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Charles Dickens entry at Wikipedia
browse Charles Dickens Store {returns 550+ titles} at Amazon
Charles Dickens credits as writer [340 titles since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
character 'Charles Dickens' credits [55 titles since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
Charles Dickens credits at Internet Broadway Database: 42 shows since 1860
Movies and Television
Charles Dickens credits as writer [340 titles since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
video about Dickens's works that were made into movies [3:48] at WatchMojo
watch 1/2012 B.F.I. "Dickens On Screen" promo short [3.15] online at YouTube
 | "Charles Dickens On The Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations" [1996] by Michael Pointer Scarecrow Press 8¾x5½ hardcover [4/96] for $75.84 |
 | "The Charles Dickens Collection, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2005]
B.B.C./Warner color DVD set [9/2005] 6 disks - out of prodn/many used contains six British TV movies on DVD: "Great Expectations" 12-episode mini-series [1981]; "Bleak House" 8-episode mini-series [1985] starring Diana Rigg & Denholm Elliott; "Oliver Twist" 12-episode mini-series [1985]; "Martin Chuzzlewit" 6-episode mini- series [1994] starring Paul Scofield & Tom Wilkinson; "Hard Times" 4-episode mini-series [1994]; "Our Mutual Friend" 4-episode mini-series [1998]; extras include 1976 TV ghost story, two documentaries, behind-the-scenes promo |
 | "The Charles Dickens Collection, Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2009]
B.B.C./Warner color DVD set [5/2009] 5 disks for $39.36 contains five British TV movies on DVD: "Barnaby Rudge" 13-episode mini-series [1960]; "The Old Curiosity Shop" 9-episode mini-series [1979] starring Natalie Ogle; "Dombey and Son" 10-episode mini-series [1983] starring Julian Glover; "The Pickwick Papers" 12-episode mini-series [1985]; "David Copperfield" 3-hour TV movie [1999] starring Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe, Ian McKellen, Bob Hoskins {as Micawber} & Ciarán McMenamin; extras include 2 docufilms |
 | "B.B.C. Great Authors: Charles Dickens" DVD Box Set [2003] contains the 2-part "David Copperfield" [1999] starring Daniel Radcliffe, the 3-part "Dickens" docudrama [2002] featuring Peter Ackroyd, and three oddities: "A Christmas Carol" starring Anton Lesser as Dickens reading aloud at a party, the 25-minute "Songs From Grope Lane", and the 27-minute behind-the-scenes "Uncovering The Real Dickens" Opus Arte widescreen color DVD [10/2003] 3 disks for $13.99 Opus Arte color DVD [9/2003] 3 disks for $35.99 PAL/Region 2 only |
 | "Charles Dickens Classic Tales Double Feature on DVD" [2004] contains "David Copperfield" [1970] and "Oliver Twist" [1933] Treasure Box digitally-remastered color DVD [2004] for $29.77 Treasure Box digitally-remastered color DVD [2004] for $29.77 |
 | "Charles Dickens B.B.C. Collection" DVD Box Set [2005] contains 8 feature films from "Masterpiece Theatre" on 12 disks: "A Christmas Carol" [1977]; "A Tale of Two Cities" [1980]; "David Copperfield" [1999]; "Great Expectations" [1999]; "Martin Chuzzlewit" [1994]; "Oliver Twist" [1985]; "Our Mutual Friend" [1998]; and "The Pickwick Papers" [1985] 2entertain color DVD set [1/2012] 12 disks for $33.08 PAL/Region 2 only 2entertain color DVD set [1/2012] 12 disks - out of prodn/used PAL/Region 2 only BBC 2 Ent. color DVD set [1/2012] 12 disks for £20.99 PAL/Region 2 only via Amazon U.K. |
 | "Masterpiece Theatre: The Charles Dickens Collection" on DVD [2005] contains 2-part "David Copperfield" [1999] starring Daniel Radcliffe, 3-part "Oliver Twist" [1999] starring Sam Smith & Robert Lindsay, and "Great Expectations" [1999] starring Ioan Gruffudd & Charlotte Rampling WGBH/PBS color DVD [10/2005] 5 disks - out of prodn/used |
 | "Dickens Before Sound" on Region 2 DVD [2006]
