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Scrooge or Marley's Ghost


Date: 1901
Type: Drama
Rating: N/A
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Walter R Booth
Producer: Robert W Paul

Comment/Synopsis

This is earliest known film version of the Charles Dickens novel. However what remains is incomplete, the run time is about 6 minutes. It is also notable as an early example of the use of intertitles. It uses superimposed images to conjure up the ghosts.

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Production
Paul's Animatograph Works / Robert W Paul