I love Walt Disney movies like these. The new ones aren't as good in my opinion. /: and I can't stand it when people say alice is on acid or is phsycadelic ( however you spell it) I love this movie. She's so sweet and innocent I just love her. Thank you Walt Disney.
I have this ridiculous theory about why Alice was so attracted to the White Rabbit. In both the novels and this film, he is seemingly the only sane resident in Wonderland so naturally Alice wants to find him; everyone else is mad. The White Rabbit fearfully serves part time as the Queen of Hearts'; it's so that she doesn't execute him. The reason that he calls Alice "Mary Ann," is to protect her; to make it look like she is his non-suspicious servant and make her go inside the house so that she is hiding from the many other animals who would easily and willingly snitch on this intruder of Wonderland to gain the favour of the Queen. In Tim Burton's sequel/reboot, this is further demonstrated by how the White Rabbit secretly helps Alice while still serving the Queen publicly. This idea is further expanded in the Wonderland comic, where the White Rabbit is accused of conspiring against the Queen by aiding the "Alice Monster." The White Rabbit was the only sane and decent citizen of Wonderland just trying to survive in a mad tyranny, and help the innocent Alice survive as well.
Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more. March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.
The old trailers make impression that people were smarter back then. Nowadays a trailer thrills the viewer with images from the movie, hitting the senses. Back then they were appealed to reason to a bigger extent.
Although it isn't perfectly faithful to the book, they put in some nice homages, like "In the Golden Afternoon," which served as a preface to the book itself. All in all, at least it captures the pure heart of the book, which, of course, is utter madness.
I remember most Disney movies scaring me!!! This, Bambi, The bear in The fox and the hound, Snow White at some parts, But they are all great classics in my eyes!!! Just freaked me out as a little Kid, My favourite was allways the Lion King!!!
Matthew Cates actually if it's ahead of it's time for then, it was way ahead of it's time when it was written. It was written by charles lutwidge dodgson under the psuedonym lewis carrol in 1865. It was based on a dream his close friend Alice liddel had. Fun fact: In the book the mad hatter asks her what day it is. She responds "the 4th" and he says his watch is "three days wrong"... the actual alice was born on may the 4th... this took place on the characters birthday, and the sequel "Through the looking glass and what Alice found there" took place exactly six months later. According to the books she was 7 in this story because in the second one she says she is "seven and a half exactly."
In the 1960s the animation actually degenerated. In the Golden Era of Hollywood, people went to movies to spend half-day in there. The cartoons were supposed to look good at the big screen. When the TV was invented, people stopped attending the theaters as often as they did. It became unprofitable to make good cartoons. that's why 1960s cartoons are mainly in "limited animation" - they were saving costs and making them for the TV screen. The 60-70s were actually a Dark Age of Animation.
Greetings from 2024! I rediscovered this Disney classic a couple years back. And it’s one of those movies that hasn’t aged too badly! As a kid, I always enjoyed the colors and the lighthearted tone.
I'm glad other people commented on this, because what the hell 0:42 "The wonderful friends she meets!" Like did sarcasm not exist in the '50s because he sounded dead serious.
Walt Disney, thank you for these amazing childhood memories that these original Disney movies granted me. I know you're dead now but damn, you were a big part of my childhood. Thanks, Walt Disney. Rest in peace. You deserve it. :)
this is such a authentic great movie! i wish sometimes movies could be this genuine again :( oh, well, i just realized this is also so old, lol my mom wasn't even borned yet, it's almost for her childhood :P
Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" had the most musical numbers out of all of his films. I'm not sure how many, though, but I do know that over 30 songs were written for it. They obviously couldn't have listed 30-some songs. C:
Alice in Wonderland is about a young child becoming a young woman... And it was written by a 6 year old girl with the help of an adult who got the credits for it.
Fun Fact: Lewis Carrol was entertaining the 12 year-old-daughter of his neighbor's while they were on a ship to America. He did not want to get in her pants. She was bored and he was a writer so he told her a story that he and she made up as they went. It later became Alice in Wonderland (her name was Alice). He then made another story for her - Through the Looking Glass. Disney's Alice in Wonderland is a combination of both stories.
