not as good as all the hype

Load of rubbish!!

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The oldest surviving version of "A Christmas Carol" is a short movie from 1901 in which Marley shows Scrooge the past, present and future. The next one is this 1910 version which includes the ghosts of the respective times. As a short movie, it has to condense the story. They manage to do this, although it's weird to see the whole plot run by in just a few minutes. I understand that a number of short movies in the early 20th century were based on famous novels to limit the need for intertitles. Since I've seen feature films based on Charles Dickens's famous novel this one seems a little bit low quality. My favorite adaptation is "Scrooged" (which contains lines like "You are a hallucination brought along by alcohol! Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!"). Nonetheless, it's impressive what they accomplished with their limited resources.

Thoroughly delightful and entertaining early silent version of the beloved Charles Dicken's Christmas tale. Amazingly well done with exceptionally fine special effects for the time, especially the visiting spirits. Facsinating how actor Marc McDermott as Scrooge is able to convincingly bring this story to life in less than 15 minutes. Silent film actor Charles Ogle plays Bob Cratchit and notable actress Viola Dana is also in this production. Directed by J.Searle Dawley, this is an excellent example of the early silents produced with quality from the Edison Manufacturing Company. For silent film fans and those who want to see an early film version of " A Christmas Carol" you will find this adaption certainly an interesting one.

For 1910, this is a good version of the classic Charles Dickens' story. Many of the scenes look quite familiar from the many more recent versions, and most viewers today will have no trouble filling in unexplained details and the like. It covers a lot of ground in only one reel of film, but even then it leaves out some very familiar details, so it really just tries to get across the main point of the story.Marc McDermott, one of the Edison Studio's best actors, plays Scrooge. He does a good job, although the techniques of the era limit him somewhat, since the story relies on an effective Scrooge to make an impact. The story moves quite quickly, which again is simply a reflection of the time. Quite a few one-reel features of the era squeezed in enough material to fill two or three times their running time.The story is so well-known and so worthwhile that almost any version of "A Christmas Carol" is worth seeing. This one is a good movie adaptation for its era, and it would have been hard to improve upon it significantly given the techniques and resources available at the time.

A miserable old miser, frightened & shamed into better behavior, learns to make his life A CHRISTMAS CAROL of good will towards men.This version of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic is condensed into only a few minutes, hitting the highlights of Ebenezer Scrooge's astonishing reformation. Surprisingly, in such an extreme abridgment, the acting is quite good and the special effects - involving double exposures - well handled.Al Kryszak provided the score for the video compilation A Christmas Past, in which this film appears.