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1901 version of Scrooge

7/4/2013

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There is a lot of say about Booth's 1901 version of A Christmas Carol. First, very few titles integrated motion - especially this early. However, if you watch carefully, you will see a ghost sail behind the text. It is surprisingly spooky: http://youtu.be/8iuao4wgakA?t=39s
Also, I love misspelled title cards, although I am withholding judgement in case this is just some odd British pluralization of Christmas. Finally, this is the earliest movie I have ever seen that uses a wipe transition - the kind that Kurosawa and Spielberg both used as "signatures" of their style. You can see it here: http://youtu.be/8iuao4wgakA?t=57s and then here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v13IkCWMWNI
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