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A Christmas Carol | |
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Directed by | J. Searle Dawley |
Story by | Charles Dickens |
Based on | A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
Starring | Marc McDermott Charles S. Ogle |
Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
A Christmas Carol is a 1910 silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and produced at Edison Studios in The Bronx in New York City. After the 1901 British release Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost , this American version of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella is the second oldest surviving screen adaptation of the famous literary work. It features Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S. Ogle as Bob Cratchit.
The day before Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew Fred when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him of the punishment he will suffer in the next life if he does not change his ways. That night, Scrooge is visited by three more spirits, who show him his past, present, and future.
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