Most of the screenplays have multiple drafts, including All the King's Men and A Confederacy of Dunces. The folders marked 'other' contain screenplays written by other authors that were in Galati's possession. The screenplays subseries contains screenplays written by Galati. It also includes teaching evaluations (Box 6, Folder 3), commencement programs from Northwestern University and DePaul University (Box 6, Folders 8-9) and materials from the Department of Interpretation at Northwestern University (Box 6, Folder 4). The materials in the teaching subseries include course notebooks and other teaching materials from the courses he led at Northwestern University, along with flyers from the productions he directed at South Florida (Box 3, Folder 7). It contains clippings, correspondence and programs from shows he appeared in and directed at Northwestern (Box 3, Folders 1-3) as well as papers he wrote as a student, including his dissertation (Box 3, Folder 6). The education subseries includes materials from Galati's academic career. They also include resumes (Box 1, Folder 1), drafts of speeches he made (Box 1, Folder 6) and materials from awards he received and workshops he attended (Box 1, Folder 7). Biographical files include personal information about Galati and his family (Box 1, Folder 2). The papers consist mostly of scripts and other notes from the plays he wrote, directed or in which he acted. Let me know what you think about it in the comments below and have a great day!īecome a Patron of the blog at patreon.The Frank Galati Papers fill 38 boxes and span the years 1948-2006 the bulk of the papers date between 19. If you’re looking for a version of “A Christmas Carol” that is particularly faithful to the original story, then you can’t go wrong by watching this one. It’s only after being visited by the terrifying Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (who can only communicate with terrifying metallic shrieks), that Scrooge finally sees the error of his ways. Scott’s version of Scrooge is particularly cold and nasty in the beginning, and even after being visited by the first two Ghosts, Scrooge doesn’t seem particularly close to being redeemed. But after watching this film, I found myself really enjoying his performance.

I know many famous actors have taken on the role, and given that I only know Scott best for his work in Patton, I wasn’t sure how he would do playing Scrooge. Scott’s interpretation of Ebenezer Scrooge. To be sure, I haven’t seen a version yet that doesn’t have a scary version of this character, but this one is particularly dark.

This film also, in my opinion, has the scariest incarnation of The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come that I’ve seen in a long time. All of these details have really expanded the story for me and made me love it that much more.

And then when Scrooge is spending time with the Ghost of Christmas Present, I never knew he visited his nephew Fred’s home and watched them play games. For context, I should mention that the version I’m most familiar with are Mickey’s Christmas Carol and The Muppet Christmas Carol, both of which are good but they also leave out quite a bit of material as I’ve now discovered.Ī Christmas Carol includes sequences and details I never knew about before, including Ebenezer’s beloved sister Fan, and the fact that her untimely death is why Scrooge isn’t particularly fond of his nephew Fred (most versions I’ve seen omit that detail). As near as I can remember, this is the first time I’ve ever seen this particular version of the story, which is by far the most complete version of “A Christmas Carol” that I’ve seen to date. Earlier, during the holidays, I sat down and watched the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, with George C.

A christmas carol 1984