Alice In Wonderland

Whatever happened to this wonderfully odd version of Lewis Carroll's classic? Unavailable on video (as of this writing) and not seen on television by this reviewer since the 1960s, it appears to have vanished without a trace. If so, yet another early Hollywood treasure has been sadly lost.

Remembered through the haze of several intervening decades, this film comes closer than any other version to capturing the look of Tenniel's drawings and the quirkiness of Carroll's off-center whimsy. Norman Z. MacLeod (the best of the early Marx Brothers directors) had a field day with his all-star ensemble cast of Paramount's finest -- including, among others, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Edna May Oliver, Jack Oakie, and underrated ingenue Charlotte Henry as Alice.

The film deftly weaves the two halves of the story ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass") into a coherent whole. True to the sensibility of many early Paramount comedies, this "Alice" mingles giddy humor with a touch of lyricism -- never cloying or saccharine, just endearingly sweet.

Let's hope this virtually forgotten classic resurfaces on video or on one of the cable movie stations. It's too joyous and important a film to be consigned to the dustbin.

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The last time I watched this movie was in the 70s. Channel 38 out of Boston, Ma was the station. I believe I am not unique in that I would love to have a copy of this movie. It contains so much talent in one venue. There must be a copy out there somewhere. Does anyone know where I can acquire this video?? Please respond if you do. Thank you.. Also I recommended Download Free Breakfast For Two Movie