A Christmas Carol (1938)

70% User Rating

1h 9min

"Greater than "David Copperfield"!"

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Edwin L. MarinDirector

Cast

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Reginald Owen

Ebenezer Scrooge

Gene Lockhart

Bob Cratchit

Terry Kilburn

'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

Barry MacKay

Scrooge's Nephew Fred

Lynne Carver

Fred's Fiancee Bess

Leo G. Carroll

Marley's Ghost

Ann Rutherford

Spirit of Christmas Past

Lionel Braham

Spirit of Christmas Present

Ronald Sinclair

Young Ebenezer

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Cratchit

Bunny Beatty

Martha Cratchit

Charles Peck

Peter Cratchit

June Lockhart

Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charity Solicitor Brummage

Matthew Boulton

Charity Solicitor Twill

Forrester Harvey

Old Fezziwig

John O'Day

Dick Wilkins

Billy Bevan

Street Watch Leader

William Ripley Dorr

Singers of 'Adeste Fideles' (uncredited)

D'Arcy Corrigan

Spirit of Christmas Future

Harry Cording

Waiter (uncredited)

Lumsden Hare

Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral (uncredited)

Halliwell Hobbes

Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Schoolmaster (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Man on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

(uncredited)

Crauford Kent

Scrooge's Tall Business Associate (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

Snowballer in Gang (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

(uncredited)

Reviews (2)

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talisencrw

Rating 90%

April 11, 2016

I really loved this early version of the Charles Dickens classic. Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart (born in nearby London, Ontario) were wonderful as Ebenezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit, respectively. Definitely a film not to be missed o'er the holiday season...