Alice in Wonderland (1915) - 4K, full film with score

UPDATED RELEASE AT • Alice in Wonderland (1...
SOUNDTRACK AT cwbf.bandcamp.com
Original description below:
This is by far the highest quality version of this film on the internet. The video is primarily from two prints scanned by the Library of Congress, along with a few other sources. Phantomwise ( / phantomwise2 ) provided all of the footage and valuable help. This version also has scene-by-scene image stabilization, and should be in as close an approximation of the original sequence as possible.
The music was written for a theater organ, and would have been playable by a real instrument at the time this was released. If you like the music, I have my OTHER music at cwbf.bandcamp.com. I'm also hoping to put up a soundtrack album for this soon.
One other note: this is slightly shorter than some other versions on KZbin. Those releases include many title cards which were not part of the original film, and which slowed down the film considerably. There is actually more footage in this release than in any other that is presently available online.
Please let me know if you would like copies of higher quality copies of any of my sources.

[@daveidmarx8296]

It's crazy to think that Viola Savoy (Alice) lived to see the relatively late year of 1987 and yet there are seemingly no interviews with her anywhere.

[@ewade244]

*Turns out she was a massive Nazi and killed the Lindberg baby. *Completely false in every way.

[@mikeylikesit6622]

@@ewade244you’re a real card

[@jayizzett]

No volume to interview

[@JEUndisputed]

Oh ha ha a comedian pull the other one, clown its got bells on 🤣​@@ewade244

[@KoryGilesMusicGroup]

You know what’s ironic? The Strand theater where this film premiered was torn down that same year (1987). Funny how the world works.

[@kirkfeather1]

The quality of this 1915 film nothing less than astonishing! The young actress is superbly poised and expressive and the surreal sets and characters foreshadow the great German Expressionist films of the '20s. I quite wonder if F. W. Murnau saw this and absorbed some of its aesthetics.

[@liljes34]

They had no idea what future adaptations would look like and how far we’ve come.

[@hassan32215]

same goes to us in future they watch us and think they dont know how far we have come from now😂

[@liljes34]

@@hassan32215 I know, weird though hey! The Johnny Depp one is gonna look super ancient someday too.

[@cherrybomb2600]

I prefer old films, before movies because a way of programming. Some exceptions.

[@MrScottx]

I am not so sure we have come that far. Sure movies look better now...but that is about it.

[@LocalYokohl]

Her exiting her body and goint to dreamland were pretty well done..

[@enriquemireles8947]

I’m surprised the lack of pancake makeup on Alice . She looks so natural you’d think it was recently made.

[@thenightporter]

It WAS recently made.

[@Outlawgirl63]

This movie isn’t that old when you think about it

[@scottgamble7767]

Not to be picayune, but just as a point of history, actual Pan-Cake make-up (a talc base rather than an oil base) wasnt invented until the 1930's. At this point, standard greasepaint was what was used (Max Factor's "flexible greasepaint", invented for film use in 1914) and that "cakey" look of the film make-up of the day was due to the applied base requiring a heavier powder layer to set it. This sometimes could look "chalkey". Viola does have some eye make-up going on here, but I agree that her more natural skin tone appearance in this film transcends the normal "look" for the time period.

[@thehapagirl92]

12:12 The caterpillar costume is disturbing af😂

[@kerryh3833]

The way she picked up that bunny 😬

[@Da1Dez]

Whoever designed the creature costumes for this film really studied the illustrations from the book well! Like they've lept right of the pages.

[@muir8009]

I'm super impressed too, Tenniels engravings were followed to a t. In fact the whole story, even down to the Gardener cards falling flat on their faces before the Queen of Hearts was accurately followed. You'll probably find it's the most true to story version made

[@sh-ig9fm]

Back in those days they didn't try to remove anything most films that were based on books practically used the book as a script.

[@benbrown9053]

Everything was great except the turtles dog head lol 😅

[@terrapinalive6192]

@@benbrown9053 and how about the turtle's long tail?

[@Pequenos_Detalhes]

​@@terrapinalive6192 É um tatu 😂😂😂

[@boredpeanutbutter75]

I can honestly say that I have never been so interested, fascinated, impressed, creeped-out, and really bored, all at the same time.

[@myfavoritesongs.mp3]

exatamente assim

[@rainbowgold6410]

😮

[@warrax111]

Dude, sometimes it's good idea to left your minecraft and fornite gamer's den, to see life outside and actual some travel and history too. So life don't shock you with obvious things. Yes, it's 100-year old movie. Every one looks like that.

