USA, 1908
300 metres, 1000 feet, 1 reel
35mm, black and white
silent
An American fantasy film. The director is not known. It's the first known American adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.
Plot Summary
Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge's heart?
Credits
Crew
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Cast
Thomas Ricketts
Alternative Titles
Cuento de Navidad – Venezuelan title
References
Periodicals
- Moving Picture World vol.3 no.23 (5 December 1908) p.458 – review
Books
- Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television and Video Adaptations by Michael Pointer p.118
- A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida p.172 – credits
- Dickens and Film by A.L. Zambrano p.403 – credits
- The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Films second edition by John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh pp.54-56 – illustrated credits, review (by F.T. [Frank Thompson])
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.65 – credits
