Alice in Wonderland (1933) (1933)
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(649 ratings)
This star-laden version of Lewis Carroll's novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll's sequel, Through the Looking Glass. In England of the 19th century, young Alice finds that the mirror over the library fireplace opens into a strange world. She has odd adventures and… More This star-laden version of Lewis Carroll's novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll's sequel, Through the Looking Glass. In England of the 19th century, young Alice finds that the mirror over the library fireplace opens into a strange world. She has odd adventures and changes size several times both before and after she follows a time-obsessed White Rabbit (Skeets Gallagher). Soaked after nearly drowning in a pool of tears, Alice is helped to dry off by a Dodo (Polly Moran), and encounters a caterpillar (Ned Sparks), whose mushroom also changes Alice's size. In a noisy home where the Cook (Lillian Harmer) and the Duchess (Alison Skipworth) are always fighting, Alice takes care of the Duchess' baby, but it turns into a pig and runs away. Asking directions of the Cheshire Cat (Richard Arlen) is no help, and a tea party with the Mad Hatter (Edward Everett Horton), the March Hare (Charlie Ruggles) and the Dormouse (Jackie Searl) is confusing and annoying.Alice meets the Queen of Hearts (May Robson), and encounters the Duchess again; while strolling with her, Alice meets the Gryphon (William Austin) and the Mock Turtle (Cary Grant). The twins Tweedledum (Jack Oakie) and Tweedledee (Roscoe Karns) recite a poem about a Walrus and a Carpenter (seen as an animated cartoon), but when they decide to go to battle, they're chased off by a crow. Humpty Dumpty (W.C. Fields) relates the poem "Jabberwocky" to Alice, then falls off a wall and breaks. The mournful White Knight (Gary Cooper), unable to put Humpty Dumpty together again, escorts Alice for a while, but she tumbles down a hill and finds she's become a queen. At a party in Alice's honor, the Red Queen (Edna Mae Oliver) becomes furious at Alice, who then wakes up to find herself in the library, with her kitten Dinah in her lap. ~ Bill Warren, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Written By
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Cameron Menzies
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Kids & Family
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 22, 1933 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Studios
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
With apologies to Tim Burton, the version of Alice in Wonderland that I most treasure is Norman McLeod's 1933 film for Paramount.
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David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
An eerie collection of irritating, semi-paralyzed caricatures screaming at you for 77 minutes.
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
You might not peg Norman Z. McLeod as a comic absurdist but the former animator dives into the witty nonsense of Carroll's world with the same rapid-paced, straight-faced energy as his two Marx Bros. comedies...
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Cast
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Charlotte Henry
as Alice
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Richard Arlen
as Cheshire Cat
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Roscoe Ates
as Fish
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William Austin
as Gryphon
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Billy Barty
as White Pawn and the Baby
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Billy Bevan
as Two of Spades
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Colin Campbell
as Garden Frog
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Harvey Clark
as Fr. William
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Gary Cooper
as White Knight
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Jack Duffy
as Leg of Mutton
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Leon Errol
as Uncle Gilbert
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Louise Fazenda
as White Queen
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W.C. Fields
as Humpty Dumpty
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Alec B. Francis
as King of Hearts
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Cary Grant
as Mock Turtle
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Raymond Hatton
as Mouse
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Lucien Littlefield
as Father William's Son
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Mae Marsh
as Sheep
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Polly Moran
as Dodo Bird
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Jack Oakie
as Tweedledum
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Edna May Oliver
as Red Queen
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May Robson
as Queen of Hearts
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Charlie Ruggles
as March Hare
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Jackie Searl
as Dormouse
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Alison Skipworth
as Duchess
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Ned Sparks
as The Caterpillar
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Ford Sterling
as The White King
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Julie Bishop
as Alice's Sister
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Harry Ekezian
as First Executioner
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Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
as White Rabbit
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Meyer Grace
as Third Executioner
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Ethel Griffies
as Governess
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Lillian Harmer
as Cook
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Sterling Holloway
as Frog
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Edward Everett Horton
as Mad Hatter
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Roscoe Karns
as Tweedledee
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Colin Kenny
as The Clock
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Baby Le Roy
as Joker
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Charles McNaughton
as Five of Spades
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Patsy O'Byrne
as The Aunt
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Will Stanton
as Seven of Spades
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Joe Torilla
as Second Executioner
- Leslie King
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George Ovey
as Plum Pudding
