Alice crawls into a hole, following a white rabbit who wears a waistcoat and carries a pocketwatch.  She finds herself in a strange world, which embodies her dreams.  She realizes that her dreams might not be as good as the real world, and finds that the real world is pretty good after all.

Availability:
Currently on VHS

Cast/Crew:
Ed Wynn                        The Mad Hatter
        The Diary Of Anne Frank
        Mary Poppins
        Babes in Toyland

Jerry Colona                    The March Hare
        Casey at the Bat  (Disney Short)

Kathryn Beaumont                Alice
        Peter Pan

Miscelaneous:
    This was not the first Alice project that Walt Disney worked with.  Some of his first animated shorts (well before Mickey was a gleam in his eye) were called the Alice comedies, which featured a live action Alice cavorting with animated characters.  Such shorts led the way for future live action/animation collaborations like Mary Poppins and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

MPAA Rating:
    G

My Rating:
    Alice comes from the Silver Age of Disney, in which such films as Cinderella and Peter Pan were made.  Though the scenes are memorable, there is something about it that does not quite work for me.  I enjoy it, but it is not one of my must sees.
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