Alice In Wonderland 1903/2006

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It's been a while since I uploaded anything to this account. I wanted to do something special, so I obtained and restored the very rare, first film version of Alice In Wonderland, made in England by Cecil Hepworth in 1903 (this versatile director also plays Frog in the film). The original negative is severely damaged, and much of the film has deteriorated. No known prints survive anywhere so restoration is next to impossible. However I was able to brighten it considerably and improve its overall appearance with a sepia tint. The music you will recognise as Claude Debussy's "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun." Film's IMDb page: www.imdb.com/title/tt0000420/. The BBC have rescued this film from obscurity by releasing it as an extra, with commentary, on their DVD for the 1966 Jonathan Miller production of Alice in Wonderland. As informative and interesting as the audio commentary was, I find I also quite enjoy viewing this film with a classic, elegant musical accompaniment. This is for the Alice who lives inside of all of us. Don't forget to subscribe to some of my other accounts, such as thekittygang, euterperocks, euterpejonesvideo and torgosdrivein for more interesting content from yours truly.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: September 5, 2006 at 5:29 am
Author: MaidMarian

Length: 00:09:13
Rating: 4.87
Views: 296563

Tags: EuterpeJones LewisCarroll AliceInWonderland AliceLiddell CecilHepworth earlyfilm ClaudeDebussy Debussy PublicDomainRocks

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PublicDomainRocks Alice_In_Wonderland_1903_2006 Comments:
bobbywilson09 (November 13, 2007 at 5:35 pm)
this is cool
Kenneko (November 12, 2007 at 6:03 am)
Thank you for uploading this. This version is so creepy, in an amazing way.
tazer5 (November 11, 2007 at 1:12 am)
wow this is amzing! beautiful video!
DarkDolly (November 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm)
Very beautiful. Silent films should be restored yet not lost their touch of magic to them.. we want the future generations to experience the early stages of filming.. thanks for uploading
leiathegreat (November 6, 2007 at 7:33 pm)
that's so cool I love it! thank you thank you thank you! I love old movies it's a shame that there's not a biffer movement to have them restored.
xalitis99 (November 4, 2007 at 10:19 pm)
wow.... im surprised that one could find this in todays times... quite amazing
ElliePunk (November 3, 2007 at 8:24 pm)
Whoa that's awesome, I only knew of Disney's one. And I love how music tells the story too here, it's so cool!
RonnieBass (November 3, 2007 at 7:00 am)
Thank you !
I'm so impressed that you've managed to upload a really precious film from such an early stage in movie film production.
Thanks again!
jeremyemilio (October 31, 2007 at 9:55 pm)
Nice. Great Alice Liddell pic at the end.
anoverkillofeulogy2 (October 31, 2007 at 6:42 pm)
Wonderful(L)