A Christmas Carol (1910) @ EOFFTV


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	A Christmas Carol (1910) Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 1910 Running Times: 17 mins Length: 300 metres/1000ft/1 reel Format: 35mm Colour Format: black and white Ratio: 1.33:1 Sound: silent CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: Edison Company Supervision: J. Searle Dawley SCRIPT Scenario: John H. Collins Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens DIRECTION Directors: John H. Collins CAST Marc McDermott (Ebenezer Scrooge) Charles Ogle (Bob Cratchit) William Bechtel Carey Lee Viola Dana (Flugrath?) Leonie Flugrath Shirley Mason 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? AVAILABILITY USA Theatrical Distributors: Edison Manufacturing Company DVD Distributor: Kino Video TIMELINE 1910 December 23: USA – copyright granted (J149819 - J149822); theatrical release LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN The Great Christmas Movies (1998) REFERENCES BOOKS A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.172 credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 15 October, 2008