A Christmas Carol 1910 | Silent Movie | James Searle Dawley

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Based on the story by Charles Dickens: Ebenezer Scrooge is well known for his harsh, miserly ways, until he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, and then by three other spirits.

Directors: J. Searle Dawley (uncredited), Charles Kent (uncredited), Ashley Miller (uncredited)
Writer: Charles Dickens (short story)
Stars: Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, William Bechtel

Trivia
Worldview Entertainment and the Killiam Collection has released a set of nine early movies about Christmas collectively called "A Christmas Past," with an original score by Al Kryszak. This movie is the eighth one and has a running time of 11 minutes.

Goofs
During the visit of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Ebenezer Scrooge's name is misspelled as "Ebeneezer" on his gravestone.

Quotes
Title Card: The day before Christmas, Scrooge, a hard fisted miser, revives an appeal from the Charity Relief Committee.

Connections
Featured in The Great Christmas Movies (1998)

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