Updated / modern-day adaptations of A Christmas Carol are not uncommon anymore. Most are usually U.S. centric and produced. An English modern-day adaptation is refreshing, even if it’s now nineteen years old. 2000’s A Christmas Carol, originally presented on ITV, still isn’t available on a home release though it’s still […]
This was the one that started it all for me. This is the first A Christmas Carol I remember watching as a child the first time it was broadcast on U.S. television. It is the first of two Australian animated versions; this one was made in 1969 (the other was […]
Traditional Tuesday 1999 was a year I was on pins and needles eagerly anticipating the premiere of a new A Christmas Carol movie. This, of course, is the already classic version starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years! A Christmas Carol fanatics were well aware of his acclaimed […]
Musical Monday Since its early days, American television has been using ACC for holiday programming; sometimes bad and occasionally very successful. Today is one of the surviving endeavors of early U.S. television from 1954 starring Frederic March and Basil Rathbone. For me, the latter half of the 1980’s was a […]
Silent Sunday There were at least eight silent films made of A Christmas Carol. Almost half are considered lost; few have survived intact. The first version was made in 1901. Only a portion of it survives. It was rarely seen, but thanks to the internet, it can now be viewed […]
Female Friday The last decade of the 20th Century introduced the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol where the main character of Scrooge, at least, is portrayed as a female instead of male. The 1990’s gave us at least two: first 1995’s Ebbie or Miracle at Christmas: Ebbie’s Story, followed […]
Today’s two A Christmas Carol adaptations are animated versions meant for a juvenile audience. This is the first time I’ve included A Flintstones’ Christmas Carol and A Jetson Christmas Carol. Both are productions of the prolific Hanna-Barbera company. A Flintstones’ Christmas Carol is from 1994 and was originally a syndicated […]
My internet access was down for a few hours and I couldn’t upload the post for 3 December until after midnight. This 4 December post is actually for the 3rd! Tonight was my annual viewing of the 1935 Seymour Hicks (Sir Edward Seymour Hicks) version. This is commonly known as […]
Musical Monday This season’s first viewing of a musical version of A Christmas Carol is 2004’s adaption of a hit stage musical. This is the first time I’ve watched it since 2015. Be warned: major spoilers ahead. The title alone was always a red flag for me; in it is […]
Silent Sunday The oldest surviving version of A Christmas Carol (ACC) on film is Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost from 1901. This is only the second time I’ve included it in the annual “watch-a-thon.” I have never fully written about this version before, giving it only brief references, instead. Only an […]