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Scrooge

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Ebenezer 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. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1935-11-26

Runtime: 78 mins

Director: Henry Edwards

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Original title: Scrooge

Production Companies: Julius Hagen Productions

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Cast

Seymour Hicks

Donald Calthrop

Robert Cochran

Mary Glynne

Garry Marsh

Spirit of Christmas Present

Oscar Asche

Athene Seyler

Maurice Evans

Mary Lawson

Barbara Everest

Eve Gray

Poulterer with Prize Turkey

Morris Harvey

Tiny Tim

Philip Frost

Undertaker

D.J. Williams

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Clearly, the story is the stuff of Christmas legend so there was no need to re-invent the wheel. Perhaps, also, because it was made in 1935 and Sir Seymour Hicks was already 64 when he portrayed "Scrooge" this film works well. It is both charming and poignant and uses the basic film techniques of the thirties - especially light and shadow - to convey some of the misery, menace and ultimately, joy of this Dickens story. Well worth an outing this (or any) Christmas.

2022-06-19

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