Alice's Wonderland

Alice's Wonderland is a 1923 Walt Disney short silent film, produced in Kansas City, Missouri by Laugh-O-Gram Studio.^[2] The black-and-white short was the first in a series of Walt Disney's famous Alice Comedies and had a working title of Alice in Slumberland. The film was never shown theatrically, but was instead shown to prospective film distributors.

Alice's Wonderland
Alice's Wonderland, from the Laugh-O-Grams series.
Directed by	Walt Disney
Story by	Walt Disney Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Walt Disney Ub Iwerks Rudolf Ising Virginia Davis Hugh Harman Margaret Davis
Animation by	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Ub Iwerks Carman Maxwell I. Freleng
Layouts by	Ub Iwerks
Backgrounds by	Carman Maxwell
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Release date	October 16, 1923 (1923-10-16) [1]
Running time	12:29
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Plot

Alice (Virginia Davis) visits the Laugh-O-Gram Studio, where the animators (including Walt Disney) show her various scenes on their drawing boards. A few of them: a cat dancing to a cat band; a mouse poking at a cat until it moves; a couple of mice boxing, while the animators crowd around cheering and acting as corner-men. That night, she dreams of taking a train to cartoon-land, where a red carpet reception awaits. She appears in live action. They have a welcoming parade, with Alice riding on an elephant. The cartoons dance for her, and she dances for them. Meanwhile, lions break out of the zoo. The lions chase her into a hollow tree, then into a cave and down a rabbit hole. They corner her at a cliffside and she jumps off. Alice is then woken up by her mother, and begins telling her about the dream.

In popular culture

The eighth episode of the 2014 Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall, entitled "Babes in the Wood", contains several direct visual references to Alice's Wonderland, including the Reception Committee scene.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities - Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s.^[3]

It was also included as a bonus feature in the Special "Un-Anniversary Edition" of Alice in Wonderland.