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Alphabet Conspiracy (1959)

1959 · Animation · 51 min · dir. Robert B. Sinclair

  • Family
  • TV Movie
  • Animation
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Synopsis

Dr. Frank Baxter, with the help of The Mad Hatter and Jabberwock, takes young Judy exploring the world of language, in which she finds out that language is for doing more than just talking.

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Details

Director
Robert B. Sinclair
Composer
Henry Russell
Cinematography
Ellis W. Carter
Studio
Bell Telephone System, N.W. Ayer & Son, Warner Bros. Pictures
Released
1959-01-26
Running time
51 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Ephemeral Films

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Dream Letters · Dodsworth the Cat · 2026-10-06

A wonderful little fantasy, enlivened by the performances of Hans Conried and young Cheryl Callaway. It's a shame the print is worn and splicy in places; I've taken away a star for that. The animation is by the Friz Freleng unit at Warner Bros. (which consisted of animators Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy and Art Davis, and layout man Hawley Pratt). Friz synchronises the alphabet-letter dance to a piece of stock music (L-1154 Animation Comedy by Spencer Moore). The Capitol Hi-Q library is used extremely well throughout; the opening and closing music is an M-series cue by Bill Loose. Several cues…

★★★★ · Alphabet Street · Wilford B. Wolf · 2007-02-23

Part of the legendary Bell Science series, this film covers the science of linguistics, and show it is more than simply grammar. Overall, a decent introduction to the topic with some fun bits, but also some parts are now very dated. Dr. Frank Baxter (MiSTies would know him as the professor that did the introduction to the 1956 turkey "The Mole People") mainly guide a little girl who becomes frustrated at her grammar homework. She falls asleep, and she meets Carroll's Mad Hatter (Hans Conreid) and the Jabberwocky. The Mad Hatter wants to destroy the alphabet because it is a prison. Baxter…

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