Alice in Wonderland (1931 film)
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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 |
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Production
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Metropolitan Studios
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| Distributed by | Unique Foto Films |
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Running time
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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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