UK, 1914
1340 ft
black and white
silent
A British fantasy film directed by Harold Shaw.
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
Director: Harold M. Shaw
London Film Co.
Producer: Harold M. Shaw
Adaptation: Harold M. Shaw
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Cast
Charles Rock (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Edna Flugrath (Belle, Scrooge’s neice)
George Bellamy (Bob Cratchit)
Mary Brough (Mrs Cratchit)
Franklyn Bellamy (Fred, Scrooge’s nephew)
Edward O’Neill (Jacob Marley)
Arthur Cullin (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Wyndham Guise (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Asheton Tonge (Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come)
John M. East
Ashton George
References
Periodicals
- The Bioscope vol.25 no.427 (17 December 1914) p.1235 – advert
- Kinematograph Monthly Record no.32 (December 1914) p.37 – review
Books
- 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
