Scrooge (black and white)

London 1843: Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy, hard-hearted money dealer, has no good word for Christmas, although his employee Cratchit and his nephew Fred are full of anticipation. That night, the grumpy man is visited by ghosts from the past, present and future. - A fairytale transformation is about to begin. In 1935, Henry Edwards' film adaptation of Charles Dickens' world-famous literary classic “A Christmas Story” found its way onto the big screen. In addition to the original black-and-white version, filmfriend is also presenting a colorized version of the film. "This was a shorter adaptation, but a superior version to 1938 one with brilliant use of light and dark, and fog and fire, with a definite British flair. This film presented 19th century London within the somber backdrop of the emerging Industrial Revolution. The musical score bordered on being annoying, and was typical of the time period, but did not significantly distract from the excellence of this classic. There was also an unusual scene of a huge banquet where the loyal Brits raise a glass to The Queen. Of course, this opulence, along with the throwing scraps from the kitchen to the begging children, spotlighted the stark contrast of the haves and have-nots, a key aspect of this Dickens classic." (Goat, on: ruthlessreviews.com) “The restored version including German dubbing was released by Legend Films Inc. in 2007. In addition to the original black-and-white version, [exists] an elaborately colorized version of the film (also available on filmfriend). A shortened version was used as the basis for the dubbing, which has a running time of only 57 minutes instead of 78. The uncut version with German dubbing has not yet been released in Germany. [The version shortened by a quarter is also used here.” (Source: Wikipedia)