British Film Institute DVD set [8/2006] 2 disks for $8.95 PAL/Region 2 only contains 3 hours of mostly silent films, including: the oldest existing Dickens adaptation "Scrooge: or, Marley's Ghost" silent short [1901]; "Gabriel Grub The Surly Sexton" [1904] an entirely original attempt to animate a series of lantern slides depicting a story from "The Pickwick Papers"; "Oliver Twist" silent feature [1922] starring Jackie Coogan & Lon Chaney; the first Dickensian sound short "Bleak House" [1926] with Bransby Williams as the character Grandfather Smallweed; and "Scrooge" sound short [1928] starring Bransby Williams |
 | "Charles Dickens On Silent Film Collection" [2007] includes "A Tale of Two Cities" [1917], "Oliver Twist" [1922] starring Jackie Coogan & Lon Chaney, and "Old Scrooge" [1926] Alpha Video DVD [5/2018] 3 disks - out of prodn/used |
 | "The Charles Dickens Masterworks Collection" on DVD [2009] contains "Bleak House" [2006]; "Great Expectations" [1999]; "Little Dorrit" TV series [2008]; "The Old Curiosity Shop" [2007] starring Sir Derek Jacobi; and "Oliver Twist" [2007] starring Timothy Spall as Fagin B.B.C. Home Ent. color DVD [9/2009] 10 disks for $39.99 B.B.C. Warner color DVD [5/2009] 10 disks for $50.00 |
 | "Charles Dickens Collector's Set 2" [2010] contains "Little Dorrit" 14-episode TV series [2008] (winner of seven Emmy Awards) and "Oliver Twist" [2007] starring Timothy Spall as Fagin B.B.C. Home Ent. color DVD [1/2010] for $21.99 |
 | "Charles Dickens Collection" on DVD [2014] contains "David Copperfield" [1970] starring Laurence Olivier & Richard Attenborough; "The Old Curiosity Shop" [1970] starring Peter Ustinov; "Oliver Twist" [1933] starring Dickie Moore; and "Scrooge" [which?] Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w/color DVD [12/2014] for $8.97 |
 | "Charles Dickens Complete Collection - 11 Films" 20-DVD Box Set [2015]
BBC 2 Ent. color DVD set [2015] 20 disks for $43.34 in PAL format only all films in English, each has subtitle options for Swedish, Danish, Norwegian; contains 11 feature films on 20 disks: "A Christmas Carol" [1977] starring Michael Hordern; "A Tale of Two Cities" [1980] starring Chris Sarandon; "Bleak House" [1985] 8-episode TV series; "David Copper-field" [1986] 10-episode TV series; "Great Expectations" [1999] starring Ioan Gruffudd & Charlotte Rampling; "Hard Times" [1994] 4-episode TV series; "Martin Chuzzlewit" [1994] 6-episode TV series; "Nicholas Nickleby" [1977] 6-episode TV series; "Oliver Twist" [1985] 12-episode TV series; "Our Mutual Friend" [1998] 4-episode TV series; and "The Pickwick Papers" [1985] 12-episode TV series |
Silent Movies
"There are about 100 silent films made from Dickens sources." — Michael Eaton, Dickens scholar (2012)
"Charles Dickens and Silent Cinema" [B.F.I. 2012] featuring Bryony Dixon & Michael Eaton
watch 2/2012 short movie [8:30] online at YouTube
"Death of Nancy Sykes" short [American Mutoscope April 1897] adapted from "Oliver Twist" /tt0215705/
starring vaudeville team Charles Ross & Mabel Fenton
"Mr. Bumble The Beadle" short [Robert W. Paul Aug 1898] adapted from "Oliver Twist" /tt0285750/
"Scrooge: or, Marley's Ghost" silent short [Nov 1901] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Death of Poor Joe" short [Warwick Trading, UK March 1901] adapted from "Bleak House" /tt1965171/
watch surviving clip [3/2012 upload; 1:08] online at YouTube
"Gabriel Grub, The Surly Sexton" silent short [Williamson Kinematograph/Charles Urban Trading Co. Nov 1904] /tt0876456/
an entirely original attempt to animate a series of lantern slides depicting a story from Chapter 29 of "The Pickwick Papers"
"Mr. Pickwick's Christmas At Wardle's" short [Robert W. Paul Nov 1901] /tt0212361/
"Nicholas Nickleby" short [Gaumont British Nov 1903] /tt0291380/
"A Message From Mars" sci-fi short [New Zealand 1903] /tt2760490/ {credit to Dickens may be inaccuracy}
New Zealand's first dramatic movie; directed by Franklyn Barrett; adapted by Richard Ganthony from his 1899 play
"A Modern Oliver Twist" short [Vitagraph March 1906] /tt0000564/
"Dolly Varden" short [Gaumont British July 1906] based on "Barnaby Rudge"
"Oliver Twist" short [Vitagraph July 1907] /tt1867024/