I don't understand how this movie received so much harsh criticism. It wasn't fair. I think it was beautifully created and is charming in every way. Alice, white rabbit, chesire cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, and the queen of Hearts were well developed characters. My other favorite charming Disney cartoons are Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, and Home on the Range.
July 26 1951 was the world premiere. Walt considered it his least favorite of his creations and lots of critics didn't care for it when it was first released. But there is no doubt it has stood the test of time...truly one of the all-time best Disney movies.
Bill Thompson (the White Rabbit) voiced many, many characters, most of which had the distinctive "chubby cheeks" sound. His most famous non-Disney role is probably Droopy, but he also voiced Mr. Smee, many characters in Lady and the Tramp, Ranger Woodlore, et al.
No, there were no drugs evolved in the making of this movie. Because you are an adult, you may think there is a hidden message, but really, there isn't. It was a movie made for children. The strange atmosphere of the movie came directly by the book, which was a story made up to entertain three little girls as the author sailed down the river with them. Then one of the girls, (who was coincidentely named Alice) asked for him to write it down. I've done quite a bit of research on this.
I love this movie so much and I can't believe this was only his THIRD heroine I've watched the movie on my phone at least four times in the last two days and I can't count how many times I've read the stories Alice in Wonderland is a true masterpiece
I love the voice over talking about the "wonderful friend she meets" over the video of the insane queen of hearts charging full bore at her followed by an army of homicidal playing cards and animals. Splendid timing. I rather imagine that was on purpose.
Yes, this was originally released by RKO-Radio; after 1954, however, Walt set up his own "in-house" distribution firm {Buena Vista} for theatrical releases, and "Alice" was first reissued without RKO's original distribution credit in 1956....
I still believe that they somehow got the idea from Betty Boop: Blunderland, but of course, I was always too lazy to Google it to found out for sure. :P
I had never seen this original version of Alice in Wonderland, and watched it for the first time on a couple tabs of LSD a few years back. That was genuinely one of the best hours in my life. Such a funky movie, I didn't know what it was about so everything that happened was just like "woaaaaah holy shit what just happened" lmaoo. I appreciated the hell out of this movie watching it for the first time.
I watched this movie a few years ago while sick... possibly a little out of it from the fever, and it was the scariest most traumatizing thing. I haven't been able to watch it since.
For a movie more than half a century old it holds up pretty well. It's a pity you most likely won't meet people with manners and heart such of that young lady.
I did watch first the movie 2010. I found it okay, but then I saw this disney movie in tv....WOOOOOW. They shows the surreal dreamland and the feelings much better than the new movie. Even the atmosphere has so many mysticism (for example the situation in the woods or in the ending, where the background is black while running away from the Queen). I was amazed about this movie, but I realized too how stupid the movie of Tim Burton was. -_- This Disney movie is still the best!!!!
uhmm...well it already started production...its set to come out in 2010... but you can look it up...they already have picz. of johnny as the mad hatter! =]
I miss when Disney had movies like this....the art style, the voice actors, the songs-everything. I hate the new mo it's like frozen
It's from freaking 1951 I don't think you remember that dumbass
@@vuurwekbeer8031
Well that comment wasn’t nice…
Indeed
@@jennynott3841 ikr?
The last great Disney movie was Encanto
This movie scares the crap out of me yet I still love it
how?
Why?
Same :/
Crazy how different Disney was compared to now.
makes me sad :(
I know Walter Disney would never run his company like the loons that are running it today and destroying Walters original work
They’ve been too hit and miss in recent years
Rip Walt he made Disney and was the only hope
I love Walt Disney movies like these. The new ones aren't as good in my opinion. /: and I can't stand it when people say alice is on acid or is phsycadelic ( however you spell it) I love this movie. She's so sweet and innocent I just love her. Thank you Walt Disney.
Me
she was tripping balls ;)
Mushrooms/weed/edibles/cocaine/alcohol are all visually mentioned in the movie.
@@michaelmira-lopez1660 OOF
He wrote it on shrooms
This film is a beautiful work of art.
