Alice in Wonderland - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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The Duchess, Cheshire Cat's apparent owner in the novel, is omitted from the Disney film. She is a relatively minor but memorable character from the novel, appearing twice in much different circumstances. Artist John Tenniel depicted her as a particularly ugly woman, though the novel does not actually describe her. Tenniel is thought to have based her looks on the painting "The Ugly Duchess" (c. 1513) by Quentin Matsys. It depicts a a grotesque old woman with wrinkled skin and withered breasts.

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Walt Disney toyed with the idea of having a live-action Alice explore an animated Wonderland, similar to the Alice Comedies starring Virginia Davis, Margie Gay, and Lois Hardwick. Color screen tests of Mary Pickford as Alice were made for a proposed live-action/animation version of the story.

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Some of the earliest works by Lewis Carroll, including the poem "Jabberwocky", were introduced in the self-published periodical Mischmasch (1855-1862). The entire work has been collected and reprinted since the 1930s.