"A Tale of Two Cities" short [Selig Polyscope 1907] /tt0306116/
"A Christmas Carol" short [Essanay Film Mfg Co. 1908] starring Thomas Ricketts { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Old Curiosity Shop" short [Jan 1909] starring Marcia Moore /tt1702609/
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" short [Gaumont British Feb 1909] /tt0300228/
"Oliver Twist" short [Vitagraph May 1909] /tt0000990/
"The Cricket On The Hearth" short [Biograph May 1909] directed by D.W. Griffith /tt0000835/
watch full movie [12:27] online at YouTube
"The Boy and The Convict" short [Williamson Kinematograph May 1909] adapted from "Great Expectations" /tt0918497/
"A Knight For A Night" short [Edison Mfg. Company Sept 1909] based on a Dickens short story /tt1896710/
"A Yorkshire School" short [Edison Mfg. Company April 1910] adapted from "Nicholas Nickleby" /tt1499626/
"Oliver Twist" short [Pathé Frères France May 1910] /tt0477963/
"Love and The Law" short [Edison Mfg. Company Aug 1910] /tt1507324/
Written & directed by Edwin S. Porter; adapted from "David Copperfield"
"Jo, The Crossing Sweeper" short [Walturdaw, UK Sept 1910] adapted from "Bleak House" /tt2103198/
"A Christmas Carol" short [1910] starring Marc McDermott { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Old Curiosity Shop" short [Thanhouser Jan 1911] /tt0330716/
"A Tale of Two Cities" short [Vitagraph Feb 1911] /tt0001915/
Directed by William Humphrey; actors included Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Leo Delaney,
Edith Halleran, Norma Talmadge, John Bunny, Ralph Ince, Mabel Normand, Edith Storey
"How Bella Was Won" short [Edison/General Film March 1911] adapted from "Our Mutual Friend" /tt1065437/
"Oliver Twist" aka "Storia di Un Orfano" short [Spain April 1911, USA June 1912] /tt1649116/
"Eugene Wrayburn" short [Edison/General Film Oct 1911] adapted from "Our Mutual Friend" /tt0001597/
"David Copperfield" 3-reeler silent short [Thanhouser Oct 1911] /tt0233527/
Directed by George O. Nichols; starring Flora Foster, Ed Genung, Marie Eline
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Flora-Foster/dp/B01M4HGDH6/ on prime
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Ned-Thanhouser/dp/B0091SDUD6/ DVD release 2012
"Little Emily" short [Pathé Frères, UK Oct 1911] starring Florence Barker; adapted from "David Copperfield" /tt2107730/
"Barnaby Rudge" short [1911] /tt0220326/
"Eugene Wrayburn" silent short [Edison/General Film Oct 1911] adapted from "Our Mutual Friend", starring Darwin Karr /tt0001597/
"Nicholas Nickleby" short [Thanhouser March 1912] /tt0247577/
"The Old Curiosity Shop" short [Pathé Frères UK March 1912] /tt0226240/
"Oliver Twist" silent feature [General Film May 1912] /tt0002405/
the earliest known, if not the first feature-length American film; of the film's original five reels however, only four survive
"Martin Chuzzlewit" 3-reel short [Edison/General Film June 1912] /tt0002346/
"Mr. Pickwick's Predicament" short [Edison/General Film Aug 1912] adapted from "The Pickwick Papers" /tt0002379/
"Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgers" short [Vitagraph Oct 1912] /tt0222215/
"Oliver Twist" feature film [Hepworth UK Oct 1912] /tt0002406/
"The Virtue of Rags" short [Essanay/General Dec 1912] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Pickwick Papers" 3-reeler [Vitagraph Feb 1913] /tt0143795/ starring John Bunny
"Mr. Horatio Sparkins" short [Vitagraph/General May 1913] based on a Dickens short story /tt0222017/
"Little Dorrit" two-reeler [Thanhouser/Mutual July 1913] /tt0490624/
"Dolly Varden" short [Edison/General Film Aug 1913] adapted from "Barnaby Rudge" /tt0441230/
"David Copperfield" feature film [Hepworth UK Aug 1913] /tt0336247/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-1913-Len-Bethel/dp/B002YKPPDQ/
"The Pickwick Papers"[Vitagraph Sept 1913]
silent short film released on three reels; two reels exist today (probably 1 & 3); directed by Laurence Trimble
"Part One: The Adventure of The Honourable Event" 1-reeler starring John Bunny
watch Part 1 [8/2011 upload; 14:56] online at YouTube
