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Posted on November 30, 2020December 16, 2020

Frederic March & Basil Rathbone, 1955

Musical Monday Since its early days, American television has been using ACC for holiday programming; sometimes bad and occasionally very successful. Today is one of the surviving endeavors of early U.S. television from 1954/55 starring Frederic March and Basil Rathbone. For me, the latter half of the 1980’s was a […]

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Posted on November 29, 2020December 14, 2020

Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost 1901

Silent Sunday The oldest surviving version of A Christmas Carol (ACC) on film is Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost from 1901.  This is only the second time I’ve included it in the annual “watch-a-thon.” I have never fully written about this version before, giving it only brief references, instead.  Only an […]

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Posted on November 29, 2020December 12, 2020

Let the Countdown Begin!

Advent 2020 begins, which means I begin start my annual marathon viewing & reviewing of different versions and adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. As usual, this year is a new blog and site address. As stated in previous intros, I have loved A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ever since […]

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