Iconic miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown visions of Christmases past, present and future by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley. This short (~5 min) film, which was produced by Robert Paul and directed by Walter Booth, is the first adaptation of Dicken's famous tale (but, similar to J. C. Buckstone's 1901 theatrical version, Marley's shade takes the place of the three Christmas spirits). The film is divided into 4 chapters, separated by title cards but there were no 'dialogue intertitles' in the version I watched on YouTube. Although the sets are simply furniture placed in front of painted backdrops, the 'special effects' are effective and technically sophisticated for its time: Marley's ghost, including his face on the door-knocker, and Scrooge's various 'visions' are done using double exposures. Booth was an early innovator of optical trickery and directed the delirious 'The ? Motorist' (1906) and two of the earliest 'military science fiction' films, 'The Airship Destroyer' (1909) and 'The Aerial Submarine' (1910).