![]() and this was an actress who had made her Broadway debut in 1916!) Less effective here, sadly, is Elsa Lanchester as the Red Queen. A high point of this TV production is when Miss Le Gallienne (La Le Gallienne?) makes her entrance in a gust of wind, flying in from the wings on wires! (I had the pleasure of seeing her repeat this performance in person, when she revived the stage production on Broadway in 1982. This tele-version is actually based on a stage adaptation, produced on Broadway in 1932, and written by two actresses: Florida Friebus and the legendary Eva Le Gallienne, who also cast herself as the White Queen. ![]() I viewed a kinescope of it at the Museum of Television & Radio. ![]() This adaptation of 'Alice in Wonderland' - which includes scenes and characters from 'Through the Looking-Glass' - was originally transmitted as a 'Hallmark Hall of Fame' special on 23 October 1955.
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