Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Kathryn Beaumont
- Alice
- (voice)
Ed Wynn
- Mad Hatter
- (voice)
Richard Haydn
- Caterpillar
- (voice)
Jerry Colonna
- March Hare
- (voice)
Verna Felton
- Queen of Hearts
- (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley
- Walrus
- (voice)
- (as Pat O'Malley)
- …
Bill Thompson
- White Rabbit
- (voice)
- …
Heather Angel
- Alice's Sister
- (voice)
Joseph Kearns
- Doorknob
- (voice)
Larry Grey
- Bill
- (voice)
Dink Trout
- King of Hearts
- (voice)
Doris Lloyd
- The Rose
- (voice)
James MacDonald
- Dormouse
- (voice)
The Mellowmen Quartet
- Card Painters
- (voice)
- (as The Mellomen)
Don Barclay
- Other Cards
- (voice)
Lynn Bari
- Lily of the Vally
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn 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.
- GoofsIn the opening credits, Lewis Carroll is spelled Lewis Carrol, missing the last letter L.
- Crazy creditsThe RKO Radio Pictures logo appears on a banner held by two playing cards.
- Alternate versionsThe 1954 TV screening on the The Magical World of Disney (1954) series was edited down to a one hour running time, and contained an introduction from Walt Disney at the start. This introduction appears on the Region 1 Masterpiece Edition of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited from Bambi (1942)
- SoundtracksVery Good Advice
(1951) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Bob Hilliard
Music by Sammy Fain
Performed by Kathryn Beaumont
Featured review
Let's face it, there are moments in ALICE IN WONDERLAND that are absolutely dazzling, imaginative and as artistic as anything the Disney artists were capable of doing. And yet, for all its achievement in the art of animation, this Disney film has always drawn mixed notices. Perhaps part of the problem is there is seldom a letup in the zany goings-on--seldom a chance to draw a breath and rest between each overly imaginative episode. Then too, it's the episodic quality of the whole story structure that upsets some as well as the frantic cartoon movements of its weird characters.
Faults and all, it's still a colorful event--probably one of the richest uses of color Disney ever attempted and with some wonderful styling in its background art. For me, a highlight of the film is the singing/talking flower sequence ("Golden Afternoon") with its haughty flowers discussing Alice as if she was some kind of other worldly creature with funny looking stems. (It reminded me of the snooty elephants laughing and speaking with contempt of the new baby elephant in Dumbo).
Other bits are equally brilliant--the shuffling army of cards in the Queen of Hearts episode; the baby oysters clothed in blue bonnets and pink dresses for the Walrus and the Carpenter; the droll humor in the Tweedledum/Tweedledee sequence; the smoking Caterpillar becoming irate when his three inches of height becomes the subject of conversation; and of course, the Mad Tea Party, full of hilarious slapstick and immensely aided by the voice talents of Bill Thompson (White Rabbit), Jerry Colonna (March Hare) and Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter). No less impressive is Verna Felton as the raucous voice of the Queen of Hearts in some of the film's funniest moments. With her army of cards, she plays a wicked game of croquet with flamingoes as mallets, hedgehog as a ball and cards as hoops, all the while displaying a lethal temper.
Despite some brilliant animation, pleasant songs and gorgeous art work, it's just another example of how difficult it is ("impassable" to quote Carroll) to translate this particular tale to the screen and still remain faithful to the original. Others (many other versions, in fact) have failed--but Disney at least provides a sprightly, if frantic, version that has appeal for adults and children.
Perhaps because its surrealism matched the hippy culture of psychedelia, ALICE enjoyed a welcome theatrical return engagement in the '60s and has become more respected in recent years (an American-made British fantasy popular even in the U.K.) as one of the studio's finest efforts.
Ironically, one of its most delightful characters--the doorknob--never appeared in the book but was applauded everywhere as an inspired bit of business.
Faults and all, it's still a colorful event--probably one of the richest uses of color Disney ever attempted and with some wonderful styling in its background art. For me, a highlight of the film is the singing/talking flower sequence ("Golden Afternoon") with its haughty flowers discussing Alice as if she was some kind of other worldly creature with funny looking stems. (It reminded me of the snooty elephants laughing and speaking with contempt of the new baby elephant in Dumbo).
Other bits are equally brilliant--the shuffling army of cards in the Queen of Hearts episode; the baby oysters clothed in blue bonnets and pink dresses for the Walrus and the Carpenter; the droll humor in the Tweedledum/Tweedledee sequence; the smoking Caterpillar becoming irate when his three inches of height becomes the subject of conversation; and of course, the Mad Tea Party, full of hilarious slapstick and immensely aided by the voice talents of Bill Thompson (White Rabbit), Jerry Colonna (March Hare) and Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter). No less impressive is Verna Felton as the raucous voice of the Queen of Hearts in some of the film's funniest moments. With her army of cards, she plays a wicked game of croquet with flamingoes as mallets, hedgehog as a ball and cards as hoops, all the while displaying a lethal temper.
Despite some brilliant animation, pleasant songs and gorgeous art work, it's just another example of how difficult it is ("impassable" to quote Carroll) to translate this particular tale to the screen and still remain faithful to the original. Others (many other versions, in fact) have failed--but Disney at least provides a sprightly, if frantic, version that has appeal for adults and children.
Perhaps because its surrealism matched the hippy culture of psychedelia, ALICE enjoyed a welcome theatrical return engagement in the '60s and has become more respected in recent years (an American-made British fantasy popular even in the U.K.) as one of the studio's finest efforts.
Ironically, one of its most delightful characters--the doorknob--never appeared in the book but was applauded everywhere as an inspired bit of business.
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Alicia en el país de las maravillas
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- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $865
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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