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A Christmas Carol

191013 minUnited States
DramaFantasyHorror
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
13:00
Subtitles
English

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Wikimedia Commons · J. Searle Dawley · Public domain

Subtitles: Wikimedia Commons · Open Classic Cinema

Synopsis

Scrooge dismisses charity, family affection and Christmas celebrations as distractions from business. At home, a warning from his dead partner begins a night of supernatural visits. Images of earlier choices, present suffering and a possible future challenge his certainty that money is the only thing he needs to protect.

Cast

DirectorsJ. Searle Dawley

Inspirations

This Edison adaptation compresses Dickens's novella into a single reel. Its stage-like arrangements and ghostly appearances offer an early screen interpretation of a story that would be filmed repeatedly throughout the following century.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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