“Scrooge” (1923) (aka “A Christmas Carol”)
Retro Review #7: This might be the best Scrooge adaptation ever, at the time it was made. Or not.
“Scrooge” (1923) (aka “A Christmas Carol”) — This might be the best Scrooge adaptation ever, at the time it was made. Or not.
+ Silent short film, bw £ 27m
Project #1: 2024 Christmas Tour
Project #4: 2025 Christmas Tour
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A ?
Family Suitability
+ ✅3️⃣ OK for older kids. (Grades 4+) | NR
Alignment with Judeo-Christian Values
+ ❎3️⃣ Very Good/Strongly Favorable
+ Based on literature (novella) A Christmas Carol. (1843)❗🔙🔜 ⭐ by Charles Dickens ⭐
“Scrooge” (1923) (aka “A Christmas Carol”)
Grade: A ? (12.0) / HOF: 4
EQ 👍A? | 📖A 👥A? 📽️?? 🎼B
DW 😎9.1 | 🌚10 🌝9
POPCAP 💯n/a 🍿n/a 🧢n/a
L-R ☮️n/a ◀️n/a ▶️n/a 🛐n/a
The title cards in this version of the Dickens classic are almost entirely dialogue, as opposed to narration, and mostly taken verbatim from the novella, so that makes this the most faithful adaptation to the original we’ve discovered to this point on our current tour.
That does throw off the timing a little, because there’s not nearly as much dialogue in the original story when the spirits are showing Scrooge visions.
While this adaptation probably deserves the “A” that I’m giving it, I can’t say for sure. That’s because the quality of the surviving film print, used to create the current digital transfer, is really poor, making it almost impossible to judge the visual strengths and weaknesses of the original production, or to see the facial expressions of the characters.
Hopefully someday modern film restoration techniques will be used to bring the picture quality back to where it should be. Until that happens, I’d recommend you skip this one. Despite my tentative strong rating, I was more frustrated than entertained.
Onwards!
+ last viewed (2) 2025-12-03, sd7, 1.33, 0D
+ first viewed 2024-12-02, sd7, 1.33, 0D
+ ⏳👻🎈⛄🎄🎅🦄🧙😥
Family Suitability Detail
+ ✅3️⃣ OK for older kids. (Grades 4+) | NR
+ 😡+3 😵💫+3 🤬+4 🤭+4 🫣+4
Judeo-Christian Values Detail
+ ❎3️⃣ Very Good/Strongly Favorable
+ ✝️ +3 ➕✝️✝️😇😇❤️💒💒
+ ✡️ +3 ➕✡️✡️🌗🌗💎💎💎
+ 🗽 +1 ➕🗽🏦🏦
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