Scrooge (1935)
Directed by Henry Edwards, this 1935 British film is the first sound adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Starring Seymour Hicks as the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge, this film differs from all other adaptations in that none of the ghosts of Christmas are ever shown - save The Ghost of Christmas Present. Marley is only shown super-imposed on a door knocker.
The achievement of special effects was not yet advanced enough to offer film makers a way to believably show the spirits.
Seymour Hicks was a veteran actor who had played Scrooge on stage many times beginning in 1901 and had played him in a 1913 silent film.
Here is the film in its' entirety.
