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In Reply to: Re: A Christmas Carol posted by rico on December 9, 2003 at 07:18:25:
This has recently (?) been an issue of controvery; what is the correct title of the film in question? I just took my original copy and previewed the opening. Here's what I found:1) The book taken off the shelf is titled "A Christmas Carol" on its spine.
2) When opened, the titles go . . . Alistair Sim (now correctly spelled) as Scrooge in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
3) All of the above is not done by super-imposing titles over the film; this is printed on and in the book that is removed from the shelf.
Now, given that twice in the opening credits the wording "A Christmas Carol" is used (original British style text - it was, of course, made over the pond) and that the Charles Dickens' novel is "A Christmas Carol", I would argue that that is the correct title. Now, the film was releasd here in the US under a different title -- "Scrooge". Why? Probably (and somewhat rightly so) because they felt that the American public would recognize the title character more than the actual novel's title -- as most of the movie going population was (and probably still is) not that well read, at least of British novels. This is still done to this day in its marketing. If you go to the end of the film, you will see the US insertion of the ending titles use "Scrooge" (this IS done by super-imposing) -- I guess that way people couldn't demand their money back for not seeing the film as titled here.
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