UK, 1913
35mm film, black and white
silent
A British fantasy film directed by Leedham Bantock. It was the first time that actor Seymour Hicks played Ebenezer Scrooge on the big screen, having played him on the stage many hundreds of times since 1901. He reprised the role in Scrooge (1935), the first feature length adaptation of the Dickens novel in the sound era.
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: Leedham Bantock
Zenith Film Company
Script: Seymour Hicks
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Cast
Seymour Hicks (Ebenezer Scrooge)
William Lugg
Leedham Bantock
J.C. Buckstone
Dorothy Buckstone
Leonard Calvert
Osborne Adair
Adela Measor
Ellaline Terriss
References
Periodicals
- Illustrated Films Monthly vol.1 no.3 (November 1913) pp.65-69 – review
- The Picturegoer vol.1 no.5 (May 1921) p.155 – review
Books
- The British Film Catalogue Volume 1: Fiction Film, 1895-1994 p.148 (catalogue number 04184) – credits
- Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television and Video Adaptations by Michael Pointer p.124
- 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.423 – credits
