Jack Lemmon as Tweedledum in 1950s TV Wonderland? Chaos.
Thought to be the first full-hour television adaptation of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', broadcast on the CBS Ford Theatre.
Acting
Jack Lemmon's pre-fame twin energy
Production
Live TV theatrical constraints as charm
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franklin J. Schaffner directed this live broadcast a decade before winning Best Director for Patton.
This aired when most Americans owned TVs for the first time—Wonderland as national shared hallucination.
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