Ms. Scrooge, 1997 made for television, is the second attempt with some gender role reversal in A Christmas Carol (ACC), on the heels of 1995’s Ebbie. I don’t actually own a personal copy. When Ms. Scrooge was first released as a VHS after the initial broadcast, its retail price was […]
In the earlier post about Skinflint, I mentioned how 1979 was one of the more interesting years for A Christmas Carol adaptations. Rich Little’s Christmas Carol, though made in 1978, was first aired in ’79. All three of the major U.S. networks put something out that December. There was the animated […]
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 Christmas Carol […]
The Stingiest Man in Town is the next musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol viewed for the 2021 Countdown. This is another post that’s a rehash of previous years with some minor updates. My perception of this adaptation is unchanged. This is a very good show and I have to […]
There were at least eight silent films of A Christmas Carol. Half of them are considered lost; few have survived intact. Movie pioneer R.W. Paul made the first version in 1901. Only a portion of it survives. Audiences have rarely seen it, but thanks to the internet, those interested can […]
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 the CBS network broadcasted it on U.S. television. Australia’s Air Programs was the creative force behind this. This is the first of two Australian […]
Tonight was my annual viewing of the 1935 Seymour Hicks (Sir Edward Seymour Hicks) version. I’ve dedicated an annual posting to this version every year since 2014. This was the first full-length feature sound movie version of A Christmas Carol (ACC) and is titled Scrooge. I don’t have many personal […]
Since its early days, American television has been using A Christmas Carol (ACC) for holiday programming; sometimes bad and occasionally very successful. Today is one of the surviving endeavors of early U.S. television from 1954/55 starring Frederic March and Basil Rathbone. This is their first ACC collaboration together! For me, […]
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 was the […]
I begin my “Female Fridays” with the version that has become a tradition. It is usually the first A Christmas Carol (ACC) adaptation I watch on the first Friday of the season. The last decade of the 20th Century introduced the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol where portraying Scrooge, […]