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A Christmas Carol is a short novel written by English author Charles Dickens and first published by Chapman & Hall and first released on 19 December 1843. The story narrates of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, moral, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future.
The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. This story was adapted by many directors of film industry. A lot of movies are prepared based on the story of the novel, A Christmas Carol, for entertaining the world.
Here is the complete list of Christmas Carol Movies which stories are based on Charles Dickens' novella. Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901): a short British film that is the earliest surviving screen adaptation. A Christmas Carol (1908), with Thomas Ricketts as Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (1910) is a 10-minute silent version of the film starring Marc McDermott as Scrooge and Charles Ogle as Cratchit. Scrooge (1913), starring Sir Seymour Hicks and retitled Old Scrooge for its U.S. release in 1926.
The Right to Be Happy (1916), the first feature-length adaptation, directed by and starring Rupert Julian as Scrooge. Now presumed lost. A Christmas Carol (1923), produced in the U.K. and starring Russell Thorndike, Nina Vanna, Jack Denton, and Forbes Dawson.
Scrooge (1935), a British movie, again starring Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, rather notorious for not showing most of the ghosts onscreen.
A Christmas Carol (1938), starring Reginald Owen as Scrooge and Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart as the Cratchits. Throughout the 1960's this was the version most frequently shown on television, until the 1951 version began to be regularly shown on PBS channels beginning in 1970. With the advent of Turner Network Television and Turner Classic Movies, the 1938 version has begun to be frequently shown again, at the expense of the 1951 version, which is currently televised less frequently.
Scrooge (1951), re-titled A Christmas Carol in the U.S., starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge and Mervyn Johns and Hermione Baddeley as the Cratchits. Largely ignored in the U.S. at the time of its release, this version has since come to be considered a classic, the best adaptation of the story yet made.
It's Never Too Late (1953), Italian adaptation of Dickens's novel, featuring Paolo Stoppa and Marcello Mastroianni.
Scrooge (1970), a musical film adaptation starring Albert Finney as Scrooge and Alec Guinness as Marley's Ghost.
A Christmas Carol (1971), an Oscar-winning animated short film by Richard Williams, with Alastair Sim reprising the role of Scrooge.
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), an animated short film featuring the various Walt Disney characters (including characters from Wind in the Willows, Robin Hood and The Three Little Pigs), with Scrooge McDuck fittingly playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Scrooged (1988), a remake in a contemporary setting with Bill Murray being a misanthropic TV producer who is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas. Directed by Richard Donner.
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), featuring the various Muppet characters, with Michael Caine as Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (1994), an animated version produced by Jetlag Productions, written by Jack Olesker.
A Christmas Carol (1997), an animated production featuring the voice of Tim Curry as Scrooge as well as the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York and Ed Asner.
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001), an animated version produced by Illuminated Films (Christmas Carol), Ltd/The Film
Consortium/MBP; screenplay by Robert Llewellyn & Piet Kroon; with the voices of Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, and Nicolas Cage.
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004), an animated adaptation where Rabbit needs to be convinced by the story teller that he still likes Easter, by bringing him to the past, present and future pages in the story.
A Christmas Carol (2006), a computer animated adaptation featuring anthropomorphic animals in the lead roles.
Barbie in a Christmas Carol (2008), Barbie stars as the female version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (2009), a performance capture film directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts, from Walt Disney Pictures and Image Movers Digital. It was released in November 2009 in Disney Digital 3D.
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