Jan 11th
Alice in Wonderland*
US 1933. Paramount. 75m. bw
Little girl Alice steps through the looking glass and encounters many bizarre characters.
Inventive but disappointingly stolid version, mechanically moving along from one scene to the next, with much of Lewis Carroll's visual wit, but little propensity for storytelling. The guest stars are mostly unrecognisable.
Written by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Cameron Menzies, from the novel by Lewis Carroll.
Producer: Louis D. Lighton.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod.
Starring: CHarlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton (Mad Hatter), Cary Grant (Mock Turtle), Edna May Oliver (Red Queen), Ned Sparks (Caterpillar), Charles Ruggles (March Hare), Jack Oakie, Roscoe Karns (Tweedledum & Tweedledee), Gary Cooper (White Knight), Mae Marsh, Patsy O'Byrne, and others.
Photography: Henry Sharp, Bert Glennon.
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin.
Make-up: Wally Westmore.
Preceded by:
Superman in
Mechanical Monsters***
(US 1941. 10m.; Superman and Lois Lane tackle a jewel thief who is using indestructible robots. One of the best of the Dave Fleischer Superman shorts.; w: Isidore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel; d: Dave Fleischer; anim: Steve Muffat, george Germanetti; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa.)
Alice in Wonderland*
US 1933. Paramount. 75m. bw
Little girl Alice steps through the looking glass and encounters many bizarre characters.
Inventive but disappointingly stolid version, mechanically moving along from one scene to the next, with much of Lewis Carroll's visual wit, but little propensity for storytelling. The guest stars are mostly unrecognisable.
Written by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Cameron Menzies, from the novel by Lewis Carroll.
Producer: Louis D. Lighton.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod.
Starring: CHarlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton (Mad Hatter), Cary Grant (Mock Turtle), Edna May Oliver (Red Queen), Ned Sparks (Caterpillar), Charles Ruggles (March Hare), Jack Oakie, Roscoe Karns (Tweedledum & Tweedledee), Gary Cooper (White Knight), Mae Marsh, Patsy O'Byrne, and others.
Photography: Henry Sharp, Bert Glennon.
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin.
Make-up: Wally Westmore.
Preceded by:
Superman in
Mechanical Monsters***
(US 1941. 10m.; Superman and Lois Lane tackle a jewel thief who is using indestructible robots. One of the best of the Dave Fleischer Superman shorts.; w: Isidore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel; d: Dave Fleischer; anim: Steve Muffat, george Germanetti; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa.)
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