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Alice in Wonderland (1903) – vintage retro video

The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet.

With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film’s original colours for the first time in over 100 years.

To find out more about the film, visit http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/974410/

Fonzie socks were the Happy Days of pop culture

Here is a very young Madonna

George Harrison is 14, John Lennon 16 and Paul McCartney 15.

Debbie Harry & Kermit the Frog – The Rainbow Connection – vintage retro video

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Here is a nice retro pic of the Star Wars cast.  Can you tell who is R2-D2 and Chewy?

Wow sex appeal was a lot different back then according to Brylcreem

Different Afro Styles