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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ˈtʃɑːrlz ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən/; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.
Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections, conservative and High Church Anglican. Most of Dodgson's male ancestors were army officers or Church of England clergy. His great-grandfather, also named Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become the Bishop of Elphin. His paternal grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803 when his two sons were hardly more than babies. The older of these sons – yet another Charles Dodgson – was Carroll's father. He went to Westminster School and then to Christ Church, Oxford. He reverted to the other family tradition and took holy orders. He was mathematically gifted and won a double first degree, which could have been the prelude to a brilliant academic career. Instead, he married his first cousin Frances Jane Lutwidge in 1827 and became a country parson.
Actors: Bridget Durnford (editor), Rachel Talalay (writer), Rachel Talalay (producer), Rachel Talalay (director), Murray Gold (composer), Jillian Fargey (actress), Rupert Harvey (producer), Laura Good (producer), Natasha Calis (actress), Dean Paul Gibson (actor), Dean Paul Gibson (actor), Jada McKenzie-Moore (actress), Dmytro Kolesnyk (producer), Gaelan Beatty (actor), Gaelan Beatty (actor),
Plot: A 3-d Musical short. Mathematics Professor Charles Dodgson takes Alice Liddell on a trip in Oxford 1870 which leads them through a Mobius Strip into the 3-D Musical World of Wonderland. 3-D note: this project experiments with Post-Production 3-d vs. Production 3-d. The first 5 minutes are post 3-d. Please view through the change at minute 5 to see the full scale production 3-d.
Genres: Family, History, Musical, Short,Actors: Jon Campling (actor), Jon Campling (actor), Holly Jacobson (actor), Vanessa Mayfield (actress), Steven Dolton (actor), Anthony Webster (actor), Stuart Horobin (actor), Jake Warren (actor), Jake Warren (director), Jake Warren (editor), Jake Warren (producer), Jake Warren (writer), Samuel McKone (actor), Dila Gulomova (actress), Maxim Nefedev (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, History, Horror, Short,Actors: Marilyn Manson (director), Lewis Carroll (writer), Marilyn Manson (writer), Marilyn Manson (composer), Marilyn Manson (actor), Tilda Swinton (actress), Marilyn Manson (producer), Lily Cole (actress), Alain de la Mata (producer), Geoffrey Cox (writer), Anthony Silva (writer),
Plot: In Victorian times, an author who lives by himself in a castle, has visions of a girl named Alice. His name is Lewis Carrol and he finds himself terrified of what waits for him each night. He has become a symptom of his own invention. "Now all my nightmares know my name."
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-titleActors: Fele Martínez (actor), Carina Portillo (producer), Yolanda Olmos (producer), Amanda Baqué (costume designer), Pablo García Pérez de Lara (writer), Pablo García Pérez de Lara (editor), Pablo García Pérez de Lara (producer), Pablo García Pérez de Lara (director), Cristina Morales (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Anna Pernicci (actress), Gareth Rhys Jones (writer), Anne Wyssbrod (miscellaneous crew), Raymond Sawyer (actor), Alexandre Reverend (actor), Tiziana Caminada (director), Alexandro Springall (editor), Dana Gior (miscellaneous crew), Jackie Britten (costume designer),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Barry Letts (writer), Barry Letts (director), Brian Oulton (actor), Jonathan Cecil (actor), Lewis Carroll (writer), Elisabeth Sladen (actress), Terrance Dicks (producer), Janet Henfrey (actress), Roy Skelton (actor), Claire Davenport (actress), Freda Dowie (actress), Michael Wisher (actor), Crispin Letts (actor), Simon J. Williamson (actor), Ysanne Churchman (actress),
Genres: Fantasy,Actors: William Hootkins (actor), Verity Lambert (producer), Steve Whitmire (actor), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (actor), Alan Bennett (actor), Julie Walters (actress), Shane Rimmer (actor), Alan Shearman (actor), Steve Whitmire (actor), Peter Gallagher (actor), Tony Haygarth (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Stanley Myers (composer), Rick McCallum (producer),
Plot: Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters she was once so amused by. As she thinks back on it, she starts to see her relationship with the shy author/professor in a new way and realizes the vast change between the young Alice and the old.
Keywords: 1930s, alice-in-wonderland, artist, centenary, columbia-university, dream, dying, eighty-something, fantasy-sequence, flashbackActors: Patsy Rowlands (actress), Lewis Carroll (writer), Ralph Richardson (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Dennis Waterman (actor), Flora Robson (actress), Roy Kinnear (actor), Michael Crawford (actor), Peter Bull (actor), Dennis Price (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Peter Sellers (actor), Anthony Mendleson (costume designer), John Barry (composer),
Plot: Alice (Fiona Fullerton) falls down a rabbit hole and into a magical dream world populated by surreal characters and bewildering adventures. It's a journey of self-discovery for Alice as she searches for a way out of Wonderland and encounters many bizarre creatures such as the White Rabbit (Michael Crawford), the March Hare (Peter Sellers), the Queen of Hearts (Flora Robson), and the Dormouse (Dudley Moore). Musical highlights include the inspiring song "The Me I Never Knew."
Keywords: alice-in-wonderland, alternate-dimension, apostrophe-in-title, based-on-novel, card, cat, caterpillar, character-name-in-title, child, cookActors: Peter Bull (actor), Raymond Bussières (actor), Felix Aylmer (actor), Claude Hulbert (actor), Raymond Bussières (actor), Lewis Carroll (writer), Sol Kaplan (composer), Felix Aylmer (actor), Stephen Murray (actor), Stephen Murray (actor), Dallas Bower (director), Joyce Grenfell (actress), Joyce Grenfell (actress), Pamela Brown (actress), Henry Myers (writer),
Genres: Action, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Don Beddoe (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Stanley Brown (actor), Allan Cavan (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), James Craig (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), George DeNormand (actor), John Dilson (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Curley Dresden (actor), Richard Alexander (actor),
Plot: Columbia's 6th serial (following "The Spider's Web" and preceding "Mandrake the Magician") is a pre-WW II sabre-rattler that has planes crashing, secret plans disappearing and a reign of terror sweeping the USA as (unidentified) enemy spies strike at the nation's defenses. Four flying G-Men, Hal Andrews, Bart Davis, John Cummings and Charles Bronson, are assigned to the crisis. The four agree that one of them shall assume a mysterious identity so he can strike with the swiftness of a falcon...and the result is The Black Falcon, whose identity is unknown only to those who didn't have the screen credits to look at. The Falcon has a black leather flying outfit that is handier to get to when needed than the Durango Kid's horse, while his two remaining partners are stuck with your basic gray (Bronson gets knocked off early), and together they are close to being a precursor to "Blackhawk" and his band. With the aid of Babs McKay and her kid brother Billy and his band of Junior Air Defenders, the three Flying G-Men keep a straight face as they face the legions of henchmen sent their way by the unknown master-mind spy chief. Keeping a straight face is not easy to do when facing a gang of henchmen directed by James W. Horne behind the over-wrought narration of Knox Manning.
Keywords: serial