"Part Two: The Adventure At The Westgate Seminary" 1-reeler starring John Bunny
"Part Three: The Adventure of The Shooting Party" 1-reeler starring John Bunny /tt0245685/
"Old Scrooge" 3-reeler [Zenith Film Co. Sept 1913] starring Francis X. Bushman { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"Pickwick Versus Bardell" short [Clarendon UK Nov 1913] adapted from "Pickwick Papers" /tt1207023/
Clarendon Speaking Pictures [1904-18] of U.K. mostly made movies to be used as backdrops for stageplays or speaking engangements
"Mrs. Corney Makes Tea" short [Clarendon UK Nov 1913] adapted from "Pickwick Papers" /tt1209344/
"Mr. Pickwick In A Double-Bedded Room" short [Clarendon UK Nov 1913] adapted from "Pickwick Papers" /tt1209343/
"The Old Curiosity Shop" 4-5 reel feature film [Hepworth UK Dec 1913] /tt0338301/
"The Cricket On The Hearth" 2-reeler [Flying A/Mutual Feb 1914] written & directed by Lorimer Johnston /tt0429871/
"The Chimes" 3-reeler [Hepworth UK Aug 1914] written & directed by Thomas Bentley; based on a Dickens short story /tt0003767/
"The Cricket On The Hearth" 2-reeler [Biograph/General Sept 1914] /tt0005155/
"The Chimes" feature film [U.S. Amusement/World Film Sept 1914] directed by Herbert Blaché [1882-1953] /tt0003768/
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" [World Film Oct 1914] directed by Herbert Blaché [1882-1953] /tt0004376/
adapted by actor Tom Terriss from the unfinished Dickens novel
"Martin Chuzzlewit" 2-reeler [Biograph/General Oct 1914] /tt0812315/
"A Christmas Carol" 2-reeler [London Film/Fenning UK Nov 1914] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"Barnaby Rudge" short [Hepworth UK Feb 1915] /tt0004938/
"Sverchok Na Pechi" short [Russia 1915] adapted from "The Cricket On The Hearth" /tt0006122/
starring Michael Chekhov & Maria Ouspenskaya
"Hard Times" 4-reeler [Transatlantic UK Sept 1915] /tt0327834/
"Oliver Twist" silent feature [Jesse L. Lasky/Paramount Dec 1916] /tt0007142/
"The Right To Be Happy" silent feature [Bluebird/Universal Dec 1916] directed by & starring Rupert Julian { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"Great Expectations" silent feature [Famous Players/Paramount Jan 1917, re-release June 1919] starring Jack Pickford as Pip /tt0008029/
"A Tale of Two Cities" silent feature [Fox Film Corp. March 1917] /tt0008652/
adapted & directed by Frank Lloyd; long considered a lost film until a copy was discovered in Warsaw, Poland
"Klein Doortje (Little Dorrit)" silent feature [Berliner Film-Manufaktur GmbH Germany Sept 1917] /tt0459869/
"Jo, The Crossing Sweeper" silent feature [Barker/Bolton UK June 1918] adapted from "Bleak House" /tt0190493/
"Dombey and Son" silent feature [Ideal/Triangle Distributing June 1919] /tt0009021/
"Twist Olivér" silent feature [Hungary Oct 1919] /tt0242070/
"Bleak House" silent feature [Ideal UK Jan 1920] /tt0011001/
"Little Dorrit" silent feature [Progress/Butcher's Film Service UK Aug 1920] written & directed by Sidney Morgan /tt0011404/
"Die Geheimnisse von London - Die Tragödie Eines Kindes The Secrets of London: The Tragedy of a Child)" silent feature
[Leyka-Film GmbH Germany Dec 1920] adapted from "Oliver Twist" /tt0446131/
"Oliver Twist, Jr." silent feature [Fox Film Corp. March 1921] /tt0012522/
"The Old Curiosity Shop" silent feature [Welsh-Pearson/Jury Films UK April 1921] directed by Thomas Bentley /tt0193359/
"Vor Fælles Ven (Our Mutual Friend)" silent feature [Nordisk Film Kompagni/Kinografen Denmark Dec 1921] /tt2413056/ largely restored in 2012
"La Bottega dell'Antiquario (The Old Curiosity Shop)" silent feature [Italy July 1921] /tt1172609/
"The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick" silent feature [1921] /tt0315144/ with Bransby Williams
"Tense Moments with Great Authors" [UK Jan 1922] /tt0013661/
A series of twelve short films re-enacting highlights from famous novels by Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, George L. Du Maurier, Victor Hugo, novelist Ouida, T.W. Robertson,
