Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

Name: Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Genre: Short, Drama, Fantasy
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Daniel Smith

19011901
6m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

530

YOUR RATING

Short Drama Fantasy

It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's g... Read allIt's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Inside he takes on his night dress, eats his supper, and falls a... Read allIt's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Inside he takes on his night dress, eats his supper, and falls asleep at the table. Marly's ghost shows Scrooge a vision of himself at a Christmas in the ... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

530

YOUR RATING

Director
- Walter R. Booth
Writers
- J.C. Buckstone(play 'Scrooge')
- Charles Dickens(novel "A Christmas Carol")
Star
- Daniel Smith

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Trivia
Originally 620' in length, only 323' survive at the British Film Institute.

Connections
Featured in Arena: Dickens on Film (2012)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Interesting version of the timeless Christmas story from the dawn of cinema

Iconic miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown visions of Christmases past, present and future by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley. This short (~5 min) film, which was produced by Robert Paul and directed by Walter Booth, is the first adaptation of Dicken's famous tale (but, similar to J. C. Buckstone's 1901 theatrical version, Marley's shade takes the place of the three Christmas spirits). The film is divided into 4 chapters, separated by title cards but there were no 'dialogue intertitles' in the version I watched on YouTube. Although the sets are simply furniture placed in front of painted backdrops, the 'special effects' are effective and technically sophisticated for its time: Marley's ghost, including his face on the door-knocker, and Scrooge's various 'visions' are done using double exposures. Booth was an early innovator of optical trickery and directed the delirious 'The ? Motorist' (1906) and two of the earliest 'military science fiction' films, 'The Airship Destroyer' (1909) and 'The Aerial Submarine' (1910).

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