The 1977 A Christmas Carol from the BBC is always a pleasure to watch. There was a time it was very difficult to see in the U.S. It was over twenty years old before I had my first opportunity to view it. It was first broadcast by the BBC […]
Silent Sunday Tonight, I watched another silent version I have of A Christmas Carol, the 1923 version. I watched a few in my collection today before I topped it off with this silent. I really like silent movies. I’ve always tried to avoid judging any movie through the lens of the present and […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]