The story of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens has become an instant hit for Christmas films because of the life lesson and transformation it presents.
The original story written by Dickens shows the life of Ebenezer Scrooge and his complete change after meeting the three ghosts of the past, present and yet to come.
There are plenty of adaptations for this movie proving the effect of evoking such respect from the filmmakers to create and re-create their own portrayal of the story.
The viewers also enjoy watching numerous adaptations of the Christmas Carol because it tells them the meaningful lesson of having a second chance in life.
Scrooge or Marley's Ghost is perhaps the oldest adaptation in film that is preserved.
The silent British film was shown in 1901 and the footage that was preserved lasts for 3 minutes and 23 seconds.
In this movie the ghosts of the past, present, and future does not show as three individual entities and instead the ghost of Marley was the only one visiting Scrooge.
The 1913 adaptation of A Christmas Carol entitled Scrooge was also a silent film.
It tells the same story of Scrooge and his transformation but this time he was also visited by the three ghosts after Marley's ghost has warned him, which is different from the 1901 version.
He saw his childhood, his first love, the death of his office mate's invalid son, and lastly his lonely tombstone that no one seemed to bother visiting.
Scrooge here realized that everything would happen if he does not change so he threw his money out of the window to be gathered by the poor townsfolk and he gave his co-worker a turkey to be shared with his crippled son.
In Italy, another adaptation became popular.
It's Never Too Late shows the story of Antonio Trabbi who is similar to Scrooge in the original Christmas Carol story.
He was also visited by his business partner and warned of the three ghosts that will show him his past Christmas seasons, present Christmas season, and his future Christmas season.
He saw himself as a sad kid, hated as an adult, and punished in hell because of his bad deeds.
He changed his ways after realizing his mistake that same Christmas season.
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a more modern take on the story even using the characters of Walt Disney.
Scrooge is a duck, the co-worker is Mickey Mouse, the ghost of the business partner is Goofy, his fiancée is Daisy Duck and all the other characters are some of the iconic individuals in Disney original films.
These adaptations gave the original story a twist but retained the good life values that Scrooge also learned from his experience.
It's never too late to change for the better and sometimes people just need a push to realize his or her wrongdoings.
In the case of Scrooge, it took four ghosts to make him realize the value of life and Christmas.
The original story written by Dickens shows the life of Ebenezer Scrooge and his complete change after meeting the three ghosts of the past, present and yet to come.
There are plenty of adaptations for this movie proving the effect of evoking such respect from the filmmakers to create and re-create their own portrayal of the story.
The viewers also enjoy watching numerous adaptations of the Christmas Carol because it tells them the meaningful lesson of having a second chance in life.
Scrooge or Marley's Ghost is perhaps the oldest adaptation in film that is preserved.
The silent British film was shown in 1901 and the footage that was preserved lasts for 3 minutes and 23 seconds.
In this movie the ghosts of the past, present, and future does not show as three individual entities and instead the ghost of Marley was the only one visiting Scrooge.
The 1913 adaptation of A Christmas Carol entitled Scrooge was also a silent film.
It tells the same story of Scrooge and his transformation but this time he was also visited by the three ghosts after Marley's ghost has warned him, which is different from the 1901 version.
He saw his childhood, his first love, the death of his office mate's invalid son, and lastly his lonely tombstone that no one seemed to bother visiting.
Scrooge here realized that everything would happen if he does not change so he threw his money out of the window to be gathered by the poor townsfolk and he gave his co-worker a turkey to be shared with his crippled son.
In Italy, another adaptation became popular.
It's Never Too Late shows the story of Antonio Trabbi who is similar to Scrooge in the original Christmas Carol story.
He was also visited by his business partner and warned of the three ghosts that will show him his past Christmas seasons, present Christmas season, and his future Christmas season.
He saw himself as a sad kid, hated as an adult, and punished in hell because of his bad deeds.
He changed his ways after realizing his mistake that same Christmas season.
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a more modern take on the story even using the characters of Walt Disney.
Scrooge is a duck, the co-worker is Mickey Mouse, the ghost of the business partner is Goofy, his fiancée is Daisy Duck and all the other characters are some of the iconic individuals in Disney original films.
These adaptations gave the original story a twist but retained the good life values that Scrooge also learned from his experience.
It's never too late to change for the better and sometimes people just need a push to realize his or her wrongdoings.
In the case of Scrooge, it took four ghosts to make him realize the value of life and Christmas.