Showing posts with label Charles Dickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Dickens. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Dickens, O. Henry And Fleming Stories: Three Great Old Christmas Movies To Watch And Enjoy This Holiday Season

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Every holiday season I watch a lot of old, familiar Christmas movies on TV, from my DVD collection, and on the Internet.  There are perenn...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Late, Great George C. Scott Is A Powerful Scrooge In 'A Christmas Carol'

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  The late, great actor George C. Scott (seen in the above photo) is best known for his powerful performance as General Patton, but I believ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

George C. Scott As Scrooge In 1984's 'A Christmas Carol'

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Although the late, great George C. Scott, one of my favorite actors, is best known for his powerful performance as General Patton in Pat...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

'A Christmas Carol' Saved Dickens From Crushing Debt

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Barbara Hoffman at the New York Post offers a piece on Charles Dickens and his ever-popular A Christmas Carol. It isn’t really Ch...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

On This Day In History British Author Charles Dickens Was Born

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As Biography.com notes, today is the birthday of Charles Dickens. British novelist Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Ports...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Watch George C. Scott's Powerful Performance As Scrooge In 'A Christmas Carol'

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The late, great actor George C. Scott is best known for his powerful performance as General Patton, but I believe he gave an equally powe...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

On This Day In History: Charles Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol' Was Published In 1843

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As History.com notes, Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol was published on this day in 1843. You can read about Charles Dicken...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Media History: On February 2nd In 1863, A Reporter Named Samuel Clemens Became Mark Twain

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David Shedden at poynter.org offers a piece on the day former reporter Sam Clemens became the writer Mark Twain. What do Ernest Hemingw...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

A Look Back At 'A Christmas Carol' With The Late Great George C. Scott As Scrooge

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One of my favorite Christmas films is A Christmas Carol  with George C. Scott as Scrooge. I watch it every year during the holiday season...
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10 Things You Might Not Know About 'A Christmas Carol'

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Molly Oldfield at mentalfloss.com offers 10 things you might not know about Charles Dicken's classic story A Christmas Carol. 1.  D...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

A Look Back At 'A Christmas Carol' With The Late Great George C. Scott As Scrooge

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One of my favorite Christmas films is A Christmas Carol  with George C. Scott as Scrooge. I watch it every year during the holiday season...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Why Charles Dickens Is Still Relevant: 'Great Expectations' On PBS' Masterpiece Sunday Evening

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  PBS offers a short video on the showing of Great Expectations on PBS' Masterpiece  Sunday night. You can watch the video via the b...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Celebrating Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday: The Top Ten Dickens Novels In Movies Or TV

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John Haydon at the Washington Times offers a list of Charles Dickens' top ten novels that are in the movies or on TV. To celebrate th...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Centuries

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Susan Elkins at the British newspaper the Independent looks at the best books on Charles Dickens during his bicentennial year. If Charl...
Monday, January 2, 2012

Britain Prepares For Charles Dickens' 200th Birth Anniversary

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Monami Thakur at the  International Business Times  reports that the United Kingdom is gearing up to celebrate the birth of author Charle...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Grip, The Raven Who Inspired Dickens and Poe, Is Stuffed And Stored At The Philadelphia Free Library

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Phillymag.com offers an interesting piece about how Charles Dickens' pet raven, called Grip, was the inspiration for the raven in Dicke...