ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1903) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Percy Stow, Cecil M. Hepworth
May Clark, Mrs. Margaret Hepworth, Norman Whitten,
Cecil M. Hepworth, Geoffrey Faithfull, Stanley Faithfull
Alice goes down the rabbit hole in the earliest screen adaptation of the Lewis Carroll tale. The only surviving print of this is pretty beat-up, but the effects that allow Alice to grow bigger and smaller and disappear aren't bad for 1903. The Cheshire Cat appears and vanishes, too, but good luck trying to spot a grin anywhere. That's one grumpy-looking cat.
