A Christmas Carol

1938

1h 9m

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7.0/10

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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Directors

Edwin L. Marin

Writers

Charles Dickens(novel by)

Hugo Butler(screenplay by)

Stars

Reginald Owen

Gene Lockhart

Terry Kilburn

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Ebenezer Scrooge

Bob Cratchit

'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

Scrooge's Nephew Fred

Lynne Carver

Fred's Fiancee Bess

Leo G. Carroll

Marley's Ghost

Ann Rutherford

Spirit of Christmas Past

Lionel Braham

Spirit of Christmas Present

Young Ebenezer

Mrs. Cratchit

Martha Cratchit

Peter Cratchit

Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charity Solicitor Brummage

Matthew Boulton

Charity Solicitor Twill

Forrester Harvey

Old Fezziwig

John O'Day

Dick Wilkins

Billy Bevan

Street Watch Leader

Directors

Edwin L. Marin

Writers

Charles Dickens(novel by)

Hugo Butler(screenplay by)

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9/10

I really loved this early version of the Charles Dickens classic. Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart (born in nearby London, Ontario) were wonderful as Ebenezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit, respectively. Definitely a film not to be missed o'er the holiday season...This is up there with 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and the Boris Karloff-version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' as ones I have to crack open each and every Yuletide season.

talisencrw11 Apr, 2016