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A Christmas Carol (1910 film)

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A Christmas Carol
Still of Scrooge, left, refusing to shake hands with his nephew
Directed byJ. Searle Dawley
Story byCharles Dickens
Based onA Christmas Carol
1843 novella
by Charles Dickens
StarringMarc McDermott
Charles S. Ogle
Distributed byEdison Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • December 23, 1910 (1910-12-23)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

A Christmas Carol is a 1910 silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and produced at Edison Studios in The Bronx in New York City. After the 1901 British release Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, this American version of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella is the second oldest surviving screen adaptation of the famous literary work. It features Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S. Ogle as Bob Cratchit.

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The day before Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew Fred when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him of the punishment he will suffer in the next life if he does not change his ways. That night, Scrooge is visited by three more spirits, who show him his past, present, and future.

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