# Alice in Wonderland (1915 film)

Alice in Wonderland is a 1915 silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This film version is notable for depicting various stanzas of the 'Father William' poem and including footage resembling Tenniel's illustration of Father William doing his back-somersault at the front door. The film has ascended into the public domain.
    Adapted and directed by W. W. Young.

## Intertitles

* She made some tarts All on a summer's day.
** Opening intertitle.
* Things we do and things we see shortly before we fall asleep are most apt to influence our dreams.
* AliceentersDreamland.
* The rabbit hole.
* Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves.
** C.f. "Down the Rabbit-Hole," ch. 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 6.
* Doors all round and all locked. She wondered how she was ever to get out
** C.f. "Down the Rabbit-Hole," ch. 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 7:
    There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.
* She looked along a passage into the lovliest garden you ever saw.
** C.f. "Down the Rabbit-Hole," ch. 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 8:
    Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw.
* But she couldn't get through so she cried, and cried, and then---
* Birds and Beasts start to the Animal Convention.
* And as she wandered on Alice thought about other children she knew who might do very well as pigs, till suddenly she came upon the Cheshire Cat.
* The croquet-balls were hedgehogs, the mallets were flamingoes and the arches were soldiers.
** C.f. "The Queen's Croquet-Ground," ch. 8 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 121:
    Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life: it was all ridges and furrows; the croquet-balls were live hedgehogs, and the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
* "Come on," said the Gryphon. Everybody says "Come on" here, thought Alice. I never was so ordered about in all my life.
** C.f. "The Mock Turtle's Story," ch. 9 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 139:
    "Why, she," said the Gryphon. "It's all her fancy, that: they never executes nobody, you know. Come on!"
    "Everybody says 'come on!' here," thought Alice, as she went slowly after it: "I never was so ordered about before, in all my life, never!"

## Alice
### To the Dormouse

* O, Mouse, do you know the way out? I'm afraid I shall drown in my tears.
** C.f. "The Pool of Tears," ch. 2 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 23–24:
    "I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day."

### To the attendees of the Animal Convention

* I wish my cat were here. She's such a capital one for catching mice.
* And oh! I wish you could see her after the birds.
* I wish I hadn't talked so much about our cat, nobody seems to like her down here.
** C.f. "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale," ch. 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 39–40:
    "Dinah's our cat. And she's such a capital one for catching mice, you can't think! And oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! Why, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!"
    "I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!" she said to herself in a melancholy tone. "Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!"

### To herself

* To much pepper in the soup--and in the air.
** C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 81:
    "There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!" Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing.
* If it had grown up it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig.
** This statement refers to the Duchess's baby.
* Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin: but never before a grin without a cat!
** C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 94:
    "Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin," thought Alice; "but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!"

## Mouse
### To Alice

* The Dodo told me the best thing to get one dry is a Caucus race.
** C.f. "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale," ch. 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 32:
    "What I was going to say," said the Dodo in an offended tone, "was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race."

## White Rabbit
### To Alice

* What have you done with my fan and gloves?
* The Duchess! She'll have me executed.
** C.f. "The Pool of Tears," ch. 2 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 18:
    It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!"

### Reading the accusation

* The Queen of Hearts,she made some tarts,All on a summer's day:The Knave of Hearts,he stole those tarts,And took them quite away!
** C.f. "Who Stole the Tarts?," ch. 11 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 166.

## The Duchess
### To Alice

* It's a Cheshire cat and that's why it grins.
** C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 82:
    "Please would you tell me," said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, "why your cat grins like that?""It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why. Pig!"

### The Duchess's Lullaby

* Speak roughly to yourlittle boy,
* And beat him when her sneezes.
* He only does it to annoy,Because he knows it teases.CHOSUS.Wow! Wow! Wow!
** C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 85.

## The Queen of Hearts

* Off with her head!
** Referring to Alice.
* Off with their heads!
** Referring to the gardeners.
* Off with everybody'shead!

## The Mock Turtle
### Turtle Soup

* Beautiful soup so richand green,Waiting in the hot tureen.
* Who for such daintiesWould not stoop?Soup of the evening,Beautiful soup!
** C.f. "The Lobster Quadrille," ch. 10 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 160.

### To Alice

* Once I was--boo hoo--a real Turtle--boo hoo, boo hoo!
** C.f. "The Mock Turtle's Story," ch. 9 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 140:
    "Once," said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh, "I was a real Turtle."
    These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "Hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.
* When I was little we went to school in the sea and the master was an old Turtle-- we used to call him Tortoise, because he taught us--boo-hoo!
** C.f. "The Mock Turtle's Story," ch. 9 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 141–142:
    "When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle—we used to call him Tortoise—"
    "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked.
    "We called him Tortoise, because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily; "really you are very dull!"
* I took up Reeling and Writhing, and the different branches of Arithmetic--- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision.
** C.f. "The Mock Turtle's Story," ch. 9 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 143:
    "Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied: "and then the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."

## Dialogue

| The Caterpillar: | Who are you? |
| Alice: | I hardly know, Sir. I know who I was, but I think I must have changed. |
| The Caterpillar: | Explain yourself, Miss, |
| Alice: | I cannot explain myself, Sir, because I'm not myself, you see. |
| Alice: | I can't remember things as I used. |
| The Caterpillar: | Try repeating "You are old, Father William." |
| Alice: | "You are old, father William,"the young man said,"And your hair has becomevery white;And yet you incessantlystand on your head--Do you think, at your age,it is right?" |
| Alice: | "You are old," said the youth"as I mentioned before,And have grown mostuncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–Pray, what is thereason of that?" |
| Alice: | "You are old," said the youth, "onewould hardly supposeThat your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on theend of your nose–What made you so awfully clever?" |
| The Caterpillar: | You spoke that wrong from beginning to end! |
| The Caterpillar: | You didn't speak the verseI like best. It goes like this:In my Youth, saidthe father,I took to the lawAnd argued eachcase with my wife, |
| The Caterpillar: | And the muscular strengthWhich it gave to my jawHas lasted the rest of my life." |
      * C.f. "Advice from a Caterpillar," ch. 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 60–67. Lines altered from the original.
| Alice: | Tell me, please which way I ought to go. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | That depends on where you want to go. |
| Alice: | I don't much care. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | Then it doesn't matter which way you go. |
| Alice: | So long as I get somewhere. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | You're sure to do that if you only walk long enough. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | What became of the baby? |
| Alice: | It turned into a pig. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | I thought it would. |
| The Cheshire Cat: | Did you say pig or fig. |
| Alice: | I said pig and I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing; you make me giddy. I'm going to visit the March Hare. |
      * C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 89–90, 92. Lines altered from the original.
| Alice: | Why are you painting those roses? |
| Gardeners: | Because we planted a white rose tree by mistake and the Queen will cut off our heads if they are not red. |
      * C.f. "The Queen's Croquet-Ground," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 114. Lines altered from the original.

## Cast

* Viola Savoy—Alice
* Herbert Rice—White Rabbit
* Harry Marks—The Dodo Bird
* Louis Merkle—The Dormouse
* William Tilden—The Mad Hatter

## External links

* Alice in Wonderland is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
* Alice in Wonderland quotes at the Internet Movie Database.
* Alice in Wonderland at Rotten Tomatoes