Alice In Wonderland Silent Film

1915 American film

Alice in Wonderland
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Directed past	Due west.W. Young
Screenplay by	Due west.W. Immature
Based on	Alice'south Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Starring	Viola Savoy
Distributed by	American Movie Manufacturing Company Nonpareil Feature Picture show Corp
Release date	January nineteen, 1915 (1915-01-19)
Running time	52 minutes
Country	Us
Language	Silent film (English language intertitles)

Alice in Wonderland (1915)

Alice in Wonderland is a 1915 American silent dark fantasy gamble film adaptation of Lewis Carroll'southward classic 1865 novel, Alice'due south Adventures in Wonderland, directed and written by West. West. Young and starring Viola Savoy as Alice.

This film version is notable for depicting much of the 'Father William' poem and it includes footage resembling Tenniel'southward illustration of Father William doing his back-somersault at the front end door.

The film was the first Alice film to combine the chapters from Through the looking drinking glass with those of Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Even so, most of the looking glass portion is lost.

Plot [edit]

Alice lives happily until chasing a White Rabbit. She swims in her own tears and meets a Mouse, a Dodo, and an Owl, who have a Conclave Race. Alice comes face to face with weird men called Tweedledee and Tweedledum (lost footage). She meets the Caterpillar, and then runs abroad and meets the Cheshire Cat. She finds the Mad Hatter and March Hare, who live at a tea party in the woods (lost footage). Alice and then meets the Panthera leo and the Unicorn (lost footage). She then meets the Duchess and a Mock Turtle. She then encounters Humpty Dumpty (lost footage). Alice then meets a Puppy, and The Queen of Hearts. They and then play an odd game of Croquet, and nourish a trial. Alice offends the Queen, who chokes her. Alice then wakes up on the riverbank, where she fell asleep while sitting with her elderberry sister and discovers that her adventures were a dream.