Wm. Makepeace Thackeray, and Mrs. Henry Wood; individual titles are: #1: Trilby; #2: Les Miserables; #3: Sappho; #4: Nancy; #5: Fagin; #6: La Tosca; #7: Scrooge; #8: Vanity Fair;
#9: East Lynne: #10: A Tale of Two Cities; #11: Moths; #12: David Garrick
"Nancy (TMWGA #4)" short [Master Films/British Exhibitors UK Jan 1922] adapted from "Oliver Twist"
credits at IMDb •
watch tinted clip [1/2011 upload; 1:59] online at YouTube
"Fagin (TMWGA #5)" short [Master Films/British Exhibitors UK Jan 1922] adapted from "Oliver Twist" /tt0173808/
"Scrooge (TMWGA #7)" short [Master Films/British Exhibitors UK Jan 1922] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
No complete prints are known to exist; the original film was 1280' in length {approx. 18 minutes}; all that survives is an edited
U.S 1929 short release of 825' (approx. ten minutes} of which one copy exists at the U.S. Library of Congress
credits at IMDb •
watch American short [12/2019 upload; 10:04] online at YouTube
"A Tale of Two Cities (TMWGA #10)" short [Master Films/British Exhibitors UK 1922] /tt0195328/
"Tense Moments from Great Plays" short film series [UK June 1922] /tt0175235/
A second series of short films based on works by Charles Dickens ("Bleak House"), Alexandre Dumas ("Lady of The Camelias"), Nathaniel Hawthorne ("The Scarlet Letter"),
Victor Hugo ("Esmeralda"), Charles Reade & Arthur Shirley ("It's Never Too Late To Mend"), Nicholas Rowe, Wm. Shakespeare ("Macbeth" & "The Merchant of Venice"),
and W.G. Wills ("The Tragedy of Jane Shore")
"Bleak House (TMFGP #2)" 3-reeler [Master Films/British Exhibitors UK June 1922] /tt0302348/
more information on both series (and a third) is at the Silent & Sound Movie Serials Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"Le Grillon du Foyer (The Cricket On The Hearth)" silent feature [Éclipse France May 1922] written & directed by Jean Manoussi /tt0145805/
"Store Forventninger (Great Expectations)" silent feature [Nordisk Film Kompagni Denmark Aug 1922] /tt0127905/
"Oliver Twist" silent feature [First National Pictures Oct 1922] starring Jackie Coogan & Lon Chaney /tt0013450/
http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Twist-Silent-Jackie-Coogan/dp/B002BEXFNW/
http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Twist/dp/B01LTI9D9K/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Silent-Collection-Scrooge/dp/B07D54LFCF/ poster
"David Copperfield" silent feature [Nordisk Film Denmark Dec 1922, USA Nov 1923] /tt0123032/
"Oliver Twist" silent feature [1922] starring Jackie Coogan & Lon Chaney /tt0013450/
"A Christmas Carol" short [1923] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Cricket On The Hearth" silent feature [Selznick Distrg Aug 1923] directed by & starring Lorimer Johnston /tt0013955/
"Little Dorrit" silent feature [Nordisk Film/Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union GmbH Dec 1924] /tt0123152/
"The Only Way" silent feature [First National Film Aug 1925] adapted from "A Tale of Two Cities" /tt0017235/
Sound Movies
"Bleak House" sound short [De Forest Phonofilm UK 1926] /tt0824293/
the first Dickensian sound film with Bransby Williams as the character Grandfather Smallweed
"Scrooge" sound 1-reeler [British Sound Film Dec 1928] adapted by & starring Bransby Williams { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"Rich Man's Folly" feature [Paramount British Pictures Nov 1931] adapted from "Dombey and Son", starring George Bancroft /tt0022309/
"Oliver Twist" feature [Pathé Pictures UK/Monogram USA Feb 1933] starring Dickie Moore /tt0024405/
first sound adaptation of the novel
http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Twist-Dickie-Moore/dp/B013KUETI0/ dvd includes 1933 & 1922 versions
"Le Grillon du Foyer (The Cricket On The Hearth)" feature [France 1933] /tt0191166/
"Klein Dorrit (Little Dorrit)" feature [Bavaria Film Germany Aug 1934, USA Oct 1935] starring Anny Ondra /tt0133898/
"Great Expectations" feature [Universal Pictures Oct 1934] /tt0025202/
Exec produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.; this film and "Edwin Drood" [1935] were both failures and ended his rule at Universal.
