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Scrooge (1935)
British Christmas fantasy film.
Scrooge is mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future appear to Scrooge, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.
This was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost.
The script sticks very closely to Dickens’ words.
The colorized version omits the opening scene in which Scrooge is solicited for a charitable donation.
Seymour Hicks first played Scrooge onstage in 1901 and it became his most popular role. Throughout his career he played it over a thousand times, often at fund-raising benefits.
This production has the first depiction of the tormented spirits who are shown to Scrooge by Marley. They are visible to Scrooge, but not the film’s audience.
| Directed by | Henry Edwards |
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| Screenplay by | H. Fowler Mear |
| Based on | A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Starring | Sir Seymour Hicks Donald Calthrop Robert Cochran Mary Glynne Garry Marsh Oscar Asche Marie Ney C.V. France |
| Cinematography | Sydney Blythe William Luff |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel |
| Distributed by | Twickenham Film Studios |
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78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
