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A Christmas Carol (1938)

7 | Dec 16, 1938 (US) | Drama, Fantasy, Family | 01:09
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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.

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Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
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Terry Kilburn
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
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Barry MacKay
Scrooge's Nephew Fred
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Lynne Carver
Fred's Fiancee Bess
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Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost
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Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past
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Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present
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Ronald Sinclair
Young Ebenezer
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Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit

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talisencrw
9 | Apr 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...This is up there with 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and the Boris Karloff-version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' as ones I have to crack open each and every Yuletide season.
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talisencrw
9 | Apr 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...