[@boredpeanutbutter75]

@@warrax111 First of all I'm not a Minecraft or fortnite playing drone in some gamers den. Nor am I a dude. So please don't assume you know everything about the person you're commenting to, behaving as though you have some superior intellect while at the same time using words like "Dude." Should I return the favor and assume that you need to get out of the sun and spend less time on your surfboard?

[@myfavoritesongs.mp3]

@@warrax111 bro what are you mad about? this was a good and relatable comment, what exactly made you feel superior?

[@ramonvalencia5719]

Moving pictures were still a novelty in 1915. This must have blown their minds when it was first released.

[@WheresPoochie]

I mean they weren’t THAT novel. Nickelodeon shorts had been widely distributed and enjoyed since beginning of the century so the Western public was already well acquainted with motion pictures. What was less common were featured-length films but even those weren’t entirely unheard of by 1915 or even 1914.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

@@WheresPoochie You sound as if you underestimate how big even small films back there was, let alone feature length films. When you say ''less common, but weren't entirely unheard'' ... It sounds like ''common dude... yes it was rare, but not so rare''... Keep in mind this was literally 3 years after the sinking of the Titanic. It was still quiet a victorian era back then (yes i know it ends 1901 ... but still: the fashian, the people, the mindset, the ''belle epoque'' was still viviv). Theaters with real actors were the common thing. I am sure, that a lot of people at that point didnt knew about films (besides the big cities) , and feature length films were very much an unheard thing for the most people. Because you will say ''thats why i said not entirely unheard'' ..sure - it safes you. But with that logic it also saves you to say ''at least the director and the actors in this film knew about the feature length film'' ... When i look to newspaper about that time, i mostly see normal theater plays, with real actors. Barely anything about film theaters (i know, they werent called that , back in those days.. i considered that also).

[@richardsantanna5398]

​@@PygmalionFaciebat Calm down.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

@@richardsantanna5398 As far i see you got quiet triggered by my comment to write me. Do you really think that you are not the one who should calm down about my comment ? :*

[@richardsantanna5398]

@@PygmalionFaciebat Please stop stalking me. I don't wanna get the police involved.

[@Charliezard7]

It’s awesome we can watch this kind of stuff from +100 years ago in our phones

[@WeerdMunkee]

Surprising they even call them that anymore. The "phone" function seems to be one of the minor functions of the devices we all hold in our hands now. 😆

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

I think our phones are technically called "Smartphones" since 2007 when Apple came out with it .

[@SinergiaAlUnisono]

haha yes, humans are still backward compatible with ourselves (and most technologies, and languages), so are most living cells :-b

[@kushfairyny1]

Isn't it❤

[@xo.elektra]

​​@@kennymichaelalanya7134The first smartphone is technically an IBM Simon Personal Communicator from 1994! It had a touch screen and you could fax and email on it. It was probably the coolest gadget out there when it came out

[@M.Robespierre3691]

The girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write the book, Alice Liddell, was still alive when the film was released. She died in 1934.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

So maybe she saw the movie. I hope so :)

[@anh7807]

​@@PygmalionFaciebatIt may be a horrible reminder to her considering Lewis literally stalked her and tried to groom her.

[@ewade244]

*If it makes it any better, Alice Liddell was on the Epstein List. Ikr *Historically Inaccurate

[@chrisoneill3999]

@@anh7807 Alice Hargreaves and Charles Dobson were friends well into adulthood. Charles knew Reginald, and they got on reasonably well. Don't believe the rubbish you hear on Fox.

[@anh7807]

@@chrisoneill3999 I've majored in media and political systems, I do my own research, not based upon major news stations that do no original journalism.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

It's very whimsical and charming, but also really unsettling and creepy at the same time. It's easy to see why there are so many horror retellings of this story.

[@samuelfreitas9275]

That's very scary

[@elaineturner7948]

It IS creepy!

[@mourningst5r]

Wasnt the writer inspired by an actual little girl he wanted?

[@toothached]

@@mourningst5ryep

[@fingerprint5511]

Only because you aren't accustomed to reality of the imagination. There's nothing creepy here, its your own projection

[@onikaconstantine8861]

R.I.P Viola Savoy (Alice) 1899-1987

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

IN TODAY'S DANGER WORLD NO GIRL WILL FOLLOW EVEN ANTS

[@wk3818]

These are the exact years of the birth and death of my maternal grandfather.

[@neadesu]

@@wk3818maybe she was Alice

[@arnoldzyphill3167]

i wonder if she thought back on this later in life or saw any of it later ?

[@xtrm2009]

she was beautiful!

[@jaycosgrove9765]

Thank you so much for your hard work on restoring this gem of a film. Much appreciated.