I have this ridiculous theory about why Alice was so attracted to the White Rabbit. In both the novels and this film, he is seemingly the only sane resident in Wonderland so naturally Alice wants to find him; everyone else is mad. The White Rabbit fearfully serves part time as the Queen of Hearts'; it's so that she doesn't execute him. The reason that he calls Alice "Mary Ann," is to protect her; to make it look like she is his non-suspicious servant and make her go inside the house so that she is hiding from the many other animals who would easily and willingly snitch on this intruder of Wonderland to gain the favour of the Queen. In Tim Burton's sequel/reboot, this is further demonstrated by how the White Rabbit secretly helps Alice while still serving the Queen publicly. This idea is further expanded in the Wonderland comic, where the White Rabbit is accused of conspiring against the Queen by aiding the "Alice Monster." The White Rabbit was the only sane and decent citizen of Wonderland just trying to survive in a mad tyranny, and help the innocent Alice survive as well.
Mind blown. That actually makes sense :)
THIS is Alice in Wonderland!
I love this movie too! I have it.
This movie is so much better than the Johnny Depp movie
William Chin Every movie in existence is better than that shitty movie
I love old movie trailers. They're so different from now:)
Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea?
Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more.
March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less.
Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.
LOL!
+1993seanmcg Mad Hatter's a smart ass LOl
Makes sense
Did you know Kathryn Beaumont's voice for Alice was also in the video game series Kingdom Hearts 51 years later? wow!.
The old trailers make impression that people were smarter back then. Nowadays a trailer thrills the viewer with images from the movie, hitting the senses. Back then they were appealed to reason to a bigger extent.
Although it isn't perfectly faithful to the book, they put in some nice homages, like "In the Golden Afternoon," which served as a preface to the book itself.
All in all, at least it captures the pure heart of the book, which, of course, is utter madness.
Better than the 2010 version.
Right
You said it.
@@93mr.k "Alice?!, Who The F**k Is Alice!!!!??????"
Miles better that's because this was done by Walter Disney himself not by the loons that want to destroy his original work
I can’t choose between them
I remember most Disney movies scaring me!!! This, Bambi, The bear in The fox and the hound, Snow White at some parts, But they are all great classics in my eyes!!! Just freaked me out as a little Kid, My favourite was allways the Lion King!!!
This movie scared me so much when I was little. Now I want to watch it again.
Why?
Just out of curiosity.
@@teriyakiravioli omg 2024
Definitely one of my favourite movies EVER!!!
it amazes me how different trailers from the 50's are compared to now.
Oh my gosh! Is this trailer being narrated by Walt Disney…himself!? Amazed doesn't even describe to how I'm feeling right now!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😲😲😲😲😲😲
Hmm I don’t think so
Wow, this was made in 1951?! It was way ahead of its time in terms of its messages of individuality and madness. It seems more akin to the 1960s.
Matthew Cates actually if it's ahead of it's time for then, it was way ahead of it's time when it was written. It was written by charles lutwidge dodgson under the psuedonym lewis carrol in 1865. It was based on a dream his close friend Alice liddel had. Fun fact: In the book the mad hatter asks her what day it is. She responds "the 4th" and he says his watch is "three days wrong"... the actual alice was born on may the 4th... this took place on the characters birthday, and the sequel "Through the looking glass and what Alice found there" took place exactly six months later. According to the books she was 7 in this story because in the second one she says she is "seven and a half exactly."
+Sammie Novak really? She looks 8-10 in this movie
In the 1960s the animation actually degenerated. In the Golden Era of Hollywood, people went to movies to spend half-day in there. The cartoons were supposed to look good at the big screen. When the TV was invented, people stopped attending the theaters as often as they did. It became unprofitable to make good cartoons. that's why 1960s cartoons are mainly in "limited animation" - they were saving costs and making them for the TV screen. The 60-70s were actually a Dark Age of Animation.
Greetings from 2024! I rediscovered this Disney classic a couple years back. And it’s one of those movies that hasn’t aged too badly! As a kid, I always enjoyed the colors and the lighthearted tone.
I'm glad other people commented on this, because what the hell 0:42 "The wonderful friends she meets!" Like did sarcasm not exist in the '50s because he sounded dead serious.
