Alice in Wonderland
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Alice in Wonderland (1933)
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… More

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"With apologies to Tim Burton, the version of Alice in Wonderland that I most treasure is Norman McLeod's 1933 film for Paramount."
‑ Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
"An eerie collection of irritating, semi-paralyzed caricatures screaming at you for 77 minutes."
‑ David Cornelius,
"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..."
‑ Sean Axmaker,
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