Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
Research in Progress (Aug, 2024)
I have always been intrigued by the symbolic and mythic meanings of the names of screen heroes and heroines.
Alice is one of those common names, used by various directors, in various genres.
Female leads named Alice (in alphabetical order):
A Place on the Sun, 1951, George Stevens (Shelley Winters played Alice Tripp)
Alice, 1990, Woody Allen (Mia Farrow)
Alice Adams, 1935, Stevens (Katharine Hepburn)
Alice’s Restaurant, 1971
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974, Scorsese (Ellen Burstyn)
Alice in Wonderland (literary character in various film versions)
Best Man, The, 1964, Franklin Schaffner (Alice Russell, played by Margaret Leighton, married to Henry Fonda’s presidential candidate).
Blackmail, 1929, Hitchcock (Alice White)
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, 1969, Mazursky (Dyan Cannon)
Cat People, 1942, Jacques Tourneur, Alice Moore
Clock, The 1945, Minnelli (Alice Walker, played by Judy Garland)
Don’t Worry Darling, 2022 (Florence Pugh plays Alice)
Eyes Wide Shut, 1999, Kubrick (Nicole Kidman is Alice, married to Tom Cruise’s doctor)
Fighter, The, 2010, David O. Russell (Melissa Leo as the mother)
Killing of Sister George, 1968, The, Robert Aldrich (played by Susannah York)
Lost Highway, 1997, David Lynch (Patricia Arquette plays Alice Wakefield)
A Man for All Seasons, 1966, Fred Zinnemann (Wendy Hiller plays Alice, Scofield’s wife).
Proof of Life, 2000, Taylor Hackford (Meg Ryan as Alice)
Trouble Along the Way, 1953, Michael Curtiz (Donna Reed, social worker named Alice Singleton).
Unforgiven, 1994, Clint Eastwood (Strawberry Alice, played by Frances Framer)
Village, The, 2004, Shyamalan (Sigourney Weaver plays Alice Hunt)
You Can’t Take It with You, 1938 (Jean Arthur plays Alice Sycamore)
Foreign Films:
Alice in the Cities, 1971, Wim Wenders
Alice and the Mayor, 2019
Movie Names: Alice–Screen Heroines Called Alice
Research in Progress (Aug, 2024)
I have always been intrigued by the symbolic and mythic meanings of the names of screen heroes and heroines.
Alice is one of those common names, used by various directors, in various genres.
Female leads named Alice (in alphabetical order):
A Place on the Sun, 1951, George Stevens (Shelley Winters played Alice Tripp)
Alice, 1990, Woody Allen (Mia Farrow)
Alice Adams, 1935, Stevens (Katharine Hepburn)
Alice’s Restaurant, 1971
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974, Scorsese (Ellen Burstyn)
Alice in Wonderland (literary character in various film versions)
Best Man, The, 1964, Franklin Schaffner (Alice Russell, played by Margaret Leighton, married to Henry Fonda’s presidential candidate).
Blackmail, 1929, Hitchcock (Alice White)
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, 1969, Mazursky (Dyan Cannon)
Cat People, 1942, Jacques Tourneur, Alice Moore
Clock, The 1945, Minnelli (Alice Walker, played by Judy Garland)
Don’t Worry Darling, 2022 (Florence Pugh plays Alice)
Eyes Wide Shut, 1999, Kubrick (Nicole Kidman is Alice, married to Tom Cruise’s doctor)
Fighter, The, 2010, David O. Russell (Melissa Leo as the mother)
Killing of Sister George, 1968, The, Robert Aldrich (played by Susannah York)
Lost Highway, 1997, David Lynch (Patricia Arquette plays Alice Wakefield)
A Man for All Seasons, 1966, Fred Zinnemann (Wendy Hiller plays Alice, Scofield’s wife).
Proof of Life, 2000, Taylor Hackford (Meg Ryan as Alice)
Trouble Along the Way, 1953, Michael Curtiz (Donna Reed, social worker named Alice Singleton).
Unforgiven, 1994, Clint Eastwood (Strawberry Alice, played by Frances Framer)
Village, The, 2004, Shyamalan (Sigourney Weaver plays Alice Hunt)
You Can’t Take It with You, 1938 (Jean Arthur plays Alice Sycamore)
Foreign Films:
Alice in the Cities, 1971, Wim Wenders
Alice and the Mayor, 2019