P547ORACLE 547 Mon30 Dec C4 1741:58
by Alan Frank
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (U)
Carol Marsh, Stephen Murray
Lou Bunin's movie combines live actign
with animated puppets and emerges as a
fascinating production, despite flaws.
Marsh, then 19, was simply too old for
Alice, the camera trickery now appears
to be rather crude by current standarbs
and, sadly, the colour has faded badly.
That said, unsophisticated children
will enjoy the old Carroll magic and it
has a rarity value which adds to the
interest. Unshown here since completign
in 1950 (Disney and the British censor
objected) this is its British premiere.
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