History Film / AliceInWonderland1949

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the AndYouWereThere prologue, Lewis Carroll takes the Liddell sisters on the rowboat trip where he tells them the story of Wonderland during a tea party for the visiting Queen Victoria, which the girls weren't allowed to attend. These weren't the circumstances of the real-life rowboat trip: it was just a normal outing on a regular summer day, and Carroll would never have taken the girls rowing without their parents' permission. It also took place in 1862, the year after Prince Albert died, yet here he's shown accompanying the Queen on her visit. And of course Alice Liddell is portrayed with long blonde hair like John Tenniel's illustrations of Alice, not with her actual chin-length dark hair.

* HairTriggerTemper: The Queen of Hearts is known for having one, which is the reason her gardeners are so frightened of her finding out they planted roses that were the wrong colour.

* ItsAllAboutMe: The White Rabbit has a major case of this, not caring who he hurts in order to advance himself. As he says in his song, "If it advances my own chances, I play the game!"

* NoIndoorVoice: The Queen of Hearts. Literally every line spoken by her is delivered as a loud, gruff bark.

* OrWasItADream: In the final scene, Alice wakes up on the boat as Carroll finishes the story. She asks him if the story was real, as she believes it truly happened. Nearby, the White Rabbit appears and says "Naturally".
* PerpetualSmiler: The Cheshire Cat

* AdaptationalVillainy: The White Rabbit is depicted here as a self-serving sycophant who frames Alice for the theft of the Queen's tarts while knowing it was the Knave of Hearts who really stole them (having decided to keep the Knave's secret due to wanting to partake of the tarts himself). As a result Alice, rather than the Knave, ends up being the defendant of the trial in this version. The White Rabbit also informs the Queen that the gardeners were painting the roses red (rather than her figuring it out for herself as in the book), leading to what appears to be their real execution.

* AndYouWereThere: Several people in the film's real world setting have counterparts in Wonderland. The Vice Chancellor is the White Rabbit, the Queen is the Queen of Hearts, the Prince Consort is the King of Hearts, a tailor is the Mad Hatter, Dr. Liddell is the Cheshire Cat, and Lewis Carroll is the Knave of Hearts.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the AndYouWereThere prologue, Lewis Carroll takes the Liddell sisters on the rowboat trip where he tells them the story of Wonderland during a tea party for the visiting Queen Victoria, which the girls weren't allowed to attend. These weren't the circumstances of the real life rowboat trip: it was just a normal outing on a regular summer day, and Carroll would never have taken the girls rowing without their parents' permission. It also took place in 1862, the year after Prince Albert died, yet here he's shown accompanying the Queen on her visit. And of course Alice Liddell is portrayed with long blonde hair like John Tenniel's illustrations of Alice, not with her actual chin-length dark hair.

* AuthorAvatar: InUniverse, Lewis Carroll's Wonderland equivalent is the Knave of Hearts. That's rather odd, because while Carroll is Alice's friend in the real world, the Knave is antagonistic toward her.

* LostFoodGrievance: The Queen of Hearts is furious and ready to behead everyone in Wonderland when she realises her tarts have been stolen.

* NiceGuy: Creator/LewisCarroll. He pities Alice when she is not allowed to be present for the Queen's arrival at Oxford, so much so that he surreptitiously slips a tart from the refreshment table to give to her. Then he takes she and her sisters on a boat ride and entertains them with a story.

* OrWasItADream: In the final scene, Alice wakes up on the boat as Carroll is finishing the story. She asks him if the story was real, as she believes it truly happened. Nearby, the White Rabbit appears and says "Naturally".

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the AndYouWereThere prologue, Lewis Carroll takes the Liddell sisters on the rowboat trip where he tells them the story of Wonderland during tea party for the visiting Queen Victoria, which the girls weren't allowed to attend. These weren't the circumstances of the real life rowboat trip: it was just a normal outing on a regular summer day, and Carroll would never have taken the girls rowing without their parents' permission. It also took place in 1862, the year after Prince Albert died, yet here he's shown accompanying the Queen on her visit. And of course Alice Liddell is portrayed with long blonde hair like John Tenniel's illustrations of Alice, not with her actual chin-length dark hair.

This film would undoubtedly be more widely known today if it did not have the misfortune of going into production around the same time Creator/{{Disney}} was making their own ''[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]''. Though the two works have nothing in common apart from being based on the same source material, Disney sensed competition and set out to crush their opponent's chances of success. A lengthy court battle ensued, during which Disney [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope erroneously claimed to own the rights]] to the ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' story itself. Though the case was ultimately thrown out of court, the damage was done and Bower's film was not widely distributed in the United States. To this day it remains largely forgotten, with Disney's influence even having had a negative impact on its preservation. Because of their pre-existing arrangement with Technicolor, this film had to be shot in inferior Ansco Color, which deteriorated badly over time.

A 1949 British-French film based on Creator/LewisCarroll's book ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', directed by Dallas Bower and featuring stop-motion puppets created by Lou Bunin. This adaptation features a unique FramingDevice in which Lewis Carroll (Stephen Murray) tells the story to Alice Liddell (Carol Marsh) and her sisters on a boat ride. A la ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', several people introduced during the live-action sequences have counterparts in Wonderland, voiced by the same actors.

This film would undoubtedly be more widely known today if it did not have the misfortune of going into production around the same time Creator/{{Disney}} was making their own ''[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]''. Though the two works have nothing in common apart from being based on the same source material, Disney sensed competition and set out to crush their opponent's chances of success. A lengthy court battle ensued, during which Disney [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope erroneously claimed to own the rights]] to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' itself. Though the case was ultimately thrown out of court, the damage was done and Bower's film was not widely distributed in the United States. To this day it remains largely forgotten, with Disney's influence even having had a negative impact on its preservation. Because of their pre-existing arrangement with Technicolor, this film had to be shot in inferior Ansco Color, which deteriorated badly over time.

Due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope a legal dispute with]] Creator/{{Disney}}, who were making [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland their own adaptation of the story]] around the same time, the film was not widely distributed in the United States. To this day it remains largely forgotten, with Disney's influence even having had a negative impact on its preservation. Because of their pre-existing arrangement with Technicolor, this film had to be shot in inferior Ansco Color, which deteriorated badly over time.

* BaitAndSwitch:

* ImprobableHairstyle: The Knave of Hearts has long dark hair parted in the middle that swoops into two huge curls sticking out on either side of his head. It's very reminiscent of buffalo horns, oddly enough.

A 1949 French film based on Creator/LewisCarroll's book ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', directed by Dallas Bower and featuring stop-motion puppets created by Lou Bunin. This adaptation features a unique FramingDevice in which Lewis Carroll (Stephen Murray) tells the story to Alice Liddell (Carol Marsh) and her sisters on a boat ride. A la ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', several people introduced during the live-action sequences have counterparts in Wonderland, voiced by the same actors.

* ArcWords: "And so on down the line" comes up several times in songs throughout the film, referring the varying (and in some cases fleeting) importance of individuals in a society divided by rank and class. It's meant to emphasize how Lewis Carroll created Wonderland as a satire of Victorian England.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/LewisCarroll himself, Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert.

* MeaningfulLook: The White Rabbit smirks at the Knave of Hearts as he watches him in the card army procession, causing the latter to bow his head in shame and speed up. It's as if the Rabbit is saying "You and I both know what you did" (the Knave having stolen the Queen's tarts).

-->"''STOOOLEN?!'' '''''MYYY''''' ''TARTS?!''"