Ebenezer Scrooge
Seymour Hicks
Ebenezer Scrooge

“What happened when Scrooge saw Marley's face on the door knocker...and the clock struck twelve!”
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.
Ebenezer Scrooge
Seymour Hicks
Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Donald Calthrop
Bob Cratchit
Fred
Robert Cochran
Fred
Belle
Mary Glynne
Belle
Belle's Husband
Garry Marsh
Belle's Husband
Spirit of Christmas Present
Oscar Asche
Spirit of Christmas Present
Scrooge's Charwoman
Athene Seyler
Scrooge's Charwoman
Poor Man
Maurice Evans
Poor Man
Poor Man's Wife
Mary Lawson
Poor Man's Wife
Mrs. Cratchit
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Cratchit
Fred's Wife
Eve Gray
Fred's Wife
Poulterer with Prize Turkey
Morris Harvey
Poulterer with Prize Turkey
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.
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