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Celebrating A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Edison, Welles and Barrymore
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 10, 2013
“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol First edition cover – A Christmas Carol This year marks read more
#ChristmasMovieBlogathon: Your Favorite Version of “A Christmas Carol”
Family Friendly Reviews Posted by Chris on Dec 2, 2013
There have been many different versions of Charles Dickens’ classic story and I haven’t even included the silent or radio versions here but thought it might be fun to ask about your favorite one. Let me know if you think I’ve missed one! I’m curious to see how many of you read more
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Nov 30, 2013
A Christmas Carol
Directed by Edwin R. Marin
Written by Hugo Butler from a novel by Charles Dickens
1938/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing Dickens’ classic Christmas story gets the MGM treatment. Skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) thinks Christmas is for fools until he is v read more
A Christmas Carol (Edwin L Marin, 1938)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Dec 24, 2012
Reginald Owen as Scrooge As a fan of 1930s films, I was really looking forward to seeing this 1938 version of A Christmas Carol. However, I must admit I was rather disappointed with this very short film (just 69 minutes), which cuts out a great deal of the story, including most of its darker elemen read more
25 Days of Christmas: A Christmas Carol (1951)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Dec 20, 2012
I was wary of watching any versions of A Christmas Carol this year after I did an entire month of various adaptations for my old podcast. Let’s just say after you watch four of those in a row you get bored with the story. Interestingly, in looking back on that grand adventure I noticed I did read more
A Christmas Carol (Moira Armstrong, 1977)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Dec 11, 2012
Sir Michael Hordern as Scrooge I haven’t had a chance to write anything new today, but this is a posting which I wrote for my Costume Drama Reviews blog (which I’m not currently updating, although I may return to it if time allows), a couple of years ago, about the 1977 BBC version of read more
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Scary Seventies Cartoon!
Classic Horror Campaign Posted by Richard on Dec 10, 2012
One of the most enduring Christmas traditions is the telling of ghost stories and the most famous of all frightening festive tales is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol originally published on the 19th December 1843. It tells the story of miserly business man Ebeneezer Scrooge and his read more
‘A Christmas Carol’ poll – and a 1950s TV version
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Dec 4, 2012
Basil Rathbone as Scrooge I’ve finally discovered how to post a poll on my blog, so there is now one in my sidebar asking for people to vote for their favourite film/TV version of A Christmas Carol. Please do cast your vote and also leave a comment if you would like to. Following on from the read more
A Christmas Carol (J Searle Dawley, 1910)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Dec 3, 2012
A Christmas Carol has probably been filmed, staged and adapted more than just about any other literary work. As my ‘Dickens in December’ season carries on, I’d be very interested to hear which adaptations of this great tale are other people’s favourites – my own, out of read more