Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)

The 1933 live-action film Alice in Wonderland is a version of the children's book of the same name by Lewis Carroll. It is considered by many to be the best film version of the book yet made.

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1933 - Children's book of the same name - Lewis Carroll

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This version was an all star Paramount Studios classic, starring Charlotte Henry as Alice, W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle and Gary Cooper as the White Knight.

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Paramount Studios - Charlotte Henry - W. C. Fields - Edna May Oliver - Cary Grant - Gary Cooper

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As the above cast list reveals, the plot of the film is a conflation of elements from both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

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Alice in Wonderland - Through the Looking-Glass

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The film had advanced visual effects for the time it was made.

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It has never been released as a legal home video release. The original running time was 90min; when Universal Studios bought the television rights in the late 1950s, it was cut to 77 minutes.

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Universal Studios - Television - 1950s

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