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A Christmas Carol

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  • 19501950
  • 2h
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On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is... Read allOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scroog... Read allOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past,... Read all
IMDb RATING
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    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(novel)
      • Eric Fawcett(adaptation)
      • Dominic Roche(play)
    • Stars
      • Bransby Williams
      • John Ruddock
      • John Bentley
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    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(novel)
      • Eric Fawcett(adaptation)
      • Dominic Roche(play)
    • Stars
      • Bransby Williams
      • John Ruddock
      • John Bentley
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    Bransby Williams
    Bransby Williams
    • Ebenezer Scrooge
    John Ruddock
    • Bob Cratchit
    John Bentley
    John Bentley
    • Young Scrooge…
    Pamela Cameron
    • Martha Cratchit
    Robert Cawdron
    Robert Cawdron
    • Mr. Fred
    The Cecil Sharp Folk Dance Society
    • Dancers
    Julian D'Albie
    • Ghost of Christmas Present…
    Howard Douglas
    Howard Douglas
    • Gentleman of the Stock Exchange
    Michael Edmonds
    • Boy Waif…
    Adrian Evans
    • Boy Cratchit…
    Pat Fryer
    • Fanny
    • (as Patricia Fryer)
    • …
    Arthur Hambling
    • Ghost of Christmas Past…
    MacDonald Hobley
    • Narrator
    W.E. Holloway
    • Marley's Ghost…
    Shirley Hose
    • Belinda Cratchit
    Sean Lynch
    Sean Lynch
    • Boy Scrooge…
    Tony Lyons
    • Boy With Goose…
    Thomas Moore
    • Tiny Tim Cratchit
    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(novel)
      • Eric Fawcett(adaptation)
      • Dominic Roche(play)
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      Version of Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)

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    it's hard to review something lost for 61 years
    I'm writing this "review" in order to point out the basic error in the previous reviewers remarks. I believe the previous reviewer is actually thinking of the Alistair Sim 1951 version of the story and not the live TV broadcast on the BBC from 1950–which he is extremely unlikely to have seen since it's lost - unless he lived in London at the time and saw the original broadcast - doubtful.

    Of course one can always hope that a copy of this will turn up at the BFI, along with Bransby Williams previous appearance in the 1928 Phonofilm short. He can be seen in an excerpt from Bleak House filmed in 1926, in which she plays the part of an old miser not unlike Scrooge.

    Let's hope that will turn up some day.

    (Generally I get quite annoyed when people review things they couldn't possibly have seen, bur in this case I'm fairly certain it was an innocent mistake.) But folks, please check that you really are reviewing the film you think you're reviewing.
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    • Jun 25, 2011

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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1950 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      2 hours
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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