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"Shower of Stars" A Christmas Carol (1954)
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23 December 1954
(Season 1, Episode 4)
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | William Lundigan | ... | Host |
| Mary Costa | ... | Co-host (spoken credit) |
 | Fredric March | ... | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Marley's ghost |
| Bob Sweeney | ... | Bob Cratchit |
| Christopher Cook | ... | Tiny Tim |
| Craig Hill | ... | Young Scrooge |
| Queenie Leonard | ... | Mrs. Cratchit |
| Rex Evans | ... | Solicitor |
| William Griffiths | ... | The Book Buyer |
| Peter Miles | ... | Peter Cratchit |
| Janine Perreau | ... | Belinda Cratchit |
| Bonnie Franklin | ... | Susan Cratchit |
| Judy Franklin | ... | Martha Cratchit |
| Juney Ellis | ... | The Housekeeper |
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60 min
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I remember watching this for several Christmases when I was a young boy. Basil Rathbone as Marley scared the bejesus out of me, and I had nightmares.
I never thought I'd ever see it again until a friend found it in a big catalog and gave me a print for Christmas. What a wonderful cast and what a shame this version wasn't better preserved. Maxwell Anderson, the adaptor, was born just a few miles from here and is buried in Crawford County.
The cast is superb. Whoever hears of Ray Middleton any more, or Bob Sweeney. Frederic March's reputation has held up a little better, but any would-be actor could do a lot worse than to watch him work.
The songs were corny and had the sound of being tossed off between breakfast and lunch. The boy soprano in the beginning had the same effect on me as a dentist's drill.
It was neat that the print I got has the Chrysler commercials, spaced out a heckuva lot further apart than they are today. Sadly, they made a fuss about telling viewers the show was in living color, but mine came through in black and white - just like our TV did in 1955.