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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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Charles Dickens (novel)
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November 1901 (UK)
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Christmas
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Redemption
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Ghost
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First Version of the Dickens Tale
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Scrooge, or Marley's Ghost (UK) (alternative title)
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UK:11 min
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Based on a stage adaptation by J.C. Buckstone
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Version of Christmas Carol (1984) (TV)
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
*** (out of 4)
Most people, myself included, haven't heard of Paul's Animatograph Works, the production company here but they were the first to produce a film version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In the film we see Scrooge visited by three ghosts and his redemption. This is a pretty unique film for 1901 in many regards. For starters, title cards weren't being used during this era but this film here has pretty long ones and I'm pretty sure that this is the earliest film I've seen them used in. The film also tells a "story" which again wasn't the norm for this era. One would be shocked that a three-minute film could stay pretty faithful to the original story but this film does a pretty good job at that. I was really surprised to see the film pay close attention to the original material, although, needless to say, this film does have to speed things up quite a bit. The special effects, from the Melies style of film-making, are pretty good and hold up well today. Apparently this film originally ran a bit longer but hopefully the other few minutes will be found at some point. What remains is an interesting bit of history.