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16 December 1938 (USA)
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Greater than "David Copperfield" !
Plot:
The timeworn Dickens' story about the old merchant Scrooge and how his own disappointments in life shape...
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Fun and different approach to the Christmas classic
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Reginald Owen | ... | Ebenezer Scrooge | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Bob Cratchit | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Cratchit | |
| Terry Kilburn | ... | Tiny Tim Cratchit | |
| Barry MacKay | ... | Fred - Scrooge's nephew (as Barry Mackay) | |
| Lynne Carver | ... | Bess - Fred's fiancee | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Marley's Ghost | |
| Lionel Braham | ... | Spirit of Christmas Present | |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Spirit of Christmas Past | |
| D'Arcy Corrigan | ... | Spirit of Christmas Future | |
| Ronald Sinclair | ... | Young Scrooge |
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (USA) (complete title)
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69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Canada:G (video rating) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Finland:S |
USA:Approved (PCA #4884)
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Although he seemed much older, Reginald Owen was only 4 years older than Gene Lockhart.
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Continuity: After Bob is fired by Scrooge for throwing the snowball at him, he sadly walks behind the man with a goose; at different shots he has his scarf nesting right on his shoulder joint, and then hanging freely in front of him, and then back on his shoulder.
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Quotes:
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Please let me stay!
Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
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Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore (1938)
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Soundtrack:
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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Is that a very young June Lockhart I see playing one of Bob Cratchit's daughters?A Note Regarding Spoilers
Is it possible to read Dickens' story online?
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The 1938 `Christmas Carol' is by no means the best film version of Dickens's much-beloved tale. Still, it does offer a few novel and enjoyable twists. It is the only version I know of in which Bob Cratchit is `canned' (as he repeatedly says) before Christmas day, after knocking Scrooge's hat off with a snowball. It is also the first version to use the much-imitated ending of Scrooge showing up unexpectedly at Cratchit's house, rather than revealing his epiphany to Bob on St. Stephen's Day. It may be unique for having the healthiest-looking Tiny Tim and the most insanely jovial nephew Fred. But as I say, these are enjoyable twists; it is fun to see a different take on this oft-told tale.