"The Old Curiosity Shop" [British Intl Pictures UK Dec 1934, USA Dec 1935] /tt0025588/
"David Copperfield" feature film [Loew's/M.G.M. Jan 1935] /tt0026266/
Produced by David O. Selznick; directed by George Cukor; starring Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Fay Chaldecott, Florine McKinney, Edna May Oliver, Lionel
Barrymore, Elsa Lanchester, Basil Rathbone, W.C. Fields {as Micawber}, Roland Young, Lewis Stone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Madge Evans, Arthur Treacher
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Basil-Rathbone/dp/B00ERH13B2/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Freddie-Bartholomew/dp/B000GRUQK6/
"Mystery of Edwin Drood" feature [1935] /tt0026758/
Exec produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.; this film and "Great Expectations" [1934] were both failures and ended Laemmle's rule at Universal.
"Scrooge" feature [1935] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"A Tale of Two Cities" feature [M.G.M. Dec 1935] starring Ronald Coleman /tt0027075/
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation on 12 January 1942 with Ronald Colman reprising his film role
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation on 18 March 1946 with Ronald Colman reprising his film role
"Bardell Against Pickwick" TV short [B.B.C. TV July 1938] adapted from "The Pickwick Papers" /tt2018041/
"A Christmas Carol" feature [M.G.M. Dec 1938] starring Reginald Owen { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"A Christmas Carol" early experimental TV broadcast [W2XWV New York City Dec 1943] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"Bardell Against Pickwick" TV movie [B.B.C. TV Sept 1946] adapted from "The Pickwick Papers" /tt1418786/
David Lean's "Great Expectations" b&w feature [Cineguild/General Film Dec 1946] starring John Mills /tt0038574/
"The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" TV movie /tt0039657/
[Ealing Studios/General Film/Universal Dec 1947]
"A Christmas Carol" TV movie [DuMont TV Network Dec 1947] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
starring John Carradine {as Scrooge}, David Carradine (age 11), Eva Marie Saint
only 300 more movies & TV to go !!
"A Christmas Carol" aka "Leyenda de Navidad" TV movie [Argentina Dec 1947] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"The Only Way" TV movie [BBC-TV Feb 1948] /tt4381230/
adapted from "A Tale of Two Cities" and the 1899 stageplay by Frederick Longbridge & Freeman Wills
David Lean's "Oliver Twist" [Cineguild/General Film June 1948] /tt0040662/
starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Anthony Newley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUMCPdpklAQ 1.55.54
"A Christmas Carol" TV musical [NBC-TV Dec 1948] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
Season 1, Episode 12 of the "Repertory Theatre" TV series [1948-56]
"Cricket On The Hearth" TV episode [NBC-TV July 1949] /tt0752778/
Season 1, Episode 25 of the "Your Show Time" TV series
"The Christmas Carol" TV short [indep Dec 1949] { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
"A Christmas Carol" TV movie [BBC-TV Dec 1950] starring Bransby Williams { details on the "A Christmas Carol" Page }
1951 A Christmas Carol (adapted from "A Christmas Carol") 1951 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens (TV Short) (writings) 1951 Fireside Theatre (TV Series) (story "A Christmas Carol" - 1 episode) - A Christmas Carol (1951) ... (story "A Christmas Carol") 1952 How Does It End? (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode) - A Tale of Two Cities (1952) ... (novel) 1952 The Pickwick Papers (by) 1952 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode) - A Christmas Carol (1952) ... (novel) 1952-1953 The Pickwick Papers (TV Series) (novel - 7 episodes) 1952-53 Omnibus (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode, 1953) (based on novel by - 1 episode, 1952) - The Trial of Mr. Pickwick (1952) ... (based on novel by - segment "The Trial of Mr. Pickwick") - A Tale of Two Cities (1953) ... (novel - segment "A Tale of Two Cities") 1952-1953 Suspense (TV Series) (story - 3 episodes) - The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Part 1 (1952) ... (story) - The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Part 2 (1952) ... (story) 1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV Series) (novel "A Tale of Two Cities" - 2 episodes) - A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 (1953) ... (novel "A Tale of Two Cities") - A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1 (1953) ... (novel "A Tale of Two Cities") 1953 It's Never Too Late (novel "A Christmas Carol") 1952-1953 Suspense (TV Series) (story - 3 episodes) - The Signal Man (1953) ... (story) 1953 Monodrama Theater (TV Series) (novel - 2 episodes) - Great Expectations (1953) ... (novel) - A Tale of Two Cities (1953) ... (novel) 1953 Ponds Theater (TV Series) (novel - 1 episode) - A Christmas Carol (1953) ... (novel) Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) - Great Expectations: Part 1. The Promise (1954) ... (novel "Great Expectations") - Great Expectations: Part 2. The Reality (1954) ... (novel "Great Expectations") - David Copperfield: Part 1. The Search (1954) ... (novel "David Copperfield") - David Copperfield: Part 2. The Reward (1954) ... (novel)
