#Cecil Hepworth

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND [1903] dir. CECIL HEPWORTH & PERCY STOW

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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2023: Pordenone Post No 5

Pordenone changes a person. I don’t just mean in the way that my bloodstream is now 80% espresso. It changes your aspirations. My dream now is to live in an apartment designed by Sonia Delaunay, watching Peter Elfelt’s dance films (they are playing before several of the screenings) all day. For loungewear, I would choose the louche shawl-collared robe sported by Jaque Catelain in Le Vertige, and…

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2022: André Wilms, attore francese. Nel 1989 partecipò al film L’insolito caso di Mr. Hire. Apparve anche in film tedeschi, tra cui Europa Europa, e finlandesi, tra cui alcuni lungometraggi; per uno di questi, Vita da bohème, ottenne il Premio per miglior attore non protagonista agli European Film Awards del 1992. Nel 2017 affiancò Charlotte Rampling nel film Hannah. (n.1947) 2020: Mirella Freni,…

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'Bedlam Boys are Bonny' with Fee Reega.

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Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow, {1903} Alice in Wonderland

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A Fairy Tale Rabbit Hole

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the movie that it started it all for Disney Animation and it's the most influential fairy tale movie ever. Its tropes and its tone still inspires fairy tale media to this day, either as parodies, or homages.

But what less people know is that Walt Disney was inspired to make this movie because of a peculiar silent movie that he watched when he was a teenager.

That movie was Snow White from 1916. Its writer, Winthrop Ames, adapted it from his own Broadway play. An example of American fairy tale theater.

This kept me thinking.

The Wizard of Oz is one of the most iconic fantasy films of all time, and it was made in direct response to Snow White. What people don't know is that the scene where Glinda saves the gang from the deadly poppies with a snowstorm came straight from a fairy tale musical from 1902. It came from The Wizard of Oz, a fairy tale musical "extravaganza", with direct input from L. Frank Baum, only two years after the original novel.

Actually, stage musicals seem to take a slight part in the creation of Oz. The Marvellous Land of Oz, the sequel, seems to be inspired by this stage culture. General Jinjur and her army dresses like chorus girls, Ozma/Tip may be inspired by the crossdressing in children roles, and this was the book's dedication:

"To those excellent good fellows and comedians David C. Montgomery and Frank A. Stone whose clever personations of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land, this book is gratefully dedicated by THE AUTHOR"

These were actors of the 1902 stage show.

Two years later, on 1904 Peter and Wendy premiered. This play is also one of the most famous children stories ever. Walt Disney himself acted as Peter in a local production of it and Tinkerbell quickly became a mascot for the studio.

This all led me to think more about fairy tale theater specifically.

Since the ending of the 18th century and through the 19th century, a genre of stage show developed through Europe. It was mostly comedic and light-hearted, mainly inspired by fairy tales, and it was geared towards children and families. It involved lavish fantasy spectacles told through operas, ballets, and what we today would call "musical theater".

It had many different names and variations depending on the country.

On England, it evolved through the pantomimes and it became a Christmas tradition.

In Russian, it was mainly through ballet, called the ballet-féerie, often considered a lower-class, more commercialized entertainment than traditional ballet. Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are among some of them. Sleeping Beauty would later inspire Disney's telling of the story.

In France they were called Féerie, and it was a mix of music, dancing, pantomime, acrobatics, and stage effects. It influenced the development of burlesque, musical comedy and film.

From Wikipedia:

With his 1899 film version of Cinderella, Georges Méliès brought the féerie into the newly developing world of motion pictures. The féerie quickly became one of film's most popular and lavishly mounted genres in the early years of the twentieth century, with such pioneers as Edwin S. Porter, Cecil Hepworth, Ferdinand Zecca, and Albert Capellani contributing fairy-tale adaptations in the féerie style or filming versions of popular stage féeries like Le Pied de mouton, Les Sept Châteaux du diable, and La Biche au bois. The leader in the genre, however, remained Méliès,[37] who designed many of his major films as féeries and whose work as a whole is intensely suffused with the genre's influence.[38]

Once you realize a huge chunk of fairy tale media has roots in family friendly stage shows from 19th century, a lot of it started making sense.

