A Christmas Carol(1910) Based on the story by Charles Dickens, this silent film begins on the day before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Marley, who warns him of the punishment he will suffer if he does not change his ways. That night, Scrooge is visited by three more spirits, who show him his past, present, and the future that awaits him. Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, William Bechtel, Viola Dana, Carey Lee, Shirley Mason, Directors: J. Searle Dawley, Charles Kent, and Ashley Miller.