A Christmas Carol
One of the more obscure versions of Dickens' masterpiece "A Christmas Carol" is being released on DVD on 13 October 2009 by Timeless Media Group.
I've not been able to find out much about this release. TMG's website has no mention of it and Amazon.com's listing is (at this point) very short on detail.
As far as I can make out, this is the CBS TV Shower of Stars adaptation that was broadcast on 23 December 1954. A musical adaptation (a downside for me, I'm afraid) featuring Fredric March as Scrooge and Basil Rathbone as Marley, this was unusual for Shower of Stars in that it was filmed and in colour (Shower of Stars was usually transmitted live in black and white). Most extant recordings, however, are only in black and white, so unless a new print has turned up, the DVD will likely not be in colour. As for the quality of the DVD, that is anyone's guess...
For more information:
"A Christmas Carol and its Adaptations" by Fred Guida, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0738-7
Amazon.com's product listing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B002M0HOV4/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
Timeless Media Group http://www.timelessmusic.com/
