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Alice in Wonderland (1931 film)

Alice in Wonderland
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Directed by Bud Pollard
Produced by Hugo Maienthau
Written by Lewis Carroll (book)
John E. Goodson (adaptation)
Ashley Ayer Miller (screenplay)
Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Starring Ruth Gilbert
Leslie King
Pat Gleason
Ralph Hertz
Meyer Berensen
Cinematography Charles Levine
Edited by Bud Pollard
Production
company
Metropolitan Studios
Distributed by Unique Foto Films
Release date
  • September 30, 1931 (1931-09-30)
Running time
58 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Alice in Wonderland (1931) is an independently made black-and-white Pre-Code American film based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed by Bud Pollard, produced by Hugo Maienthau, and filmed at Metropolitan Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

This was the first sound version of the story, and therefore the first film in which Carroll's original dialogue was heard. The film starred Ruth Gilbert as Alice and Leslie King as the Mad Hatter. The film opened at the Warner Theatre in New York City.

Alice (Ruth Gilbert) meets the White Rabbit (Ralph Hertz), the bad-tempered Cook (Lillian Ardell) and the Duchess (Mabel Wright). She joins a mad tea-party with the Mad Hatter (Leslie King), the March Hare (Meyer Berensen) and the Dormouse (Raymond Schultz), while the Cheshire Cat (Tom Corless) leaves his grin behind.

The Caterpillar (Jimmy Rosen) becomes annoyed with her, and the Queen of Hearts (Vie Quinn) threatens to cut off her head. With the Duchess, Alice meets the Mock Turtle (Gus Alexander) and the Gryphon (Charles Silvern), and at a bizarre trial, Alice finally becomes fed up with all the strange events and people.


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