Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost (1901) | BFI National Archive

Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost (1901) | BFI National Archive . Subscribe: Produced by the English movie pioneer R.W. Paul, this version of ’A Christmas Carol’ was thought to be the earliest surviving adaptation of Dickens’ work on film, before the discovery of ’The Death of Poor Joe’ - The only known print, held by the BFI, is incomplete, but manages to tell enough of the story for it to be recognisable. This early cinematic excursion into Dickens’