The best animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol ever done is the 1971 Chuck Jones production. It remains a high standard for any animated version that has followed. This was the version of A Christmas Carol I watched every year as a child side-by-side with the 1969 animated version. This […]
Every year I save most of the better versions of A Christmas Carol to view as it gets closer to Christmas Day. Some of them I splurge and watch earlier. It’s inevitable the classic 1951 Scrooge starring Alastair Sim would be on my watch list. I watch my personal DVD […]
Female Friday It’s Christmas, Carol is a 2012 A Christmas Carol adaptation produced for The Hallmark Channel in the U.S. This is the first time I’ve put it on the annual blog. It’s Christmas, Carol belongs to the increasing number of adaptations with a female lead. It’s one of two […]
“interesting” is the nicest one-word description I can give to the new A Christmas Carol presented in its entirety on FX in the U.S. last night. It’s how I would picture A Christmas Carol taking place in a dystopian alternate reality. My original intention was to not write much about […]
I didn’t plan on adding the 1949 version called The Christmas Carol this year whether I watched it or not. Because I was in the hospital for many hours the other day, it fell into place in my schedule. I didn’t view my DVD in the comfort of my home; […]
Traditional Tuesday To be upfront, this post is another reworking of one that has been made in previous years. This is partially because my perception is still fixed and I’ve already done most of the “footwork” for what I like to include. The first U.S. sound film version of A […]
Musical Monday The Stingiest Man in Town is the second musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol I viewed tonight. This post if really just a rehash of last year’s with some minor updates. My perception of this adaptation is unchanged. This is a very good show and I have to […]
Musical Monday My first of two viewings for Musical Monday. 1979 was one of those interesting years for A Christmas Carol. An American Christmas Carol gave us the modernized adaptation in 1930’s depression U.S.A. with Henry Winkler. There was the short Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol that was part of an […]
Silent Sunday Tonight, I had my annual viewing of the 1913 silent version of A Christmas Carol, called Old Scrooge. Because the silent versions are generally short and only a handful remain, I watch all that are available every year. The 1913 silent version is another offering from England. This […]
The 1994 Japanese / American joint venture is probably best for child viewing. It is one of the ones I don’t watch consistently every year. The last time I watched it was 2015. It was released on DVD in the early 2000’s. This endeavor is pretty traditional; however, there’s nothing […]