In 1901 it was produced as Scrooge , or , Marley 's Ghost , a silent black - and - white British film ; it was one of the first known adaptations of a Dickens work on film .
Is now largely lost .
In 1901 it was produced as Scrooge , or , Marley 's Ghost , a silent black - and - white British film ; it was one of the first known adaptations of a Dickens work on film , although is now largely lost .