An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Barry MacKay
- Fred
- (as Barry Mackay)
Bunny Beatty
- Martha Cratchit
- (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
- Street Watch Leader
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- Man on Sidewalk
- (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
- Second Charity Solicitor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJune Lockhart's film debut.
- GoofsWhen Scrooge is eating in the tavern on Christmas Eve, he is reading a book with the spine label "Bankers Book." Charles Dickens' depiction of this book is that it is Scrooge's property, possibly a ledger. Yet in the film, Scrooge stands, receives his change from the innkeeper, and leaves - leaving the book behind him on the table.
However, just because this is a change from the book does not make it a mistake. There is no reason in the film to suggest it has to be Scrooge's book.
- Quotes
Ebenezer Scrooge: [to Marley's ghost] We'll soon see how real you are.
[Calling out the window]
Ebenezer Scrooge: Watch! There's an intruder in my room!
Leader of watch: Right up, sir - law and order!
Jacob Marley's ghost: It was for your welfare that I made this visit, Ebenezer Scrooge.
[He disappears]
Leader of watch: [unable to find him] Your intruder seems to have extruded, if I may say so, sir.
Ebenezer Scrooge: He was here! He was a spirit!
Leader of watch: [laughing] Of course, sir! A fine night for spirits - of one form or another, sir!
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore (1938)
- SoundtracksHark! the Herald Angels Sing
(1856) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
Lyrics by Charles Wesley (1730)
Arranged by David Snell
Sung by an offscreen chorus during opening credits
Featured review
This Hollywood version of the Dickens Christmas classic is overshadowed by a later British version featuring Alastair Sim. The British film is more realistic, and captures in its incidentals more of Dickens' radical spirit than this more stately American film, which as directed by the able Edward Martin, is done on a more modest scale. I find the American film cozier and warmer.
Reginald Owen is a less flamboyant Scrooge than Sim, which tends to make one concentrate more on the story. The movie was made on a medium budget, and it shows. However, this is not a bad thing, for while the later version gives has a dank, drafty Victorian mood,--one can almost feel the winter wind,--this one benefits enormously from its hearth-like intimacy. It's a very fine movie in its own right, with a mood all its own.
Reginald Owen is a less flamboyant Scrooge than Sim, which tends to make one concentrate more on the story. The movie was made on a medium budget, and it shows. However, this is not a bad thing, for while the later version gives has a dank, drafty Victorian mood,--one can almost feel the winter wind,--this one benefits enormously from its hearth-like intimacy. It's a very fine movie in its own right, with a mood all its own.
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- Un cuento de Navidad
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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