Alice in Wonderland (1933 film) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alice in Wonderland
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Z. McLeod
Produced by	Louis D. Lighton (uncredited)
Screenplay by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz William Cameron Menzies
Starring	Charlotte Henry W. C. Fields Richard Arlen Edna May Oliver Cary Grant Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton Baby LeRoy
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography	Bert Glennon Henry Sharp
Editing by	Ellsworth Hoagland (uncredited)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	December 22, 1933 (1933-12-22)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The 1933 film Alice in Wonderland is an American fantasy film. It brings to life the famous stories by Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Paramount Pictures made this movie. It features many well-known actors of the time. The film uses live actors, except for one part, "The Walrus and The Carpenter," which is animated.

Many famous actors appeared in the film. W. C. Fields played Humpty Dumpty. Edna May Oliver was the Red Queen. Cary Grant played the Mock Turtle. Gary Cooper was The White Knight. Edward Everett Horton played The Hatter. Charles Ruggles was The March Hare. Baby LeRoy played The Joker. Charlotte Henry had her first main role as Alice.

Norman Z. McLeod directed this movie. The script was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and William Cameron Menzies. They based it on Lewis Carroll's books. The movie also used ideas from a stage play by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus.

You can sometimes watch this movie on TV channels like Turner Classic Movies. When Paramount first showed the film in 1933, it was 90 minutes long. But before it was released, they cut it down to 77 minutes. This was its official release length. The film was later released on DVD on March 2, 2010. This was the first time it was available for people to watch at home.

The Story of Alice's Adventures

Left alone with her governess one snowy afternoon, Alice feels bored. She starts to wonder what is on the other side of the drawing-room mirror. With a sudden brave feeling, she climbs onto the mantelpiece to look. She finds out she can actually pass through the mirror! She enters a strange room where everything seems to be the opposite of her own room. Her governess does not seem to notice what has happened.

Alice looks out the window and sees a White Rabbit. She follows it down a rabbit hole and falls in. She finds herself in a strange place. She sees a table with a key to a locked door. There is also a bottle with a sign that says "Drink Me." Alice drinks the liquid and grows very big. She cannot fit through the locked door. She starts to cry, and her tears make a flood.

Then, a cake appears with a sign saying "Eat Me." She eats the cake and shrinks to a tiny size. She is immediately swept away by the flood of her own tears.

Many more adventures happen to Alice. The movie combines parts of Through the Looking-Glass with the first Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book. In the end, Alice wakes up from her dream. She is not woken by a "pack of playing cards" as in the book. Instead, she wakes up because of a wild party that gets out of control after she is crowned Queen.

Meet the Cast of Characters

Here are the actors and the characters they played, listed in alphabetical order:

Uncredited Actors Some actors appeared in the film but were not listed in the main credits:

See also

In Spanish: Alicia en el país de las maravillas (película de 1933) para niños