[@rrppo]

The uploader did, actually; I manually edited this together from raw scans from the Library of Congress and fixed video issues throughout.

[@genesmiley9866]

@@rrppo My apologies - I forget sometimes how much easier it is to work with the LoC in the digital age. Excellent work.

[@JohnHoranzy]

@@rrppo Thank You!!!

[@micosstar]

THANK YOU

[@PoleTooke]

@@rrppo thanks! What will your next film be that you work on?

[@brucemai1429]

This is so well-restored that it looks more like a modern film shot to look old.

[@troylee4196]

It's because the cameras then were really high quality Restoring the big budget ones is probably easier than other films

[@brucemai1429]

If you want to compare, check out the original. Definitely restored. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomzZGt3oqyql6M

[@garter8774]

The young actresses name is Viola Savoy, she was probably only 16 here and she did an excellent job. Nice to see the film and her more clearly.

[@robroy6374]

She passed away in Feb 1987 at age 87.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

While the film came out 1915, and she was born june 1899 its save to say she was probably only 15 in the movie. The movie took a lot of time to be made, i assume. I assume, that it began at least in 1914 (maybe summer 1914) and was finished and released in 1915. Even the lot of costumes took for sure a lot of time to be made, and the animatronics (the mouth of the animals move.. their eyes blink.. while a person is in it). Also the house of the rabbit doesnt appears to be a regular house ... meaning: it very likely was build just for the purpose of the movie.. and it doesnt seem to be like made cheap.. because Alice is going in there). There are whole interiors in it, windows with outside-views, etc .. For me it very much looks like it took a long time to made that. I would be surprised if they make it and release it, all in few months in 1915. Also not forget: that later in 1915 she even made another film - which even more supports my theory, that Alice in Wonderland could not be made late 1915. And to be exact: Viola Savoy only turned 16 in june 1915. So in my opinion she was very likely only 15 in Alice in Wonderland. By the way.. she was even with 15 a well known actress already. Even with 13 (in december 1912) she already had a big role in the Berchel theater in ''The little rebel'' (based on a novel which came out 1911), and she received very good critics in the newspaper! So i very much assume that she very likely even started professional acting earlier than with 13 (otherwise the theater very likely wouldnt gave her that important role). Its unfortunate that its quiet hard to find information about her... her career seem to be stopped after 1915. But thats not unusual. She probably got married very young, and so she went into the path of beeing a good housewife (which wasnt unusual for 1915 ) .. and she lived a long life, right in the 1980s ... She was able to experience the moonlanding, the cinema, the evolution of movies (she even could have seen Star Wars, and Alien (!), and personal computers (Macintosh!). She lived through quiet interesting times.

[@juliemartin934]

🙏 Merci pour toutes ces informations. Quel chef d'oeuvre 💛

[@enchantedprotection444]

A very young age. Back in those days, she was very likely taken advantage of behind the scenes. Took 100 years of cinema for things to start to change.

[@scottgamble7767]

Viola's Wikipedia page has some interesting foot note links that go to newspaper clipping notices and such. Posters for the movie already place her as a noteworthy star. One article mentions that her mother was also an actress and played one of the parts in the film. (The mother? The sister?) It also has a personal account by Viola about the making of the movie (the perils) and mentions that she was pulling away from her acting career to focus on her education in 1915 (with all of her stage roles and the two films she made in 1914 /'15, it most likely seriously cut in to her schoolday time in Buffalo, NY... especially since her turn on the stage in THE LITTLEST REBEL was in Des Moines, Iowa several years before). This may explain why she only made two motion pictures, both around the same time. In one of those newspaper articles, she mentions the difficulties acting in motion picture plays. Perhaps she preferred stage work since the last professional notice that's available for her is for a "seven-girl Egyptian dancing act" that she had "a leading part" in, which was being produced in September of 1918 when she was 19 years old (and probably out of High School by then). Its surprising that some other entertainment entrepreneur didn't try to cash in on her star power and cast her in another film production (in 1918, the newspaper notice for the Egyptian dance act was still touting her success in LITTLEST REBEL and as the "picture star" of ALICE ) since ALICE was apparently a big hit. Perhaps they tried and she just didn't want to do more films. She is quoted (at that tender age of 16) in December of 1915 as saying "Posing for moving pictures is seldom easy work, and sometimes it is attended with much peril".

