Alice in Wonderland (1915 film)

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1915 American film

Alice in Wonderland

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| W.W. Young
Screenplay by| W.W. Young
Based on| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Starring| Viola Savoy
Distributed by| American Film Manufacturing Company
Nonpareil Feature Film Corp

Release date

* January 19, 1915 (1915-01-19)

Running time

| 52 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent film (English intertitles)

Alice in Wonderland is a 1915 American silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed and written by W. W. 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's illustration of Father William doing his back-somersault at the front door.

The film was the first Alice film to combine the chapters from Through the Looking-Glass with those of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. However, most of the looking-glass portion is lost.

## Plot

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Alice in Wonderland (1915)

Alice lives happily until chasing a White Rabbit. She swims in her own tears and meets a Mouse, a Dodo, and an Owl. They then have a Caucus Race (lost footage). Alice comes face to face with weird men called Tweedledee and Tweedledum (lost footage). She meets the Caterpillar, then runs away and meets the Cheshire Cat. She finds the Mad Hatter and March Hare, who live at a tea party in the woods. Alice then meets the Lion 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 then play an odd game of Croquet, and attend a trial. Alice offends the Queen, who chokes her. Alice then wakes up on the riverbank, where she fell asleep while sitting with her elder sister and discovers that her adventures were a dream.

## Cast

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* Alice - Viola Savoy
* White Rabbit - Herbert Rice
* The Mad Hatter - William Tilden
* The Dormouse - Louis Merkle
* The Dodo - Harry Marks
* Alice's Mother - Lotta Savoy[1]

## Premiere

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The premiere was held at the Strand Theatre in New York. A review said:

> The huge audience at the Strand Theatre received this first production in moving pictures of Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense story with all the enthusiasm which the rare good judgment shown throughout by both director and scenario writer merited. Viola Savoy looked and was Alice, and Herbert Rice, as W. Rabbit, led her into Wonder-land. Theirs, of course, were the most important parts and they did them justice. There were many pretty scenes, among them the pool of water disclosed when Alice opens the door in the tree, and Mr. Rabbit's little home, and the photo-play was indeed delightful.

> "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white. And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

> Yes, Father William was there, too. He not only stands on his head, but he "turns a back somersault in at the door and balances an eel on his nose."[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. c1915

## External links

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Lewis Carroll's Alice

* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
* Through the Looking-Glass

Universe

| Characters|

| Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland|

* Alice
* portrayals
* Bill the Lizard
* Caterpillar
* Cheshire Cat
* Dodo
* Dormouse
* Duchess
* Gryphon
* Hatter
* Tarrant Hightopp
* King of Hearts
* Knave of Hearts
* March Hare
* Mock Turtle
* Mouse
* Pat
* Puppy
* Queen of Hearts
* White Rabbit
* Minor characters

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Through the
Looking-Glass|

* Bandersnatch
* Humpty Dumpty
* Jubjub bird
* Red King
* Red Queen
* The Sheep
* The Lion and the Unicorn
* Tweedledum and Tweedledee
* White King
* White Knight
* White Queen
* Minor characters

Locations
and events|

* Wonderland
* Looking-Glass world
* Unbirthday

Poems|

* "All in the golden afternoon..."
* "How Doth the Little Crocodile"
* "The Mouse's Tale"
* "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat"
* "You Are Old, Father William"
* "'Tis the Voice of the Lobster"
* "Jabberwocky"
* Vorpal sword
* "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
* "Haddocks' Eyes"
* "The Mock Turtle's Song"
* The Hunting of the Snark

Related|

* Alice Liddell
* Alice syndrome
* Alice's Shop
* Illustrators
* John Tenniel
* Theophilus Carter
* The Annotated Alice
* Mischmasch
* Translations
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
* Through the Looking-Glass

Adaptations

| Literature|

| Novels|

* Davy and the Goblin (1884)
* The Nursery "Alice" (1890)
* The Admiral's Caravan (1891)
* A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1895)
* Gladys in Grammarland (1896)
* The Westminster Alice (1902)
* Clara in Blunderland (1902)
* Rollo in Emblemland (1902)
* Lost in Blunderland (1903)
* John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland (1904)
* Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1904)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Retold in Words of One Syllable (1905)
* New Adventures of Alice (1917)
* Alice in Orchestralia (1925)
* Alice Through the Needle's Eye (1984)
* Automated Alice (1996)
* The Looking Glass Wars (2004)
* Seeing Redd (2007)
* ArchEnemy (2009)
* Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland (2010)
* Unbirthday: A Twisted Tale (2020)

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Comics|

* Tweedledum and Tweedledee (1943)
* Lost Girls (1991)
* Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (1993)
* Pandora Hearts (2006)
* Cheshire Crossing (2006)
* Alice in Sunderland (2007)
* Alice in Murderland (2014)
* Wonderland (2015)

Stage|

* Alice in Wonderland (1886 musical)
* Alice in Wonderland (1979 opera)
* But Never Jam Today (1979 musical)
* The Hunting of the Snark (1991 musical)
* Through the Looking Glass (2008 opera)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2011 ballet)
* Wonderland (2011 musical)
* Peter and Alice (2013 play)
* Wonder.land (2015 musical)
* Alice's Adventures Under Ground (2016 opera)
* Alice by Heart (2019 musical)

Film|

* 1903
* 1910
* 1915
* Alice Comedies (1923–1927)
* 1931
* 1933
* Betty in Blunderland (1934)
* Thru the Mirror (1936)
* 1949
* 1951
* Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
* Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966)
* Jabberwocky (1971)
* 1972
* 1976
* 1976 (Spanish)
* Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
* Jabberwocky (1977)
* 1981
* 1982
* Malice in Wonderland (1982)
* Dreamchild (1985)
* The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)
* 1988 (Czechoslovak)
* 1988 (Australian)
* Abby in Wonderland (2008)
* Malice in Wonderland (2009)
* 2010
* Alice in Murderland (2010)
* Malice in Wonderland: The Dolls Movie (2010)
* Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
* Come Away (2020)
* Alice and the Land that Wonders (2020)
* Alice, Through the Looking (2021)

Television|

* Alice in Wonderland (1962)
* Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (1966)
* Alice in Wonderland (1966)
* Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
* 1983 (TV film)
* Fushigi no Kuni no Alice (1983)
* 1985 (TV film)
* Adventures in Wonderland (1992)
* Alice through the Looking Glass (1998)
* Alice in Wonderland (1999)
* Alice (2009)
* Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)
* Alice's Wonderland Bakery (2022)
* Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)

Artwork|

* Alice in Wonderland sculpture (1959)
* How Doth the Little Crocodile (1998 artworks)

Music|

* "White Rabbit" (1967 song)
* "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985 music video)
* Alice in Wonderland (2010)
* Almost Alice (2010)
* "Alice"
* "Follow Me Down"
* "Tea Party"
* Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
* "Just Like Fire"
* "Alice" (2020 song)

Video games|

* Through the Looking Glass (1984)
* Alice in Wonderland (1985)
* Märchen Maze (1988)
* Wonderland (1990)
* Alice: An Interactive Museum (1991)
* Alice no Paint Adventure (1995)
* Alice in Wonderland (2000)
* American McGee's Alice (2000)
* Alice in the Country of Hearts (2007)
* Alice in Wonderland (2010)
* Alice: Madness Returns (2011)
* Harbomania (2025)

Related|

* Dungeonland (1983 module)
* The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (1983 module)
* Disney franchise

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