Searle Dawley for Thomas Edison's film production company, this version makes a reasonable go at presenting the important aspects of Dickens story, and the ghosts themselves are well attempted.Īs with the 1901 version, it's interesting to see a Dickens story being told without sound! A CHRISTMAS CAROL - 1923 With Russell Thorndike As Scrooge Lasting just over 13 minutes, this adaptation, made in 1910 and directed by J. This is an ongoing project and, eventually, it is my intention to have a review of every film version of A Christmas Carol, so please be sure to check back regularly for updates and new reviews. I hope you enjoy these various renditions and, should you happen to know of, or you happen to encounter, any online versions I've not included, please let me know in order that I can add them to the page. Some of them are superb, some are middling, and a few are downright awful!īut they, at least, present us with a wonderful chronology of the various renditions of the second greatest Christmas story ever told, together with a terrific insight into the many and varied ways in which actors have portrayed Scrooge over the more than 150 years since Dickens created him. It set me wondering about all the different film adaptations there must have been over the years, and so I decided to begin researching the various celluloid incarnations of Ebenezer Scrooge by compiling a list of the many adaptations of A Christmas Carol and, having done so, I set about watching as many of them as I could.īelow, you will find a selection of the different adaptations together with my thoughts on each one. I have to say I loved them both, in particular The Muppets version, which, more or less, stuck closer to Dickens original story than practically any other film version - apart from giving Charles Dickens a big blue nose and introducing us to the Marley twins in order to make use of both Statler and Waldorf! I thought Michael Caine gave one of the best performances of Scrooge I've ever seen, imbuing him with a pathos that suggests he (Scrooge not Michael) is very much a product of a miserable past. As it happened, they didn't want me to speak about the Alastair Sim version but rather The Muppet Christmas Caroland Bill Murray's Scrooged, neither of which, I am ashamed to say, I had actually seen.īut, a quick visit (or should that be click) to Amazon and, a day later, the DVD's of both appeared before me and I spent the next two days watching them. However, in 2013, I was asked to appear as an interviewee on Channel Five's Greatest Christmas Movies Ever to talk about various film versions of A Christmas Carol. The film version I have always watched is the 1951 adaptation starring Alastair Sim, largely because a) I consider it the finest version ever made and b) because it brings back happy childhood memories, of when it was always on TV. I have, you see, been watching the many film versions there have been of the Charles Dickens classic in an endeavour to find the best movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol.Įvery year, around early December, I prepare myself for my Dickens Christmas Walk by both reading the book and watching the film. In recent weeks ghosts, dozens - maybe even thousands - of them, have been appearing in my front room. If you have, I have created a series of resources.BEING A HISTORY OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL ON FILM By Richard Jones Simply message the above email, which is monitored Readings: If you leave a review of any of our resources, you can claim any FREE single resource from our ever growing library. L11: How does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Evolve the Story? L10: What do the Cratchits Add to the Story? L9: Why is the Ghost of Christmas Present Significant? L7: What is the Role of Fezziwig in ‘A Christmas Carol’? L5: What is Important Marley’s Message to Scrooge? L4: What is the Significance of Marley’s Ghost? 元: What is the Purpose of the Character ‘Fred’? L2: What was the Context in Which ‘A Christmas Carol’ was Written? L1: How is Scrooge Introduced in ‘a Christmas Carol’? A colour scheme also runs throughout to ease both your delivery and students comprehension. Made to the highest standard and constructed using current research, both dual coding and retrieval practices are at the heart of this unit. This SoW is designed in detail and is both differentiated and engaging, and allows you to move pupils through content efficiently. L6: What Message is Sent by the Ghost of Christmas Past?
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