"Robert Montgomery Presents: David Copperfield: Part 1 The Search" [1954] /tt0687378/
Robert Montgomery Presents: David Copperfield: Part 2 The Reward" [1954] /tt0687379/
"David Copperfield" TV series [1956] /tt1343000/
"David Copperfield" TV series [1958] /tt0291601/
"Our Mutual Friend" TV series [1958]
"Barnaby Rudge" 13-episode mini-series [1960] /tt0224833/
"Le théâtre de la jeunesse: La Petite Dorrit" TV episode [France 1961]
"Martin Chuzzlewit" mini-series [1964]
"Novela: La Pequeña Dorrit" TV episode [1965]
"David Copperfield" 13-episode TV series [jan-april 1966] /tt0327277/
"David Copperfield" TV mini-series [Italy July 1966] /tt0419319/
7 episodes directed by anton giulio majano; starring giancarlo giannini, laura efrikian
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Dvd-giancarlo-giannini/dp/B00CBKFIC2/ 4 disks PAL/reg 2
"David Copperfield" TV Movie [1970]
Directed by Delbert Mann; starring Richard Attenborough, Edith Evans, Pamela Franklin, Laurence Olivier
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Robin-Phillips/dp/B004D4YEAQ/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-16x9-Widescreen-TV/dp/B0038L7JCA/
"Novela: La Pequeña Dorrit" TV episode [1970]
"Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" [1971] Oscar Winner HD Richard Williams Animation
watch full movie [5/2012 upload; 25:01] online at YouTube
"Horatio Sparkins" [Spain July 1972] episode of the "Hora Once" TV series; based on a Dickens short story /tt0605039/
"David Copperfield" TV mini-series [BBC 1974-75]
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-BBC-Yelland/dp/B000E3L7HI/
"Our Mutual Friend" TV mini-series [1976]
"The Signalman" [BBC-TV Dec 1976]
 | 37-minute TV show filmed on the Severn Valley Railway about a lonely British railway worker who is haunted by the predictions of a ghost • Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark; adapted by Andrew Davies from the 1866 short story by Charles Dickens; starring Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup & Carina Wyeth • full credits at IMDb
available on single-disk DVD for Region 2 only; the show is available, however, as an extra on the 6-disk "Charles Dickens Collection, Volume 1" DVD set [2005] B.B.C./Warner color DVD set [9/2005] 6 disks for $84.95 |
"The Stingiest Man in Town" [Rankin-Bass 1978]
animated made-for-TV musical produced by Rankin-Bass based on the 1956 live-action television musical starring Walter Matthau
as the voice of Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the narrator; Scrooge was drawn to physically resemble Matthau
"The Old Curiosity Shop" 9-episode mini-series [1979] starring Natalie Ogle /tt0227938/
"Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" animated TV special [1979]
featuring the various 'Looney Tunes' characters, with the role of Scrooge going to Yosemite Sam
"Great Expectations" 12-episode mini-series [1981] /tt0196254/
"A Christmas Carol" animated TV film [Burbank Films Australia 1982]
"Dombey and Son" 10-episode mini-series [1983] starring Julian Glover /tt0233598/
"David Copperfield" animated feature [Burbank Films Australia 1983] /tt1181923/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-DVD/dp/B000071WID/
http://www.amazon.com/David-copperfield/dp/B000EYJE0O/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Philip-Hinton/dp/B00022LIJI/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Philip-Hinton-Higgins/dp/B01GWBU66S/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-VHS/dp/6300258483/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdLYZ9qwW0 [1.12.34]
"Bleak House" 8-episode mini-series [1985] starring Diana Rigg & Denholm Elliott /tt0088485/
"Oliver Twist" 12-episode mini-series [1985] /tt0088586/
"The Pickwick Papers" 12-episode mini-series [1985] /tt0278228/
"David Copperfield" 10-episode TV mini-series [BBC 1986] directed by Barry Letts /tt0092335/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-David-Copperfield/dp/B0002T8GIM/ live action = series? maybe
"Little Dorrit" [1987]
"Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol" animated TV movie [1992] directed by Al Guest, starring Christopher Corey Smith as the voice of Brer Rabbit.
