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...
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.
Quick Stats
7.0
TMDB Rating
153
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1h 9m
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DirectorEdwin L. Marin
WriterCharles Dickens
CinematographySidney Wagner
ComposerFranz Waxman
EditorGeorge Boemler
Production DesignCedric Gibbons
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Critics & Reviews
2 featuredI 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.
Cast
Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Barry MacKay
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
Ronald Sinclair
Young Ebenezer
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit
Bunny Beatty
Martha Cratchit
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Charles Peck
Peter Cratchit
June Lockhart
Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Charity Solicitor Brummage
Matthew Boulton
Charity Solicitor Twill