[@SidewalkToPurgatory]

I love this film, but the way she just picks the rabbit up by it's ears in the beginning is just so jarring. 💀😭

[@RiqRoll]

She does it again later in the film 😢

[@johnnyjohnnyhottiethottie8345]

its cruel

[@pauperprinceps2995]

that's the right way to pick a rabbit

[@whatismynametakeawildguess]

jumpscare fr

[@Hedgeknight420]

@@pauperprinceps2995yikes bro , how many cats have you skinned and are you currently taking your Xannies ?

[@someguy4911]

I wonder what these actors' reactions would be if you told them at the time people would be watching this film over 100 years from now on a magical machine called a computer.

[@halilzknn]

they believed. People 100 years from now will watch us this way.

[@arturovaldes546]

Two hundred years from now people will watch this in Mars. ❤

[@dantesaints4339]

I loved the natural way the girl portrayed Alice, the costumes, the photography and the score. Many thanks for sharing.

[@Travelinmatt1976]

There wasn't a score for these movies, music would have been played live and it was usually made up on the spot. This music was added later

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@Travelinmatt1976 No music is made up on the spot for a movie. Stop understating this.

[@youngsteph1]

She was to old for the role like in nearly all versions. She towered over alot of the other characters.

[@racheyrach_rach3548]

When you think that Alice in Wonderland was first published in 1865 and this was made only 49 years later. This probably gives us a bit of a glance to the style of clothing and the overall look of the time that would of been portrayed in the book. Closer than any other adaptions made i should think.

[@talktalk3690]

Would of? What does that mean? You mean would’ve.

[@MothHouse]

@@talktalk3690 Shh, go back to your hole.

[@CoolScratcher]

@@talktalk3690 Ok grammar police, chill out, it was an innocent mistake.

[@MatthewClose-s9k]

We don't dress like people in 1974 in 2023. Why would the people in this film dress ANYTHING similar to 1865? That's a specious stupid argument. Perhaps they had better access to 49 year old clothing? I believe it is a correct depiction of mid teens (20th century) costuming in a film NOT dedicated to accurate depiction of clothing styles in 1860s England. Use your common sense.

[@gabbyhyman1246]

​@@CoolScratcherwoke grammar. 😅

[@amabelbarlow8046]

I like this adaptation of Alice from 1915. Silent films are great and fun! They're full of body language, facial expressions and of course black boards with words so you can understand what's happening in each scene of every silent movie

[@MrrrAdryan]

The dialogue is written on a blackboard?

[@AcetaldehydeMoore]

I saw the 1903 version back in 2020, and the film was definitely damaged to the point that Alice in Wonderland looked like a horror film due to the creepiness of its film roll. Seeing this version in 4K is so mind-boggling! Never thought that this was possible. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@shaunamoulton8764]

May I ask, how did you see the damaged version ?

[@adambelfast1]

​@@shaunamoulton8764Its on KZbin. Just search Alice in Wonderland 1903

[@vladimirchizhov3260]

​@@shaunamoulton8764probably in a museum

[@ladylinh]

@@shaunamoulton8764this is “Alice in Wonderland” (1903): kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJasiZmapMx9mKMsi=u38Vrs-lUBoebZ2L

[@ewade244]

His mother's old dusty vagina, obviously. Jeez

[@lckzinvites]

29:12 that kid is scarred for life

[@RodrickMarsMoon]

Even I am scared for life, and I'm 29 😅.

[@JazzFunk22]

This is frikin trippy .....😱...🎩

[@tjmmcd1]

Had to lol, but you're spot-on! That poor infant probably was traumatized for life.

[@godmagnus]

So am I

[@conspiracycorner2334]

it cannot even walk yet but is frantically beating its legs trying to run away .

[@tjmmcd1]

Watch from 1:14 as 'Alice' checks out her smart phone for messages.

[@lilac6940]

🤣

[@lelandunruh7896]

My grandfather was born in 1912. I was born in 1982. It is amazing to me how much changed in two generations!

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

@lelandunruh7896 I can sorta relate, I know a 74 year old German Polish man by the name of Benjamin William Schulke, he was born in 1949 he he could tell me all about the 50s-90s then he has family of his great grandparents, his great grandmother was born in 1857, he said back in 1950s just before he would never see her again, she use to tell him what it was like living in 1850s-1900s she moved from Germany to USA sometime in the 1870s, he still remembers everything to this day and this was like 160 years ago almost.

[@yoface9079]

Yes! My Great Grandmother was born in 1913 (and lived to 104) and I was also born in 82. She used to talk about having to light the woodstove in the kitchen every morning and called trash 'rubbish', lol. It's happening to our generation as well, I feel. I'm already a little wierded out sometimes when I think of how much has changed, let alone to think of how much more change we'll see! ☺️

[@craiglovessonar6547]

The music is like perfect nostalgic rpg music. What a beautiful film

[@cybiedoodle]

we literally r on the same wavelength bc i was thinkinh this

[@xx_emo420_xx3]

its funny just how much it sounds like a dinky midi

[@janusn9]

Totally. One of my favorite scores is from Final Fantasy VII.

[@bruceinoregon8163]

I doubt this is musical accompaniment from the time; the cello sounding instrument is definately synthesized, as is the clunky out-of-tune piano sound. Retro, '80's sounding synth. Nice interesting musical choices, just not from 1915.

[@cuckoobrain7999]

@@bruceinoregon8163 The description says that it's based on the sheet music but that it was made for this restoration

[@gtamediaproductions1]

Wow this was shot in 1915 and now restored to this? Incredible! Great work!

[@opalyasu7159]

I didn't even know camerawork back then was this _clean._ I expected it to be covered in 18 layers of grain, like the floaters in my eyes

[@FraserM8]

@@opalyasu7159 grain is usually damage. not camerawork

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@FraserM8 No one ever realizes that.

[@deetjeboler8207]

@@opalyasu7159 I think it's been cleaned up.

[@opalyasu7159]

@@FraserM8 interesting

[@SoCalJellybean]

Wow, I truly wasn’t expecting this to be so AMAZING!! The costumes are incredibly accurate and impressive, and I love the natural, understated acting style of Viola Savoy. My husband and I had a little late-night date watching this together after our daughter went to bed! ♥️

[@thetapeloops9522]

We thought the same about her acting, very natural mostly, very modern almost.

[@MichaelSTaylor]

"This is so much better than the junk they release nowadays... This was when movies were movies!" -- somebody's great-grandmother, probably

[@renetharp9073]

You’ve GOT to be kidding.🤦🏻

[@ejvr99]

@@renetharp9073he is…look at the quote marks :)

[@Ryan-on5on]

As has been mentioned in earlier comments, all the costumes of this production are absolutely phenomenal and true to the illustrations of the Carrol novels. Impressive attention to detail and accuracy was paid by the filmmakers in bringing their adaption of an already celebrated work of literature to the big screen, something far from common in those days and even now.

[@diafwnia]

Wow! This must cost a fortune back then! Amazing costumes and scenery! A real work of art!

[@khasualentertainment6734]

Not with free labor.. paying 2 pennies

[@tremorstudio9766]

@@khasualentertainment67342 pennies were good money for a day of work back then

[@Pinkcottonparadise]

You're aware those two pennies were worth a lot back in time​@@khasualentertainment6734

[@danielburrell3781]

Words cannot express just how awesome this is

[@stella7677]

Oh no the way she picked up the bunny BY THE EARS

[@patio87]

It would be interesting to see a documentary about these early production companies and the people who started them and funded them. They're clearly working with extremely small budgets in a brand new medium.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

Indeed .. and its interesting to see, that they put all their hearts and sweat in it. Maybe not a lot people realize it... but a lot of this animal-costumes have fully integrated animatronics, blinking eyes, moving mouths ..and all of that independent from the actors hands (because the rabbit has his hands free!). There are even some special effects in the movie already (like the ghost-Alice who raises from the sleeping Alice - all in the same shot). Sure i know, the principle was known from photography itself... but to be honest: i think i dont know a movie with special effects before this 1915 movie (maybe the voyage to the moon ? I dont know which year that came out) . As you said it very well: for a very small budget , in a brand new medium, this is astonishing! I think they simply put a lot of work in it, and maybe worked a lot for free, in their spare time, and had other jobs too than creating the costumes, animatronics, etc..

[@thetapeloops9522]

And just one camera it looks like. All the budget musta gone on costumes!

[@KrisHughes]

I wonder what became of the costumes ...

[@jlwilliams]

Fun fact: this film was released exactly 50 years after “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” was published, so it wouldn't have looked as “old” to 1915 audiences as it does today. It would be like us watching “Young Frankenstein” or “The Godfather, Part II.”

[@thesimplediaryvlog]

It's incredible how the film captures the horror and oppressive mood of the book without saying a word.

[@JohnPiperBoots]

Time flies indeed 108 years! We all have an appointment with death Hebrews 9:27. Be sure you trust and believe Jesus the Son of GOD as your Saviour today. The wages of sin is death. Eternal life thru Christ. John 3:16, 17 Teach us to number our days that we may apply our heartd to wisdom. #Trump2024 ✝✝

[@oprpaul7753]

The way she grabs the rabbit by his ears seems like it was normal for society back them.

[@stella7677]

No but seriously why would she pick it up like that😭

[@Aceofspades2006]

2:51 holy shii I did not expect them to that to the bunny. DO NOT DO THAT TO BUNNIES! They are really fragile so be careful.

[@vernebr]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for such a great work

[@ChonkyCats]

Wow i didn't know there was a 1915 Alice in wonderland

[@spookiestbiscuit]

I love it!!! It's awesome. It's too bad about the lost footage but overall amazing!!

[@rrppo]

Thanks! There's about five more seconds of footage (in terrible quality, sadly) and a few other updates at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnWUdZWkashlidk

[@Trump2024asw]

​@@rrppoyou ever come across a exceptionally old flim about a baby cabbage patch?

[@historysmysteriesunveiled8043]

@@Trump2024asw A yes, the homunculi

[@caulkins69]

@@rrppo Ugh! What's with the horrible singing and the "Trial Expired" watermarks? It isn't worth putting up with that nonsense for an extra five seconds of footage.

[@cecilyerker]

@@Trump2024aswit really do be like that

[@Jojo-re2pv]

I’m obsessed with the effects and costumes for such an early time period!

[@MorgyG33]

are we going to ignore the way she picked up that rabbit at minute 2:42??

[@lilajagears8317]

So what.

[@MorgyG33]

@@lilajagears8317 okie, so how many pets have you killed in your lifetime?

[@lilajagears8317]

@@MorgyG33 Your whining about some damn rabbit that turned to dust before the first world war. Take your leftist PETA garbage somewhere else (and I reside in Orange County, CA).

[@lilajagears8317]

@@MorgyG33 Why are you whining about some rabbit that turned to dust before the first world war? Maybe you need to lighten up.

[@MorgyG33]

@@lilajagears8317 you're not my dad! don't tell me what to do!!!

[@matrox]

Thats Viola Savoy..Viola Savoy was born on July 23, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. ). She died in February 1987

[@bravosierra2447]

Still better than the last Marvel movie.

[@KrisHughes]

Most everything is

[@supervixen404]

Well, there goes the “no animals were harmed in the making of this film” disclaimer.

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

"missing footage, Alice change her size...missing footage, Alice turn back to normal" Nooo!!! I want to see the special effect they use in those era to pull off that scene XD

[@jonathanpartin9833]

I wish they would find it someday

[@maliaferry8212]

The film from 1915, the fact that this was found and preserved is incredible, films in the early days was not considered worth keeping if it wasn't popular or has cuts.

[@kushfairyny1]

I was thinking that..the best parts are "missing" or were they not able to achieve that effect then?🤔

[@Aericane]

Watch the 1903 version here on KZbin, the shrinking effect happens within the first 2 minutes and is actually amazing

[@RR-ud1ps]

Filmes antigos parecem ser todos de terror. A caracterização e imagem em preto e branco causa medo 😱😅

[@NISSANZ33]

Nightmare fuel

[@JohnPiperBoots]

Great job! And to think this adorable young girl "Alice" and all the actors are now gone. 108 years to date have passed! Loved this very much! Thanks! 👍

[@XZ-III]

Thanks captn, Weall Fcknkno and are aware of that, time continues on....

[@JohnPiperBoots]

​@@XZ-III We all have an appointment with death Hebrews 9:27. Be sure you trust and believe Jesus the Son of GOD as your Saviour today. The wages of sin is death. Eternal life thru Christ. John 3:16, 17 Teach us to number our days that we may apply our heartd to wisdom. #Trump2024 ✝✝

[@Roman-ww5wy]

​@@JohnPiperBoots What the fuck are you saying?

[@JohnPiperBoots]

@@Roman-ww5wy #Trump2024 Stat! 👍

[@gundulamuller-weathersby3070]

Still, lost and restored into our minds

[@thefiftharcana3617]

After watching Nosferatu and now this, as a big fan of both novels, i'm now in love with these old films, i'm going to watch way more pre-WWII movies from now Thank you for this wonderful experience!

[@stephanie3848]

It's amazing just how old they are

[@BarekHalfhand]

I'm sure you've seen metropolis?

[@listerstormablecartoonandt1103]

​@@BarekHalfhandthis movie was filmed during WW1 😬

[@sanssucreajoute6554]

​@@listerstormablecartoonandt1103yes but America in ww1 was not in War it was France britain russia and Germany

[@DopeyDetector]

@@sanssucreajoute6554 wtf are you talking about

[@king24764]

This movie is a nightmare, I would be terrified if I was sucked into that world

[@LocalYokohl]

Sublime

[@melonie_peppers]

It is. That rabbit is terrifying, too much realism

[@SamuelBlack84]

"We're all mad here"

[@r.jclark4641]

The animal masks and puppetry in the Caucus Race segment are remarkable, even if the music makes that whole sequence rather unnerving.

