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Scrooge (1935) -- Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit...

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Director:
Henry Edwards
Writers:
Charles Dickens (novel)
H. Fowler Mear (writer)
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Release Date:
30 November 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Family | Fantasy more
Plot:
Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Cannes #7: Tarantino the glorious basterd
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 24 May 2009, 4:12 PM, PDT)

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Little Seen and Not Bad more

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Runtime:
78 min | USA:63 min (edited version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Visatone Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved | UK:U

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Trivia:
Ralph Kemplen, the film editor on this movie, would also edit another Charles Dickens film 33 years later - the musical Oliver! (1968), based on "Oliver Twist". more
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Crew or equipment visible: As Cratchit enters a room to see his dead son Tiny Tim, a crew's middle finger can be seen slowly closing the door behind him. more
Quotes:
Fred: I believe it has done me good and will do me good, and I say God bless it!
Bob Cratchit: Hear hear! Hear hear!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "EastEnders: Christmas Day 2001: Part 1" (2001) more

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Why is the Ghost of Jacob Marley not in the cast list?
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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Little Seen and Not Bad, 20 December 2003
Author: BobLib from Cherry Hill, New Jersey

While not as well-known as other versions of the Dickens classic (Owen, Sim, Magoo, Scott), the 1935 British film of "A Christmas Carol" is almost in their league. Among other things, it preserves, in sound, the performance of one of the legendary Scrooges of the English stage, Sir Seymour Hicks, who definitely does not disappoint. In the beginning, his Scrooge is one of the nastiest ever seen on film, his appearance that of something that crawled out from under a rock. But it is precisely these qualities that make his gradual transformation all the more affecting. At the beginning, we loathe the man, at the end, we rejoice with him at his redemption.

The performances of the rest of the cast are on the same level, with Oscar Asche's Falstaffian Ghost of Christmas Present a particular standout. And, although this is probably the one major film version of the story where you don't actually see Marley's Ghost, the anonymous actor who provides his voice, the accompanying special effects, and Hicks's reactions are enough to make the scene that much spookier.

Finally, kudos to Sydney Blythe and William Luff for their excellent camerawork. Fog-shrouded 19th century London has rarely been presented this well in ANY picture. And the play of light and shadow, particularly during the Christmas-Yet-to-Come sequence, would scare even the Scroogiest among us into repentance.

In sum, while this is not on the level with the excellent versions I've already mentioned, it has more than its' share of good points, and deserves to be seen at least once.

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