The focus on romance, the focus on damsels in distress, prevalence of lighter tones, the everlasting connection to music and dance.

They may be the main reason why some fairy tales are more famous than others. Some became source material for a continuous stream of operas, operettas, musical extravaganzas, ballets, plays, and others simply not.

And besides the Victorian Era storybooks that bowdlerized fairy tales for children, I think this whole genre of the theater was responsible to firmly establish fairy tales as a child friendly media, decades before Disney ever released Snow White to cash in that nostalgia.

If you have something to add or if I just got something wrong, feel free to correct me.

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Alice in Wonderland - Movie archive

(This has sat in my drafts since 2018 but *somebody* wanted to see it and I can't link to unpublished drafts so here we are)

I think there is a list out there somewhere but when I last saw it it was rather outdated so I thought I’ll make my own.

I tried to gather all the movie adaptations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland here.

1903 - Alice in Wonderland

First ever movie adaptation, directed by Cecil Hepworth. Alice is played by Mary Clark. About 9 minutes survived out of original 12, sadly.

Language: silent   

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIXfdogJbA

1910 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

This one is often said to be lost but it’s on youtube... Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company, stars Gladys Hulette as Alice. The character designs are Tenniel-based, they are live-action versions of the original illustrations.

Language: silent  

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxPDs8Q--Y

1915 - Alice in Wonderland

First American adaptation. Viola Savoy as Alice, director W.W. Young. The animal costumes are pretty amazing in this one.

Language: silent

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQ2w9WeNDQ

1931 - Alice in Wonderland

Small budget film. Stars Ruth Gilbert as Alice, who is really sweet and stares at the camera a scary lot. Never got popular but it’s great...

Language: English

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH24yRuHfEU

1933 - Alice in Wonderland

A Paramount Pictures production, it was the ,,official live action version”. It was big really when it came out. Charlotte Henry as Alice.

Language: English

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY7M42Fk9Qo

1934 - Betty in Blunderland

A Betty Boop film. Betty falls asleep while doing an Alice in Wonderland jigsaw puzzle, end up in Wonderland and sings and dances with the classic characters.

Watch here (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6RohRVKBY

Watch here (colorized): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRhBtRaIKc4

1949 - Alice au Pays des Merveilles

This might be the first colorful Alice movie. Really interesting animation. Was banned in Britain for a while because they thought the Queen of Hearts was a mockery of Queen Victoria. Carol Marsh as Alice.

Language: French / English

Watch here (Fr): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPbelf_-XM

Watch here (En): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-WJFK3DgU

1951 - Alice in Wonderland

The good old Disney classic. Not much to say here. I was horrified to death by this movie as a child, fun fact.

Language: Originally English

Watch here: https://kisscartoon.ac/Cartoon/Alice-in-Wonderland/Movie?id=1967 (warning, site is full of ads, don’t click anything - most of them will be very NSFW)

1954 - Kraft Television Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland

A recording of a live performance, but still technically a film. The Kraft Television Theatre was a TV series that presented different plays each week. Robin Morgan as Alice.

Language: English

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ka4honG5s

1955 - Alice in Wonderland

A TV adaptation of the 1932 Broadway version. A shame that most of it is lost, it looked lovely based on the couple of minutes of it I could find.

Watch here (first three minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dkSEULhkU

1966 - Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)

I could find the audio but not the animation of this one, apparently it has never been released on video or dvd or anything. The usual story, characters singing and stuff.

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1y36Eks6Q

1966 - Alice in Wonderland

Jonathan Miller’s Alice is something else. It’s surreal and creepy and confusing and beautiful, all that without any costumes. Now I might be a tiny bit biased because I love the heck out of this movie, haha.

Watch here: https://vimeo.com/84173613

1972 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

This one is very fairytale-like, and instead of fictional Alice, Alice Liddell herself is the one dreaming the dream. We even get to see Carroll as a character.  It won a whole bunch of awards.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6YdGgGoYA

1973 - Alice in Wonderland (Festival of Family Classics episode)

A little animated thing that used to air on children’s TV channels.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxw4MFSQWQ

1976 - Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Comedy

Exactly what it says on the tin. It’s porn but it’s Alice in Wonderland and they sing. Goes without saying, don’t watch if you are underage.

Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice-in-wonderland-an-x-rated-musical-fantasy.7798/m  (don’t click on ads or anything if you don’t want your computer dead)

1981 - Alisa v Strane Chudes

An animated film from the USSR. Really pretty art, surreal colors.

Watch here (Russian with English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oym9aw-Iso

1982 - Alisa v Zazerkale

Second part of the previous on the list, based on the second Alice book, with the same peculiar animation.

Watch here (Russian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEP4vX0ISHI

1982 - Alice at the Palace

A TV recording of Elizabeth Swados’s musical. Stars Meryl Streep as Alice.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4

1982 - Alicja

A very odd live action musical adaptation of the original story. It only took the symbolism of Wonderland, not the plot. Alice is all grown up, and falls for a man named Rabbit. The plot is difficult to follow, oftentimes makes no sense. TW: suicide attempt.

Watch here (English with Polish subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgZYzG96RKQ

1983 - Alice in Wonderland

The old Broadway version. Very true to the original book. Young Kate Burton as a lovely Alice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BootOOHLk

1983 - Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu

An anime series based on both Alice books. Was very popular in Asia.

Watch all episodes here (English): https://kissanime.ac/Anime/Alice-in-Wonderland-Dub/

1985 - Alice in Wonderland

Anglia TV’s miniseries. Live action meets puppets. Uses the original dialogue and word from the books.

Watch here:

Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwugRCVjBIo

Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7GgvU-15g

Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-erJ-2TYJn0

Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkvpTLnCv7s

Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKG4EJc653A&t=2s

1985 - Alice in Wonderland

This one was made for television, colorful and lovely sets and costumes.

Watch here (English with Portugese subtitles):

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKkv3pAJ0x0&t=5s

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OThIhfsUnHI

1985 - Dreamchild

This movie is from the point of view of old Alice Liddell (now Mrs Haregraves), and how she begins to remember her childhood, Lewis Carroll, and Wonderland. TW: pedophilia - nothing explicit, but it made me very uncomfortable so thought I’d mention.

Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/dreamchild.jv1q2/1zyv4p (again, don’t click on ads or anything if you don’t want your computer dead)

1986 - Alice in Wonderland

A BBC miniseries in four parts by Barry Letts.

I could not find it online.

1987 - Alice Through the Looking Glass

Only slightly based on the book, an Australian animated film.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS24PF182V0

1988 - Alice in Wonderland

Another Australian animation. The same company produced it as the 1987 Through The Looking Glass.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p1eC6IPCE

1988 - Něco z Alenky / Alice

A Czech movie. Not a sweet fairytale, but something actually out of a dream. Surreal, creepy, strange. Personal favorite. :)

Watch here (Czech with English subtitles): https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice.n1zk/pw23xj (again, don’t click on anything)

1995 - Alice in Wonderland

Another animated version, by Jetlag Producions. Alice wears pink. The animation style is exactly the same as in the old My Little Pony movies, or at least that’s what it remind me of...

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfRAL0AgzGs&t=68s

1998 - Alice Through The Looking Glass

Family fantasy movie, very true to it’s genre, colorful, a bit tacky. This time Alice is a mother who falls asleep while reading a bedtime story.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGM7aiQkAAI

1999 - Alice in Wonderland

The special effects are slowly starting to catch up to Carroll’s imagination. They tried and they succeeded but I feel like they tried too hard... Oh also it’s nearly three hours long.

Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice-in-wonderland.xjpo3/my13jz (don’t click the ads)

2010 - Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton’s version. ,,Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny.”

Watch here: https://watchcartoonsonline.la/watch-alice-in-wonderland-2010-full-movie/ (don’t click ads and close pop-up windows quickly)

2015 - CBeebies Alice in Wonderland

A TV recording of an Alice in Wonderland children’s show.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq6FO0Q3D6w

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“Why sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast”

Film classic “Alice in wonderland” directed in 1903 by Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow

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Hallowatch 2024 is over. It always makes me sad when October ends, but I'll be here next year to do it all again. Hope y'all enjoyed it and Happy Halloweeeeeen.

