A Christmas Carol (1908 film)

A Christmas Carol
Based onA Christmas Carol
1843 novella
by Charles Dickens
StarringThomas Ricketts
Distributed byEssanay Studios
Release date
  • December 9, 1908 (1908-12-09)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

A Christmas Carol is a 1908 silent film produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago, and the first American film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. Tom Ricketts stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the film, which is considered lost.