Walt Disney, thank you for these amazing childhood memories that these original Disney movies granted me. I know you're dead now but damn, you were a big part of my childhood. Thanks, Walt Disney. Rest in peace. You deserve it. :)
This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
the best movie of Alice... my favorite version
brings memories back, i used to watch this always on video when i was ill. ^^
this is such a authentic great movie! i wish sometimes movies could be this genuine again :( oh, well, i just realized this is also so old, lol my mom wasn't even borned yet, it's almost for her childhood :P
I auditioned for this and the cast list is coming out Saturday! I hope for either Alice or Queen of Hearts!
How did it go?
Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" had the most musical numbers out of all of his films.
I'm not sure how many, though, but I do know that over 30 songs were written for it.
They obviously couldn't have listed 30-some songs. C:
Wow, trailers were so different back in the day!
Back when disney was amazing and not too animated and overdone.
The movie of my life !!!! Today and since 1957.
Alice in Wonderland is about a young child becoming a young woman... And it was written by a 6 year old girl with the help of an adult who got the credits for it.
i'm 30 years old , and i still love this movie , Disney has changed a lot lately , it's almost they're not themselves anymore ,,,, :(
I turned 31 last month and I know how you feel after the last couple years.
Alice-Wendy from Peter Pan
White Rabbit- Mr. Smee from Peter Pan
Lol! Fun facts
Fun Fact:
Lewis Carrol was entertaining the 12 year-old-daughter of his neighbor's while they were on a ship to America. He did not want to get in her pants. She was bored and he was a writer so he told her a story that he and she made up as they went. It later became Alice in Wonderland (her name was Alice). He then made another story for her - Through the Looking Glass. Disney's Alice in Wonderland is a combination of both stories.
I always wished disney could make another movie in this art style once again
I don't understand how this movie received so much harsh criticism. It wasn't fair. I think it was beautifully created and is charming in every way. Alice, white rabbit, chesire cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, and the queen of Hearts were well developed characters. My other favorite charming Disney cartoons are Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, and Home on the Range.
the oldies are the best!
I absolutely hate the new one, this is the good one;)
Alice, may not be a princess like other Disney girls but she's so so so pretty. I ♥ Alice.
July 26 1951 was the world premiere. Walt considered it his least favorite of his creations and lots of critics didn't care for it when it was first released. But there is no doubt it has stood the test of time...truly one of the all-time best Disney movies.
I had just the most amazing childhood flashback, I hadn't seen any of that since I was like 6 so that's....13 years! God I love that movie!!!!
I still have this movie on video tape
Bill Thompson (the White Rabbit) voiced many, many characters, most of which had the distinctive "chubby cheeks" sound. His most famous non-Disney role is probably Droopy, but he also voiced Mr. Smee, many characters in Lady and the Tramp, Ranger Woodlore, et al.
Best movie ever!
Alice In Wonderland thank yoy...
i absolutely LOVE this movie and the character of Alice!!!
favorite movie of all time!
This has been one of my favorite Disney movies from my childhood; along with Peter Pan. Kathryn Beaumont is fantastic.
Best movie and will always be in my heart this will stay my favorite movie forever
wow this is so different to tim burtons alice in wonderland... ALOT of things change from 1951 to 2010. welcome to the future ladies and gentlemen...
No, there were no drugs evolved in the making of this movie. Because you are an adult, you may think there is a hidden message, but really, there isn't. It was a movie made for children. The strange atmosphere of the movie came directly by the book, which was a story made up to entertain three little girls as the author sailed down the river with them. Then one of the girls, (who was coincidentely named Alice) asked for him to write it down.
I've done quite a bit of research on this.
i am obssesed with this movie!!!!!!!!
thats what my b-day theme is
"The wonderful friends she meets..."
As an angry mob rushes as her! O_O *lol*
does anyone know the narrator's name?
I love Alice in wonderland 💗
Katherine Beaumont who voiced Alice also did Wendy from Peter Pan:)
Also, it's Kathryn, not Kathrine.
i love that movie.... i wanna watch it now..
