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| '''''Scrooge''''' is a 1913 ] black and white ] based on the 1843 novel '']'' by ]. It starred ] as ]. In the United States it was released in 1926 as ''Old Scrooge''. | '''''Scrooge''''' is a 1913 ] black and white ] based on the 1843 novel '']'' by ]. It starred ] as ]. In the United States it was released in 1926 as ''Old Scrooge''. | ||
| The film's cast included ] as Scrooge, ], Leedham Bantock, ], Dorothy Buckstone, Leonard Calvert, Osborne Adair, Adela Measor and ].<ref name=era> on the Silent Era website</ref> Hicks had played the role of Scrooge regularly onstage since 1901 before this, his first appearance in the role in film. He was to play Scrooge again, in the 1935 film '']''.<ref> |
The film's cast included ] as Scrooge, ], Leedham Bantock, ], Dorothy Buckstone, Leonard Calvert, Osborne Adair, Adela Measor and ].<ref name=era> on the Silent Era website</ref> Hicks had played the role of Scrooge regularly onstage since 1901 before this, his first appearance in the role in film.<ref name="connelly" /> He was to play Scrooge again, in the 1935 film '']''.<ref name="connelly">{{cite book|last=Connelly|first=Mark|title=Christmas at the Movies|publisher=I. B. Tauris|date=January 6, 2001|pages=16-17|isbn=1860643973|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IRKcGIK3FNUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> | ||
| ''Scrooge'' was a Zenith Film Company production, by whom it was also distributed on its release date in September 1913.<ref name=era/> Some scenes in the black and white 35mm film were colour toned. | ''Scrooge'' was a Zenith Film Company production, by whom it was also distributed on its release date in September 1913.<ref name=era/> Some scenes in the black and white 35mm film were colour toned. | ||
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Scrooge is a 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as Old Scrooge.
The film's cast included Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, William Lugg, Leedham Bantock, J. C. Buckstone, Dorothy Buckstone, Leonard Calvert, Osborne Adair, Adela Measor and Ellaline Terriss. Hicks had played the role of Scrooge regularly onstage since 1901 before this, his first appearance in the role in film. He was to play Scrooge again, in the 1935 film Scrooge.
Scrooge was a Zenith Film Company production, by whom it was also distributed on its release date in September 1913. Some scenes in the black and white 35mm film were colour toned.
Plot
The opening credits are followed by a scene in which Charles Dickens is seen pacing his library seeking inspiration for a new story. It comes to him and he settles down to write A Christmas Carol. A short introductory synopsis describing miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge leads into a shot of his nephew Fred Wyland giving money to poor children on Christmas Eve. Scrooge, upon leaving his office, is chased by poor children. At the office, Scrooge's clerk Bob Cratchit bids goodbye to his crippled son Tiny Tim and goes to work. A poor woman comes to the office to beg from Scrooge but he turns her away. Cratchit gives her money. At Middlemarks, the poor line up for food. When the food runs out, Middlemark goes to Scrooge for assistance but he is turned away. Scrooge gives Cratchit a second hand quill as a Christmas present and after Cratchit has gone, he settles down with his money to sleep.
Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge is shown in sequence his childhood sweetheart, Cratchit's Christmas, a vision of the death of Cratchit's crippled son Tim, and his own lonely tombstone. Scrooge wakes and realising the error of his ways, throws money from his window to the poor children and sends a boy for a large turkey for Cratchit and then goes to visit them for lunch in good humour.
References
- ^ Scrooge on the Silent Era website
- ^ Connelly, Mark (January 6, 2001). Christmas at the Movies. I. B. Tauris. pp. 16–17. ISBN 1860643973.
- Synopsis on the British Film Institute website
External links
- Scrooge on the Silent Era website
- Scrooge on the Internet Movie Database
- Scrooge on the British Film Institute website