A Christmas Carol Through Christmases Past

'A Christmas Carol' Through the Ages

1901: Silent Film
After its publication, Dickens edited A Christmas Carol down to a shorter length, making it more suitable for reading in public. The story was filmed for the first time in 1901, in a five-minute British short titled Scrooge, or Marley's Ghost.

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