Scrooge, or Marley's Ghost (1901) | BFI National Archive
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Produced by the English movie pioneer R.W. Paul, this version of 'A Christmas Carol' was thought to be the earliest surviving adaptation of Dickens' work on film, before the discovery of 'The Death of Poor Joe' - • Earliest Dickens film ... . The only known print, held by the BFI, is incomplete, but manages to tell enough of the story for it to be recognisable.
This early cinematic excursion into Dickens' most popular tale was an ambitious undertaking at the time. Not only did it attempt to tell an 80 page story in five minutes, but it featured impressive trick effects, superimposing Marley's face over the door knocker and the scenes from his youth over a black curtain in Scrooge's bedroom. (Ewan Davidson)
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Pretty amazing when you consider this came out less than 60 years after the original book came out.
It is wild, to see people moving around on film, who lived over a hundred years ago !
Isn’t it though?
The first film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic, and still one of the very best. It's such a tragedy that the complete film hasn't survived.
I am amazed that CZcams was around back in 1901. That is almost 100 years ago.
Yeah, and no monetisation ads in those days before Google took it over.
It must of been amazing. Internet must of been a lot cheaper too. Maybe just a penny a day.
@e M r/woosh
I believe .5 speed is the closest we'll ever get to its correct playback speed, as the film was hand-cranked and it nearly every frame could've been cranked at a different rate.
Its incredible that they can encompasse the whole story practically in just over 3 minutes. Given that this is 109 years old, in the very early days of filming, it was a pretty good attempt.
I didn't even know they had films as early as 1901. Simply amazing!
In case you didn't know (or anybody reading this that doesn't), the earliest surviving film (at least that I'm aware of) is The Roundhay Garden Scene. It's about 2 or 3 seconds long and was filmed in 1888. :)
Marvelous, I can't get over how good the quality is for the age.
Wow, this is phenomenal! Till this day, the film still looks new, and it just needs a new musical number to be added to it!
Thank you for posting this. I'm amazed by how sharp the film looks!
Much sharper than the Alistair Sims film.
Joe Libby I agree! Almost like Blu ray
My house was built the same year this film was made. Incredible.
that was really interesting , but i'm amazed to see the term 'xmas' used so early on , i've always thought it much later !!!!!!
The X is actually the Greek letter Chi, short for "Christ".
I see , I have learnt something new , but every day is a school day !
Wow, so that's why we say Xmas. That's pretty cool.
Crazy to think that some of these actors were alive at the same time Charles Dickens was.
Absolutely astonishing for the time. I think Dickens, as a lover of the special effect, would have approved.
Just 58 years between the original book and this. There may well have been a few people who bought the book new as youngsters who were still around to see this film. And surely quite a few who saw Dickens' readings, which went on for many years, who saw the film too.
Only a fragment, but awesome stuff. This film exhibits a couple of vertical wipes and dissolves which gives further proof that cinema shorthand was pretty much all invented by the time DW Griffith came along.
this is really amazin!! :))) Even for such a movie made in 1901, look at the special effects they did. Even marley's ghost looks real
I am amazed at how sharp the film is and how old it is.
A lot of silent films are shown at the wrong frame rate. I attempted to correct one once, and it almost doubled in length.
This was very good. Great clean print for 1901.
I LOVE IT! I think it was great timing to post this on CZcams today. I think this is the week Disney will be releasing Dickens Christmas Carol in 3d this weekend. From the earliest version to the very latest in a sweep.
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@56bluegold indeed and considering the time the movie was made the ghost effect used when marley enters and walks around the room is incredible!
This is so cool. These maniacs rushing around in a medium that was daily new. So cool. Thank you very much for posting.
what wonderful clarity of print
absolutely AMAZING!!!!
it's a wonderful film. It's a pity that not all preserved
This is amazing and also hilarious when accompanied by Yakity Sax.
wow!! thanks so much!!
I was born 1991 so it's interesting to see footage from 90 years before that!
Such performances !
damn this is old. but classic
Neat. Thanks for share. ;)
Yeah, and some that were on tape will have been recorded over because tape was expensive.
I remember reading about how all the original Dad's Army episodes were lost that way.
@molly If you lived in 1901 you would think this is amazing. And besides people only really went to pictures to see people moving around on a screen.
Looks as if Scrooge was being lambasted by the ghost of Christmas Pest, hahaha!
You are mistaken. This fragment has been posted on BFI's site and is available for downloading from their archive if you live in the U.K. Not every silent film in existence is in horrible condition today - especially ones that weren't shown over and over and over again (which is likely the case with this print, since the film itself doesn't strike me as very interesting and may not have made much of a stir back then either).
You might want to go to BFI's website and read up on this fragment of film.
thank you for this big juicy slice of history! yum! ^_^
Can you post the 1914 Christmas Carol starring Charles Rock please?
0:35 cool title sequence with action of a flying #marleysghost.
omg this is so old story i recently SAW CRISTMAS CAROL starring jim carry
That is the worst version in my opinion. Jim Carrey totally made a mockery of this classic.
thank god!
I am going to steal this video off youtube, and throw a wax cylinder 1900s christmas song on it.
Link me up when you upload it!
czcams.com/video/A-2Itq5cbgI/video.html
Why is this incomplete? Was the rest damaged?
@bigrigdriver99 40 VERSION REALLY GOOD THANX FOR THE KNOWLEDGE
The same year Queen Victoria died! ..... and my house was built
Why would the actor break the fourth wall while at the door? 🤔
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1901 moviegoers likely would have screamed when they saw Marley popping up at 0:44
I wonder if any of these actors are still alive?
wow could this be the earliest version with sir Seymour hicks that would be 34yrs earlier from 1935version
There were earlier versions, but this is the oldest surviving one I believe.
extremely swag
If you want to see this in 60FPS then set the playback speed on 1.25x
I've always wondered why people used to move so quickly in the olden days.
It was the tape and video that played back fast.
Not the complete film....
this was cool but didn't follow the book in the book Marley's Ghost didn't show Scrooge everything there was the Ghosts of Christmas Past Present and Yet to Come..well at least it showed Marley's face in the door knocker that scene was scary..if that was me I'd have screamed and passed out wouldn't y'all???... wonder how they did it????...that film is in great shape for being 112 years old don't y'all think?????
SPEAK UP!
its not fake it is real how about actually knowing something before you type it
@alanwright17 not to mention "His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz" (1914). Plays like a bad home movie...
Well, no, actually it's not.
Good video, but, on another video, there were about three minutes of extra scenes. To see my review of this film, go to my CZcams channel.
michael bay...eat ur heart out
So weird....
it is real just get over that your wrong
Why don't you click on "more info" and educate yourself a little?
Lame, but at least it`s better than a Kevin Smith film.
Definitely no fat in that script.
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