographed By Ub Iwerks And Rudolph Ising
- Technical Direction By Hugh Harman And Carman Maxwell
- Copyright 1922 Disney Cartoons
External links
- Alice's Wonderland at the Internet Movie Database
- The short film Alice's Wonderland is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Alice's Wonderland at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts