It’s a bit tenuous, we know, but as a celebration of the latest Alice in Wonderland film featuring Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, we thought we’d bring you news of the first Alice in Wonderland flick.
The BFI has recently resorted this first version of Alice in Wonderland, which was made in 1903, just 37 years after the book was published, and eight years after the birth of cinema.
When it was released, at 12 minutes it was the longest film produced in England, and marked a major investment by Hepworth studios.
It was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, with Hepworth’s wife as the Red Queen and himself as the Frog Footman. Production secretary May Clark was Alice, the family cat was the Cheshire Cat. Trivia alert: the film also featured the family’s pet dog, which was to become ‘the first authentic British film star (canine or otherwise) to have his name in the credit of a film when he headlined the pioneering chase film Rescued By Rover in 1905.’
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