Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated musical fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the Alice books by Lewis Carroll. The 13th release of Disney’s animated features, the film premiered in London on July 26, 1951, and in New York City on July 28, 1951.
The film features the voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice, Sterling Holloway as the Cheshire Cat, Verna Felton as the Queen of Hearts, and Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter. Walt Disney first attempted unsuccessfully to adapt Alice into an animated feature film during the 1930s, and he revived the idea in the 1940s. The film was originally intended to be a live-action/animated film; however, Disney decided to make it an all-animated feature in 1946.
- Starring : Kathryn Beaumont / Ed Wynn
- Genre : Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Clyde Geronimi / Wilfred Jackson / Hamilton Luske / Jack Kinney
- Production : Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Productions
- Distributor : RKO Radio Pictures / RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada / RKO Pictures (Australasia) / RKO Radio Pictures Argentina / Sascha Filmverleih / Buena Vista Pictures / Suomi-Filmi / Walt Disney Productions / RCA VideoDiscs / Disney Channel / Audio Visual Enterprises / Walt Disney Home Video / Abril Vídeo / Buena Vista Home Video / Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment / Elan Film / Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) / RKO Radio Films / Disney Cinemagic / Disney+ / Egmont Film / Gativideo / Image Entertainment / Nelonen / Walt Disney Home Entertainment / Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company / Warner Home Video / Yleisradio (YLE)
Alice in Wonderland movie
Alice in Wonderland release date
- July 26, 1951 : UK (London) (premiere)
- July 28, 1951 : USA (New York City, New York)
- August 9, 1951 : Canada (Toronto)
- September 14, 1951 : USA
- October 19, 1951 : UK
- December 14, 1951 : Ireland
- December 21, 1951 : Australia
- December 21, 1951 : Canada
- December 21, 1951 : France
- December 26, 1951 : Sweden
- July 22, 1952 : Philippines (Davao)
- August 22, 1953 : Japan
- April 17, 1954 : Spain (Barcelona)
- April 17, 1954 : Spain (Madrid)
- July 21, 1973 : Japan (re-release)
- March 15, 1974 : USA (re-release)
- March 19, 1975 : France (re-release)
- July 26, 1979 : UK (re-release)
- October 3, 1980 : Spain (re-release)
- April 3, 1981 : USA (re-release)
- March 24, 1982 : France (re-release)
- July 18, 1987 : Japan (re-release)
Alice in Wonderland cast
- Kathryn Beaumont as Alice (voice)
- Ed Wynn as Mad Hatter (voice)
- Richard Haydn as Caterpillar (voice)
- Sterling Holloway as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- Jerry Colonna as March Hare (voice)
- Verna Felton as Queen of Hearts (voice)
- J. Pat O’Malley as Walrus / Carpenter / Dee / Dum (voice)(as Pat O’Malley)
- Bill Thompson as White Rabbit / Dodo (voice)
- Heather Angel as Alice’s Sister (voice)
- Joseph Kearns as Doorknob (voice)
- Larry Grey as Bill (voice)
- Queenie Leonard as Bird in the Tree (voice)
- Dink Trout as King of Hearts (voice)
- Doris Lloyd as The Rose (voice)
- James MacDonald as Dormouse (voice)
The film was considered a disappointment on its initial release, leading to Walt Disney showing it on television as one of the first episodes of his TV series Disneyland. It proved to be very successful on television, especially during the psychedelic era. It was eventually re-released in theaters which proved to be massively successful. The film became even more successful through merchandising and subsequent home video releases. The theme song of the same name has since become a jazz standard.
While the film was critically panned on its initial release, it has since been regarded as one of Disney’s greatest animated classics, notably one of the biggest cult classics in the animation medium, as well as the best film adaptation of Alice.
A live-action adaptation of Carroll’s works and the animated film, Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2010. A sequel to the film, Alice Through the Looking Glass, directed by James Bobin, was released in 2016.
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