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Scrooge
(1913)

This British production, also known as Old Scrooge, was directed by Leedham Bantock and features Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge.

2007 TeleVista edition

Scrooge (1913), color-toned black & white and black & white, 40 minutes, not rated,
with Scrooge (1923), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.

TeleVista, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, 4 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $19.95.
DVD release date: 30 October 2007.
Country of origin: USA

We have not viewed this edition. These films may have been mastered from sub-par 16mm reduction prints. Not usually worth the high cost when you discover the typically poor quality of TeleVista product.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other silent era Christmas films available on home video:
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus (1914)
A Christmas Accident (1912)
A Holiday Pageant at Home (1901)
A Christmas Carol (1910)
The Night Before Christmas (1905)
Santa Claus (1925)
Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915)
Scrooge (1923)
A Trap for Santa (1909)
A Winter Straw Ride (1906)

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