WONDERLANDS: ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 1903

Here we have the very first film version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Cecil Hepworth's silent production from over 100 years ago. The footage is narrated by Simon Brown of Britain's National Film Archive, and thank goodness for that. Brown's behind-the-scenes commentary is really interesting stuff, but Hepworth's actual film is just freakin' awful. Hepworth may have been a true pioneer of the cinema... But Georges Méliès he was not.



Got a tip for Monsters and Rockets? Want to contribute to the site? Send us an email.