#1: Bimbo's Initiation. (1931). Directed by Dave Fleischer and Grim Natwick. United States: Fleischer Studios.

#2: Friday the 13th: Part 2. (1981). Directed by Steve Miner. United States: Georgetown Productions Inc.

#3: Butterfly Kisses. (2018). Directed by Erik Kristopher Myers. United States: Four-Fingered Films, and Cyfuno Ventures.

#4: What We Do In The Shadows. (2019). FX.

#5: Attack the Block. (2011). Directed by Joe Cornish. United Kingdom: StudioCanal, Film4, UK Film Council, and Big Talk Pictures.

#6: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. (1986). Directed by Tom McLoughlin. United States: Terror, Inc.

#7: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires. (1974). Directed by Joe Ward Baker and Chang Cheh. United Kingdom and Hong Kong: Hammer Film Productions, and Shaw Brothers Studio.

#8: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. (1998). Directed by Jim Stenstrum. United States: Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Warner Bros. Animation, and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.

#9: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. (1993). Directed by Adam Marcus. United States: New Line Cinema.

#10: In A Violent Nature. (2024). Directed by Chris Nash. Canada: Shudder Films, Zygote Productions, and Low Sky Productions.

#11: It's Alive. (1974). Directed by Larry Cohen. United States: Larco Productions.

#12: Scanners. (1981). Directed by David Cronenberg. Canada: Filmplan International.

#13: Mandy. (2018). Directed by Panos Cosmatos. United States: SpectreVision, Umedia, and XYZ Films.

#14: My Bloody Valentine. (1981). Directed by George Mihalka. Canada: Canadian Film Development Corporation, and Secret Film Society.

#15: Deathgasm. (2015). Directed by Jason Lei Howden. New Zealand: MPI Media Group, New Zealand Film Commission, and Timpson Films.

#16: The Tunnel. (2011). Directed by Carlo Ledesma. Australia: Distracted Media, Zapruder's Other Films, and DLSHS Film.

#17: The Shrine. (2010). Directed by John Knautz. Canada: Brookstreet Pictures.

#18: No One Will Save You. (2023). Directed by Brian Duffield. United States: 20th Century Studios, and Star Thrower Entertainment.

#19: The Block Island Sound. (2020). Directed by Kevin and Matthew McManus. United States: 30 Bones Cinema, Hood River Entertainment, Captain Inertia Productions, and Title Media.

#20: It Follows. (2014). Directed by David Robert Mitchell. United States: Northern Lights Films, Animal Kingdom, and Two Flints.

#21: Too Many Cooks. (2014). Directed by Casper Kelly. United States: Fake Wood Wallpaper Films, Animation Inc, and Williams Street.

#22: Village of the Damned. (1960). Directed by Wolf Rilla. United Kingdom and United States: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

#23: The Bloodening. (???) Directed by ???. United Kingdom: ???

#24: House. (1977). Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Japan: Toho Eizo.

#25: The Doll's Revenge. (1907). Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. United Kingdom: Hepworth Manufacturing Co.

#26: SOMA. (2015). Sweden: Frictional Games.

#27: El Orfanato (aka The Orphanage). (2007). Directed by J. A. Bayona. Spain and Mexico: Rodar y Rodar, and Telecinco Cinema.

#28: Psychomania (aka The Death Wheelers). (1973). Directed by Don Sharp. United Kingdom: Benmar Productions.

#29: The People Under the Stairs. (1991). Directed by Wes Craven. United States: Alive Films.

#30: The Collector. (2009). Directed by Marcus Dunstan. United States: LD Entertainment, Fortress Features, and Imaginarium Entertainment Group.

#31: Häxan. (1922). Directed by Benjamin Christensen. Sweden: Svensk Filmindustri.