I love this movie so much and I can't believe this was only his THIRD heroine I've watched the movie on my phone at least four times in the last two days and I can't count how many times I've read the stories Alice in Wonderland is a true masterpiece
I just watched the movie yesterday night 😂 I like how the movie is now then the trailer!❤️
The Caterpillar to me has some anger issues
Let us not forget the smoking part as well, although that’s not to big a concern
This film was my childhood! (':
I love the voice over talking about the "wonderful friend she meets" over the video of the insane queen of hearts charging full bore at her followed by an army of homicidal playing cards and animals. Splendid timing. I rather imagine that was on purpose.
everyone says they hate this movie cuz it scared them, this is Walt Disney's greatest work of art in my opinion! Wizard of oz however...thats scary
I've always liked her dress when i was younger.
nice. Thanks you for posting this, it is one of my favorites.
the classics are so much better then the new ones
My mom visited the authors house. Or at least were it since was.
I loved how 'the friends she meets' is the total insanity scene with gibbering maniacs rushing the camera! lol
Remember the first time I watched this, Can't take my eyes out of the TV man :)
WOW! Trailers have changed a LOT in 50 years!
Truly!
It was probably much easier for The Walt Disney Studios to create movie trailers in the 1950s than today.
One of my favorite movies of all times :)
Yes, this was originally released by RKO-Radio; after 1954, however, Walt set up his own "in-house" distribution firm {Buena Vista} for theatrical releases, and "Alice" was first reissued without RKO's original distribution credit in 1956....
I love how it says "The wonderful friends she meets!" right over the scene of the angry mob coming after her. XD
i's weird how old these disney films really are, and i watched them when i was a child! wow!
I still believe that they somehow got the idea from Betty Boop: Blunderland, but of course, I was always too lazy to Google it to found out for sure. :P
OHHH THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!
I actually met Kathryn Beaumont. She is so kind. My favorite encounter with a childhood hero, by far.
thanks for your inspiration Mr. Walt Disney
Awh,. Alice..! In Wonderland! Snow White! Cinderella...as lovely as her name...
I mainly preferred Snow White and Cinderella as a kid
0:44 wonderful friends indeed
XD
I had never seen this original version of Alice in Wonderland, and watched it for the first time on a couple tabs of LSD a few years back. That was genuinely one of the best hours in my life. Such a funky movie, I didn't know what it was about so everything that happened was just like "woaaaaah holy shit what just happened" lmaoo. I appreciated the hell out of this movie watching it for the first time.
I watched this movie a few years ago while sick... possibly a little out of it from the fever, and it was the scariest most traumatizing thing. I haven't been able to watch it since.
I miss when Disney had movies like this....the art style, the voice actors, the songs-everything. I hate the new movies like frozen
How about Encanto?
For a movie more than half a century old it holds up pretty well. It's a pity you most likely won't meet people with manners and heart such of that young lady.
Disney's best animated film, like if you agree
As I am about 70 and this is the first movie I saw at the flics I remember it with great pleasure I agree with SophiaofOz
Alice in Wonderland is my favorite disney movie
agree
I have an obsession with Alice in Wonderland.
wow serious rush of nostalgia
wow now that im older i look at this movie in a different way wat a trip!
I did watch first the movie 2010. I found it okay, but then I saw this disney movie in tv....WOOOOOW. They shows the surreal dreamland and the feelings much better than the new movie. Even the atmosphere has so many mysticism (for example the situation in the woods or in the ending, where the background is black while running away from the Queen). I was amazed about this movie, but I realized too how stupid the movie of Tim Burton was. -_-
This Disney movie is still the best!!!!
Yes!!!!!!!! You said it!!!!!!!!!!
uhmm...well it already started production...its set to come out in 2010...
but you can look it up...they already have picz. of johnny as the mad hatter! =]
and this is the reason why I changed my name into Alice :)
Her voice at 1:03 is very, oh so very lovely.
i loved this movie when i was little i still do
Book was better than the 1951 film. The 1951 film was better than all of the later knockoff movies.
another classic for disney. loved it
aw I used 2 love watching this movie when I was little
i miss these old movies
omg memories when i was in grade 1 i watched this movie
i can still remember being 7 years old and watching this - the only thing i had to worry about in life was how many hours i had left until bedtime.