Alice in Wonderland
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The Birth of Alice
One summer afternoon in England long ago, a little girl named Alice Pleasance Liddell asked Lewis Carroll to tell her a story "with some nonsense in it."
The result was "Alice in Wonderland," which Carroll later put down on paper at the request of friends. The story was first published in book form in 1865, and immediately became a world-wide favorite.
Almost a century later, in 1951, Walt Disney brought Alice's incredible adventures to the screen through the medium he perfected -- the animated movie.
About the Author
Critics have always tried to read political and symbolic meaning into "Alice in Wonderland," despite Lewis Carroll's insistence that his only intention was to amuse his young friends.
Carroll repeatedly pointed out that young readers all over the world accepted Alice's whimsical underground adventures as just good entertainment, never questioning the nonsense and illogical behavior of the animal characters.
Lewis Carroll was actually the Reverend Charles Ludwidge Dodgson, a rather shy, poetic bachelor of Christ Church College at Oxford.
Voices of the Characters
Kathryn Beaumont -- voice of Alice. A British-born actress, Beaumont later gave voice to another Walt Disney classic character: Wendy Darling in "Peter Pan."
Ed Wynn -- voice of the Mad Hatter. A beloved Hollywood actor and zany comedian, Ed Wynn also played live-action roles in Disney's "The Absent Minded Professor," "Son of Flubber," "Babes in Toyland," "Mary Poppins," "That Darn Cat!," "Those Calloways," and "The Gnome-Mobile."
Jerry Colonna -- voice of the March Hare.
Sterling Holloway -- voice of the Cheshire Cat. Holloway later gave voice to Disney's popular "Winnie the Pooh."
Richard Haydn -- voice of Cater'B'illar.
Verna Felton -- voice of the Queen of Hearts. Felton later "voiced" many characters for the Disney animated classics.
Pat O'Malley -- voice(s) of Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus, the Carpenter, and the Oysters.
Fantastical Facts
"Alice in Wonderland" is composed of more than 350,000 drawings
and paintings.
From 1949 to 1951, more than 750 artists worked on the movie.
Music for "Alice in Wonderland" was provided by a 50 piece
orchestra.
Eight hundred gallons of special paint, weighing nearly five tons, were required to paint the animated frames -- that's enough paint to cover the exteriors of 135 average homes!
More than 1,000 different shades of watercolor were used to capture the mood of this unusual Wonderland.
Alice in Wonderland
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