[@woweric]

it’s crazy how humane and relate able they are when they are not just a stern faced black and white photo. they were just ordinary people. it’s just surreal watching people move and smile when it’s 100 plus years old.

[@Spunkyandtadpole]

15:29 the first ever footage of a furry convention

[@earthlingjohn]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@blaster-zy7xx]

I noticed that they didn't do close ups back then. I wonder if it was because they were doing it like they were capturing a play and the idea of a close up just didn’t occur to them.

[@thetapeloops9522]

Only one camera

[@blaster-zy7xx]

@@thetapeloops9522 Agree, but they do edits and they could have edited in close-ups if they wanted to. But again, I suspect that the model of movie making at the time was a play where there is no such thing as a close up. Also in plays, you don't go back and redo the last scene for a different camera view. Just a thought.

[@frumpklinbumpklin7751]

So beautfiful and charming. The costumes thoughout the whole movie are so inspiring and fun to see move around. MAGICAL (:

[@SosoEve-i8s]

THE WAY SHE TOOK THE RABBIT I'M FLYINGG

[@gutschgutscher2609]

More than 100 years ago not everybody knew that it's not a good idea to grap a rabbit like that...not even today....

[@juanjulioromancampos9814]

Mas de 108 años de filmada,y se puede apreciar en una aceptable calidad.

[@evelinsanchez9980]

Con esto de los avances de la IAs espero una versión con audio y que los personajes puedan hablar.

[@mariantza567]

​@@evelinsanchez9980, no gracias!!!

[@NoName-zm2ox]

How sad to realize that all the actors who starred in the film have long since passed away😢💔😭

[@middlechild2022]

Really 😢

[@slytlygufy]

Yes, no actor from the silent era still lives.

[@cherrybomb2600]

Why is it sad? Everyone dies!

[@waiting4u2saveme27]

@@cherrybomb2600dont be silly. you know why its sad.. i bet youd be sad if someonenear you died

[@SamuelBlack84]

I find it amazing how the actress playing Alice was born in the 19th century

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

Scarier then any current horror movie out there now.

[@LethalBubbles]

wow this is amazing! it's so sad that the majority of silent films are lost and can never receive this treatment.

[@Lisa-sp5if]

Fun fact about the Mad Hatter… Why they are called that… They would be working with chemicals in creating them that would really make them get a little loopy!

[@JayRK777]

Feel like I've just been hypnotised for an hour 😅

[@TheSocialGamer]

Poor real life Rabbit, getting yanked up by its ears like as if it was a dead rabbit. 2:36

[@Guernicaman]

I wonder if the real life Alice ever saw this & what she thought about it/reaction. After all, she was very much still alive at the time this premiered. Also, no doubt Walt Disney saw it too & must've been one of his inspirations for his many attempts to adapt it in animation.

[@floydlooney6837]

They were based on books.

[@Guernicaman]

@@floydlooney6837 - You do know that the Alice from those books was based on real life Alice Liddel, 1 of the daughters of the author's friend, don't you? In fact, the 1st book was a present he wrote for her.

[@fuzzydumpling9829]

@@Guernicaman Yall both dorks. Most annoying conversation ive ever read

[@muir8009]

​@@Guernicaman think Ms. Liddell died in '37: would be nice if she'd seen this: I think it's by far the most accurate film depiction made of Alice in wonderland, even down to the very good tenniel costumes

[@Guernicaman]

@@muir8009 - If she died in '37, then hopefully she got to see the creepy 1933 version too, which while visually disturbing, it was a full on Talkie.

[@jillrcpd8227]

The world was fighting a world war at the time this was released.

[@coke8321]

Truly creepy and good movie at the same time.

[@rlmack5]

If this is of interest to you, seek out the 1985 film "Dreamchild", featuring Ian Holm and Coral Brown, and a script by the great Dennis Potter ... with creatures made by Jim Henson. It's a real gem. All about Alice Liddell's trip to New York in the 1930s to commemorate the publication of the first Alice book, at Columbia University.

[@brbrknndy]

Good special effects at 6:00 but how did they do it? Did they use a thin piece of material? The only thing I didn't like was Alice picking up the bunny by it's ears.

[@maiqo]

42:29 bruh 💀

[@churrascodegato01]

??? 😊

[@outerrealm]

So who’s responsible for adding that dorky music to this?

