Today Scott Burns shares with us an original drawing by Ronald Searle. He reports picking it up at "a flea market about 40 years ago for $75." Sweet deal. The artwork measures 13” x 18” and is executed in pen and ink. It depicts a dancing Ebenezer Scrooge and it most likely is an early concept drawing stemming from Searle's work on the titles for the 1970 musical feature "Scrooge." It does not appear to have been drawn on the set or, for that matter, published.
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| Photo by Scott Burns |
Searle's 1970 sketchbook image from the set depicts Albert Finney in the title role dancing. This is a very different Scrooge and it reflects how the character appeared on screen in the production.
A dancing Scrooge does appear in two of the title illustrations. This one is clearly right out of the sketchbook.
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Director of Photography Oswald Morris
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Executive producer Alec Guinness himself played the ghost of Jacob Marley in the film.
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Executive Producer Alec Guinness
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Note: My thanks to Scott Burns! This is his fourteenth contribution to Attempted Bloggery. Without people like Scott, this blog would be nothing but humbug.
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