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Alice in Wonderland Overview:

Alice in Wonderland (1951) was a Animation - Adventure Film directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske and produced by Walt Disney.

SYNOPSIS

Based on the 1865 book by Lewis Carroll, this is the classic Disney animated version of Alice's adventures as she follows a white rabbit into a "Wonderland" of her own imagination. The usual Disney zest, and upbeat songs such as "I'm Late."

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Alice in Wonderland BlogHub Articles:

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

By Kristen on Dec 22, 2012 From Journeys in Classic Film

It’s been awhile since I was late on a Journeys in the Disney Vault post, so I don’t feel so bad (still trying to get back into the swing of things post-surgery).  After the commercial success of Cinderella, Disney found themselves suffering a crushing blow with Alice in Wonderland.  I... Read full article

Hollywood Haiku: Alice in Wonderland (1951)

By Brandie on May 11, 2011 From True Classics

I’m big. I’m small. Is that a worm with a hookah? … Mushrooms are bad, kids. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now.... Read full article

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Alice in Wonderland Quotes:

Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea?
Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more.
March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less.
Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.
Mad Hatter: Do you care for tea?
Alice: Why, yes. I'm very fond of tea.
March Hare: If you don't care for tea, you could at least make polite conversation!
Caterpillar: Who are you?
[after they have restrained the Dormouse]
Mad Hatter: Ah thank goodness! Those are the things that upset me!
March Hare: See all the trouble you started?
Alice: But I didn't think...
March Hare: Ah, that's just it. If you don't think, then you shouldn't talk.
Alice: Well, it all started when I was sitting on the river bank with Dinah.
March Hare: Very interesting - Who's Dinah?
[Pants lasciviously]
Alice: Oh, Dinah's my cat. You see...
Dormouse: Cat? CAT!
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Alice in Wonderland Facts
This movie is actually a combination of Lewis Carroll's two "Alice" books, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
This movie contained Dink Trout's final role.
Lewis Carroll wrote the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" as nonsense - it has no answer. This has not stopped people, despite being repeatedly told that there is not, nor should there be, any answer, from trying to contrive one. Among the suggestions are, "because Edgar Allan Poe wrote on both" and "because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes" (the second of which is very similar to a solution that Carroll himself wearily suggested when he grew tired of people asking him about it).
In the Walrus and the Carpenter sequence, the R in the word "March" on the mother oyster's calendar flashes. This alludes to the old adage about only eating oysters in a month with an R in its name. That is because those months without an R (May, June, July, August) are the summer months in England, when oysters would not keep due to the heat, in the days before refrigeration.
During a break in the recording sessions, Ed Wynn ad libbed the speech where the Mad Hatter tries to "fix" the White Rabbit's watch. ("Muthtard? Leth not be thilly!") Walt Disney, who was listening in a nearby sound booth, saw that the recording tape was still recording Wynn's speech. He told the sound technicians, "Hey, that stuff's pretty funny. Why don't you use that speech in the movie?" The sound men objected. "We can't use that speech. There are too many background noises on the tape." Disney smiled, and told them, "That's *your* problem," then walked out of the room. Eventually, with much labor, the sound technicians managed to erase all the background noises from the recording tape so that Ed Wynn's ad libs could be used in the film.
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