“Alice’s Wonderland” absolutely amazes me. To me, this is one of the greatest testaments to Walt Disney’s vision and imagination. In 1923 where the simplest of silent films were lauded by audiences, Walt was putting cartoon characters into live-action shots, and transporting live actors into animated atmospheres. Although this film was never theatrically released, it is proof of the Disney Company’s ability to think outside of the box and stay three steps ahead of the competition. In this short film, Alice (played by Virginia Davis) visits an animation studio and discovers a group of animators observing their characters as they interact on the pages in front of them. When Alice falls asleep that night, she is transported to Cartoonland and is surrounded by a cartoon world and the characters that inhabit it. I really encourage you to watch this 8-minute long piece of history (youtube link below) – its complexity is far beyond its time and would serve as inspiration for Walt many years later as he continued to infuse animation into his live action films (and vice versa). This is just plain awesome.
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