Alphabet Conspiracy (1959)
1959 · Animation · 51 min · dir. Robert B. Sinclair
- Family
- TV Movie
- Animation
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
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
Cast & crew
- Robert B. Sinclair Director
Frank Baxter
Daws Butler
Hans Conried
Stanley Adams- Cheryl Callaway
Cactus Mack- Shorty Rogers
- Dolores Starr
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · 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…
