The artwork by Ronald Searle that was featured in the opening credits of 1970's "Scrooge" is certainly striking.
But what did Searle himself think? Well, here's an interesting video on the making of the film featuring some comments by the artist:
And here's another video incorporating some of the above video, plus additional artwork and the credits themselves:
I find Ronald Searle's comments fascinating. It sounds like he didn't really like illustrating Dickens, although he did it quite a bit. Did he think he was not successful?
And he calls out John Leach and Arthur Rackham!
Hmmm...
Oh, and there was also a book version of the movie with additional Searle illustrations (see cover at top of page)!
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