Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Heather Angel: Alice's Sister
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Quotes
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[Alice reaches the door to escape from the mob]
Doorknob : [tries to open the door] D'oh! I'm - still locked, you know!
Alice : [in horror] But the queen! I simply *must* get out!
Doorknob : [chuckles] But you *are* outside.
Alice : [releases her grip on the Doorknob] What?
Doorknob : [opens his mouth] See for yourself.
[Alice sees through his mouth and sees herself asleep with Dinah also sleeping on her lap by a tree in a beautiful meadow]
Alice : Why - why that's me! I'm asleep!
Queen of Hearts : [shouting from a distance, advancing toward Alice along with a mob of other characters] Don't let her get away! Off with her head!
Alice : [in terror, through the Doorknob's mouth] Alice, wake up! Please, wake up, Alice!
Queen of Hearts : [comes closer with the rest of the mob] Off with her head!
Alice : Alice! Please, wake up, Alice!
[as the mob draws nearer, the screen goes into swirling multicolor until it shows Alice sleeping by the tree]
Alice : [voiceover] Alice! Alice! Alice!
Alice's sister : [changes to her sister's] Alice! Alice! Will you kindly pay attention and recite your lesson?
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[last lines]
Alice's sister : Alice... Alice... will you kindly pay attention and recite your lesson?
Alice : [waking up after escaping the mob] Hm? Oh. Oh, uh, how doth the little crocodile improve each shining tail and *pour* the waters of the...
Alice's sister : Alice, what *are* you talking about?
Alice : Oh. I'm sorry, but you see, the Caterpillar said...
Alice's sister : Caterpillar? Oh, for goodness sake. Alice, I... Oh, well. Come along, it's time for tea.
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[first lines]
Alice's sister : [reading from a history book] "... leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the Earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand..." Alice.
[camera zooms out to show Alice sitting in a tree, playing with Dinah and making a crown of daisies]
Alice : Hmm? Oh, I'm listening.
Alice's sister : "And even Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, agreed to meet with William and offer him the crown. William's conduct at first was moderate."
[Alice laughs as her daisy crown falls on her sister's face]
Alice's sister : Alice! Will you kindly pay attention to your history lessons?
Alice : I'm sorry, but how could one possible pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?