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Scrooge (1935) -- A grumpy and heartless miser discovers at Christmas the meaning of  a good life with the help of ghosts who on Christmas Eve tell him the truth about his character and its shortcomings. He is transformed in time for the Christmas celebrations.
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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Charles Dickens (novel)
H. Fowler Mear (writer)
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Release Date:
30 November 1935 (USA) more
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Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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(7 articles)
Christmas is coming, and Disney’s getting fat
 (From t5m.com. 6 November 2009, 2:18 AM, PST)

This is Not Your Kid's 'Christmas Carol'
 (From CinemaSpy. 3 November 2009, 10:05 PM, PST)

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Unknown version is not a bad one! more (20 total)

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Runtime:
78 min | USA:63 min (edited version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Visatone Sound System)
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This was the second time Seymour Hicks had portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge on film. The first was in Scrooge (1913) which was released in 1913, 22 years earlier. 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
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Spirit of Christmas Past: [speaking in the male voice heard on the soundtrack] I am the Spirit of Christmas Past. I am here to show you the shadows of things that have happened. Look back beyond the gulf of vanished years... more
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9 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Unknown version is not a bad one!, 13 February 2002
Author: nickandrew from PA

Most people are familiar with the 1951 classic version of A Christmas Carol (AKA Scrooge) with Alastair Sim. This British version was made three years before the MGM American film, and is actually better than that one, but of course not as great as the 1951 version. It is very short and to the point, in many ways different than other versions, since it is faithful to the Dickens story, and Hicks gives a brutally realistic portrayal of Scrooge. The Depression Era London setting is depicted quite realistically as well. 3 out of 4 stars.

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