"David Copperfield" animated feature [Dec 1993] as animals /tt0106547/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Julian-Lennon/dp/B00008G7BD/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-VHS/dp/B0000064KY/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uylk-4zar-A [1.30.50]
"Martin Chuzzlewit" 6-episode mini-series [1994] starring Paul Scofield & Tom Wilkinson /tt0112062/
"Hard Times" 4-episode mini-series [1994] starring Alan Bates /tt0109985/
"A Flintstones Christmas Carol" animated TV special [Hanna-Barbera Prodns 1994] featuring the series' characters putting on a play based on the novel
"Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" animated film [DIC Ent. 1997] broadcast on TV in 2002
"Our Mutual Friend" 4-episode TV mini-series [1998] /tt0144727/
"David Copperfield" 2-part TV movie [1999] /tt0167872/
starring Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe, Ian McKellen, Bob Hoskins {as Micawber} & Ciarán McMenamin
http://www.amazon.com/Copperfield-Charles-Dickens-Daniel-Radcliffe/dp/B000FQIRXQ/
"Oliver Twist" 3-part TV mini-series [1999] starring Sam Smith & Robert Lindsay
"Great Expectations" [1999] starring Ioan Gruffudd & Charlotte Rampling
"David Copperfield" [2000] sally field
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-2000-DVD/dp/B006T58UQQ/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield/dp/B000SB4SAY/
"Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" [DIC Ent. 2002]
a broadcast of the 1997 animated film; TV premier on Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons, released by MGM Home Ent. on DVD & VHS shortly afterward
"Oliver Twist" 5-episode TV mini-series [2007] Timothy Spall stars as Fagin /tt1065309/
"A Clown Carol: The Marley Murder Mystery" color short [Dec 2007]
The first stave of Charles Dickens Classic holiday story, 'A Christmas Carol', re-imagined as a murder mystery, performed by a cast of clowns.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1347025 + www.AClownCarol.com
"Little Dorrit" 14-episode TV series [2008] /tt1178522/
winner of seven Emmy Awards, including Best Miniseries, Andrew Davies new adaptation
"Dodge and Twist" [Sony in development] 
Announced 2/2013: Matt Tolmach & Ahmet Zappa are producing, Cole Haddon is writing the screenplay {NOT based on the similar book};
story re-imagines pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger twenty 20 years down the road, on opposite sides of the law,
and embroiled in a plot to steal the Crown Jewels •
latest info at IMDb (2020)
"Olivia Twisted" [in development]
Announced 2/2013: C.B.S. Films acquired the rights to the unpublished novel [DUE Nov 2013] by Vivi Barnes;
plans include a script by Michael Roberts for 'Twilight' actress Ashley Greene •
latest info at IMDb (2020)
here on the Charles Dickens [1812-1870] Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
on page 1: top of page • short profile • primary works • other works • stageplays, other media • Kindle Editions • family & friends • links
here on page 2: top of page • movies & TV • silent films, 1897-1929 • sound films, 1926-2000 • sound films from 2001
on page 3: works about Charles Dickens • image gallery
Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" Book & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
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