[@hifijohn]

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all

[@angeedesierra]

The fields are relaxing to see, who wants to go back in time? 👇

[@mooncupcake_]

at 2x, everything slaps

[@msbunninator9841]

this would have terrified my kids when they were little.

[@MoCoyotes]

Alice’s dream-spirit leaving her body looked so cool.

[@Outlawgirl63]

It’s her soul

[@Hakim21210]

the name of this Alice is Viola Savoy (1899-1987)

[@melribeiro601]

Isso aqui é uma raridade obrigada por postar!😍🇧🇷

[@socratesbandeira]

I believe I suffer from some aphantasia... I've never been tempted to read the book or watch any of the movies. But the quality of this footage is just unbelievable!

[@gundulamuller-weathersby3070]

Like a lucid dream or lsd trip.

[@meganr3565]

The Costumed Creatures look like they would Sacrifice her.

[@danielulfe1552]

I saw the movie Alice in Wonderland, but from the stories narrated with Walt Disney cartoons, but I didn't know this movie as I just saw it. I'm glad to see it, because it's the original movie and the true story of Alice in Wonderland. Thanks to all of you.

[@lindaalvarez8855]

I'm a big "Alice in wonderland " fanatic" since I was a little girl Alice's age & I've seen many adaptations of this film. This was quite interesting to watch. I'm.sure when I go to sleep, I'll be dreaming of entering Wonderland in some form in my wild, vivid & colorful imagination!

[@MidnightXD97]

Wow crazy to think this was only just 2 years after the Titanic sank….

[@AubLaw]

Fascinating! To think this was long before my parents and just a bit before one set of grandparents. My mother’s parents would’ve been about the same age as this young actress playing Alice. (I’m 43). Anyway, any idea where this was filmed?

[@middlechild2022]

Long island USA! It was filmed there

[@AubLaw]

@@middlechild2022 wow thank you!

[@middlechild2022]

@@AubLaw np

[@artdanks4846]

I'm OLD (67), and even so, this was made 1 year before MY father was even born!!! Lol!

[@oooh19]

@@middlechild2022awesome! I’m a Long Islander myself so this is fascinating . What area is this?

[@opalyasu7159]

I'm currently sick right now and flipping through videos on KZbin to help my mental health. I found this in my recommended section. I'm not sure whether the algorithm is getting better or worse, but I'm very glad I found this. Happy thanksgiving

[@JohnPiperBoots]

Agree and Merry Christmas as well!

[@ishmamahmed9306]

Hi Colin, thank you for all the work you have put into this historical and cultural treasure. I would be keen to know if it is possible to obtain an offline copy for this film version or for the sources of this film.

[@rrppo]

Hi! Absolutely: here's a 15 GB MKV of the film: drive.google.com/file/d/1j48Fvs7S7wuEcXm6nMq3ikGrBRswB_wq/view?usp=sharing. I can share sources too, but I don't have an easy way to store them (I'm short on Google Drive space), and they're pretty large. If you have any suggestions, I'm open. What are you interested in them for?

[@ishmamahmed9306]

Thank you for sharing the film with me. That's alright, I will skip out on the sources in light of the huge data involved. The film will keep me company.

[@gothyacht]

@@rrppo Hi Colin, I'm interested in this myself. Do you have it in other formats besides MKV?

[@ItsDarkRightNow]

so interesting, thank you

[@Darkswordz]

Still better than today's special effects.

[@BeckBeckGo]

The following contains scenes of break and enter, animal abuse, child abuse, intoxication of a minor child, kidnapping, threats of homicide, drug use, and subjects of tart theft. Viewer discretion is advised.

[@LockedPig]

I impressed by those costumes

[@seanryan8680]

Thanks to 4K to make this picture looks good even it’s 108 years old

[@otherpatrickgill]

...poor rabbit in the beginning...

[@verloreneseele8898]

yea, totally 4k. 4k my ass lol

[@eagledove9]

2:44 omg she picks that rabbit up BY THE EARS.

[@Alexandra-rb7ju]

To the Furry Convention!

[@thatunicornhastheaudacity]

11:35 15:45

[@susiefairfield7218]

Was curiouser and curiouser Wiki says: This film version is notable for depicting much of the 'Father William' poem and it includes footage resembling Tenniel's illustration of Father William doing his back-somersault at the front door. The film was the first Alice film to combine the chapters from Through the Looking-Glass with those of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. However, most of the looking-glass portion is lost. It was directed and written by W. W. Young and starring Viola Savoy as Alice. It was filmed on Long Island and debuted at the Strand Theatre in New York on January 19, 1915.

[@marichiarra8495]

Picking the rabbit up by the ears. 2:44.🥺I’m only that far into it.