Glimpse Familiar Cartoon Characters in "Alice's Wonderland"

writeconsult
Jan 14, 2019
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Vintage Disney film contains characters that prompt recall of famous 'toons.

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland has been the inspiration for a multitude of creative endeavors by a wide array of artists, Walt Disney having been no exception.

In the public domain, "Alice's Wonderland" (1923) is Disney's first cartoon film, from the series Laugh-O-Grams—a project of Disney's that ran from 1921–1923.

Before Mickey Mouse, before the Fairbanksian moustache, and even before the Alice comedies, came Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-grams. Disney’s first animated films began in 1920 as after-work projects when Disney was a commercial artist for an advertising company in Kansas City. He made these cartoons by himself and with the help of a few friends. —Merritt/Kaufman, via Silent Film

Alice's Wonderland was the pilot reel for the "Alice Comedies", which ran from 1923–1927, are all available today in the public domain and as a result can be purchased in a variety of collections.

After completing the film, the studio went bankrupt and was forced to shut down. After raising money by working as a freelance photographer, Disney bought a one-way train ticket to Los Angeles, California to live with his uncle Robert and his brother Roy. In California, Disney continued to send out proposals for the Alice series, in hopes of obtaining a distribution agreement. A deal was finally arranged through Winkler Pictures, run by Margaret Winkler and her fianceé, Charles Mintz. —Wikipedia

Writers, crafters, painters and other artists of all kinds have attributed works to Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, due the widely identifiable themes contained in that story. If you're one of them, feel free to post an image of your work below, with a link to any information you'd like to provide about it.