Alice in Wonderland
A world of wonders in one great picture!
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$3 000 000
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$5 232 000
Director
Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi
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Short description
On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!
What's left behind the scenes
- This film was the first Disney animated feature to display the last names of the voice actors alongside the characters’ names on screen.
- In the scene with the Walrus and the Carpenter, the letter 'R' flashes in the word “March” on the oyster mother’s calendar. This is a reference to an old saying about only eating oysters in months containing the letter 'R'. This saying originates from the fact that in England, the months without the letter 'R' (May, June, July, August) coincide with the hot season, when freshly caught oysters wouldn't last long without refrigeration.
- The dummy was modeled after the actor who voiced him, Ed Wynn.
- Originally, the cartoon was intended to be made in the 1930s. Storyboards were created by the talented British artist David Hall. The script was even closer to the original plot than Disney's final version, but this version was rejected as being too frightening. In particular, it included a scene in which the Mad Hatter and the March Hare chase Alice with a knife and scissors, the Cheshire Cat had numerous razor-sharp teeth, and Alice nearly lost her head.
- In late 1945, English prose writer, science fiction author, novelist, and philosopher Aldous Huxley worked with Walt Disney on early script drafts. Huxley's mother, Julia Arnold, was once one of the girls whom the author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' photographed and to whom he told stories about Alice. Disney found all of Huxley's ideas too intellectual and refused to use them, and didn't even mention Huxley in the film's credits.
- While filming the live-action scenes of the mad tea party, Ed Wynn improvised the lines the Mad Hatter speaks while trying to "fix" the White Rabbit's pocket watch. Walt Disney himself observed the filming and ordered the animators to include these lines in the movie. They tried to object, citing background noise in the recording, but Disney simply told them it wasn't his problem and left. The sound engineers had a difficult time, but they managed to re-record Wynn's lines and remove all the background noise as instructed.
- Kathryn Beaumont voiced Alice and served as a model for the character for the studio animators. Scenes with Beaumont were filmed in the studio pavilions, and Beaumont was dressed in Alice's dress. For the scene in which the oversized Alice gets stuck in the White Rabbit's house, stagehands constructed a model of the house and placed Beaumont inside it. According to animator Eric Larson, to properly animate Alice's body, they needed to see how it moved while inside the house, so the model had to be disassembled and then reassembled with transparent walls, allowing them to observe Beaumont's body.
- In late 1945, English prose writer, sci-fi author, short story writer, and philosopher Aldous Huxley worked with Walt Disney on early versions of the script. Huxley's mother, Julia Arnold, had once been one of the girls whom the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" photographed and to whom he told stories about Alice. Disney found all of Huxley's ideas to be too intellectual and refused to use them, and he did not even mention Huxley in the film's credits.
- During the filming of the mad tea party scenes, Ed Wynn spontaneously came up with the lines that the Mad Hatter delivers while trying to "fix" the White Rabbit's pocket watch. Walt Disney himself observed the filming and instructed the animators to include the lines in the film. They initially objected, citing extraneous noises in the recording, but Disney simply told them that wasn't his problem and left. The sound engineers had a difficult time, but they were able to re-record Wynn's lines and remove all extraneous noises as instructed.
- The cartoon is based on Lewis Carroll’s tale “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865).
- The project was in development for 10 years, and its production took another 5 years.
- The Mad Hatter was modeled after the actor who voiced him, Ed Wynn.
- Catherine Beaumont voiced Alice and served as the studio animators' model for the character. The scenes with Beaumont were filmed in studio pavilions, with Beaumont dressed in Alice's dress. For the scene in which a giant Alice gets stuck in the White Rabbit's house, laborers built a model of the house and placed Beaumont inside. According to animator Eric Larson, in order to properly animate Alice's body, they needed to see how it moved while inside the house; therefore, the model had to be dismantled and then reassembled with transparent walls so that Beaumont's body could be observed.
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