A Christmas Carol (1938)
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.
- Edwin L. Marin
- Hugo Butler
- Charles Dickens
Rating: 7.1/10 by 132 users
Alternative Title:
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - US
Noite de Natal - BR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 09 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, clerk, holiday, redemption, little boy, apparition, spirit, goose, celebration, miser, ghost, christmas spirit, christmas, bookkeeper, generosity, lame child, sickly boy
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...
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.