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1900 - How it Feels to be Run Over - Cecil Milton Hepworth. One of the first (but not THE first) films to feature intertitles. Subscribe to the channel and set notifications!/ Um dos primeiros (mas não O primeiro) filmes a apresentar intertítulos. Inscreva-se no canal e marque as notificações! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0mzcKXCA9k

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Early Cinema as a Foundation for Modern Film

By: Julia Kusmenko 

  Pre-cinematic technologies and early cinema are relevant to today’s films for many reasons. For one, early filmmakers were the first to decide what to capture and what would be interesting to the viewer. An example of this are Thomas Edison’s short films such as “Three Jumping Tommies” which feature circus acts to entertain the audience. 

Furthermore, short films such as Edison’s “Kiss”––which show the actors May Irwin and John Rice embracing in an intimate moment––convey emotion of the human experience. Doing so set a precedent for films to display emotion of the characters. Similarly, the Lumière brother’s early films “Little Brother and Little Sister” which shows two toddlers dancing and “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station” which displays travelers on a train platform convey how people act in everyday life. This means that future films could depict simple moments to engage the viewer. 

Another way early cinema is relevant to today’s films is that they documented events in history. Two examples of this can be seen with Edison’s early film “Electrocuting an Elephant” and Lumière’s film “Wall Demolition” which captured history and inspired future films to depict important moments of the past. As described by a peer, “film can be the next best thing as far as representing ‘real life.’” In other words, the nature of a film’s content can cause viewers to suspend their disbelief and be engrossed in the story told on screen. 

In addition, early films such as George Méliès’s “A Trip to the Moon” were monumental for the evolution of storytelling, and plot in cinema. From watching this 1902 film, the viewer can understand the character’s experience traveling to the moon while being entranced by the ornate sets, costumes, and succession of events. Another early film which sets the stage for fictitious plotlines was Cecil Hepworth’s “Rescued by Rover” which told the story of a dog that searches for its owner’s stolen child and returns it to her. 

Similar to “Rescued by Rover,” Edwin Porter’s film “The Great Train Robbery” helped introduce the idea of filming on location instead of at soundstages which increased realism in later films. Porter’s film also was impactful in that it helped introduce America to the Western genre. A modern-day clip that relates to “The Great Train Robbery” is from the contemporary 2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This clip harks back to the 1903 imagery of a train being robbed by outlaws but adapts the Western genre to modern audiences. Other films such as Lumière's “The Hoser Hosed” was a foundation for genre as this was a comedy between two characters. 

A quote by a peer which relates to the origins of genre in early cinema is as follows: “Technology has changed so much over the years and each new development is an adaptation of what came before it.” In this way, the genres of modern films build upon the presence of genre in early cinema. As a result, the elements of early films have greatly impacted the creation of modern movies. 

  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBCdekTEvmo 

Link to peers’ posts: 

Kaitlyn Grady: https://www.tumblr.com/qu-film-history-to-1968/727734282611785728/technology-has-changed-so-much-over-the-years-and?source=share 

Jack Muscatello: https://www.tumblr.com/qu-film-history-to-1968/727769869649657856/week-2-huhtamo-screenology-the?source=share

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- Cecil Hepworth & Percy Stow 1903 original 12 minute short is the first known film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 1865 "Alice in Wonderland". The film was partilally restored with its original tinting in 2010. (x) Alice in Wonderland (1903) Directed By: Cecil Hepworth & Percy Stow

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Alice in Wonderland (Cecil Hepworth, Percy Stow, 1903)

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A Friend in Need (1914) A Silent Film Review

A Friend in Need (1914) A Silent Film Review

Cecil Hepworth once again shows off his skill with animal stars in this little crime picture about a genius pony who saves his gamekeeper friend from poachers and their hammy spaniel. It doesn’t get much better than this.

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2020: Mirella Freni, pseudonimo di Mirella Fregni, soprano italiano, attiva dalla fine degli anni cinquanta ai primi anni duemila.  (n. 1935) 2019: John Gavin, pseudonimo di John Anthony Golenor Pablos, attore e diplomatico statunitense di origini messicane.  (n. 1931) 2018: Reg E. Cathey, Reginald Eurias Cathey, attore statunitense. (n. 1958) 2016: Vittorio Di Prima, attore, doppiatore e…