July 26, 1951 –
Walt Disney’s 13th animated feature, Alice in Wonderland, premiered in the UK and New York City on this date.
Continuing the pattern of film versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland not being commercially successful, this movie was a huge box office failure. However, it did become something of a cult film during the 1960s, where it was viewed as a “head film“. Several years later it became the Disney studio’s most requested 16mm film rental title for colleges and private individuals. In 1974, the studio took note of this fact, withdrew the rental prints, and reissued the film nationally themselves
The Haus of Dcaligari 