Alice in Wonderland
US (1951): Drama/Fantasy/Animation/Musical
Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. Other voice talents include Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton and J. Pat O'Malley. Songs inlcude "Very Good Advice", "In a World of My Own", "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "I'm Late", "'Twas Brillig", "A Very Merry Un-birthday" and "A E I O U." Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske. (Disney/RKO Radio) (Amazon.com)
1 nomination
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1951: Oliver G. Wallace