Thanks to YouTube you can check out this century-old film here:Īnother British film, this one directed by Henry Thomas, sees Seymour Hicks play Ebenezer Scrooge. I had to bribe my way into the British Film Institute to view the 620 feet of remaining footage. The earliest known screen outing for Ebenezer Scrooge is in this British-made silent film from 1901. Honourable Mentions Scrooge, Or, Marley’s Ghost This is the top 10 film versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Often, however, the best movies have steered close to Dickens’ story, and I found that my favourites followed the original novella’s structure faithfully. Most stay faithful to the novella but some take innovative and intriguing diversions such as the canine-inspired An All Dogs Christmas Carol and a brilliant episode of sci-fi adventure Quantum Leap when the hologram played by Dean Stockwell shows himself as the Ghost of Christmas Future. If you add up the films, the radio productions, the television shows, the stage plays, Scrooge has appeared in more than two-hundred adaptations. From comedy, musical drama and musical comedy to animation, live action puppets and live action animation. There are some good, there are some bad, there are some that would make Charles Dickens want to emerge from the grave a smack the little filmmakers on the knuckles for creating such monstrous bastardisations of his Christmas classic, but on the whole there’s plenty of enjoyment to be had in the various ways writers and directors have tackled the story. Scrooge on Screen: Best movie versions of A Christmas Carol ![]() Here we discover the best versions of the classic festive tale of a curmudgeon learning the error of his ways to discover the satisfying worth of benevolence, charity and selflessness. And since every year there appears to be another version of the story appearing on TV, in cinemas or on stage, it’s difficult to keep up. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, a novella the English writer published in 1843, has been adapted for stage and screen more than 200 times.
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