A Christmas Carol (1938 film)
A Christmas Carol is a 1938 film about a miser who is given a chance at reformation by ghosts.
- Directed by Edwin L. Marin. Written by Hugo Butler, based on the novella by Charles Dickens.
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Ebeneezer Scrooge
[edit]- You owe me a shilling!
Dialogue
[edit]- Ebenezer Scrooge: [calling out the window] Watch! There's an intruder in my room!
- Leader of watch: Right up, sir - law and order!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: [tosses them his key] Here's the key! [to Marley's ghost] We'll soon see how real you are.
- Jacob Marley's ghost: It was for your welfare that I made this visit, Ebenezer Scrooge.
- [Ebenezer runs into the hallway to see the group of watchmen running up the stairs. They burst in the room, but no one's there. The watchmen laugh]
- Leader of watch: Your intruder seems to have extruded, if I may say so, governor.
- Ebenezer Scrooge: He was here! He was a spirit! He must've-
- Leader of watch: Of course, sir! A fine night for spirits - of one form or another, sir!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Please let me stay!
- Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
- Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes, I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas! (laughs hysterically)
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Fred! My dear nephew! How are you?
- Fred: Well! Who is this?
- Ebenezer Scrooge: It's me! Your Uncle Scrooge! Smile makes a difference, doesn't it?
Cast
[edit]- Reginald Owen — Ebenezer Scrooge
- Gene Lockhart — Bob Cratchit
- Kathleen Lockhart — Mrs. Cratchit
- Terry Kilburn — Tiny Tim Cratchit
- Barry MacKay — Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
- Lynne Carver — Bess
- Leo G. Carroll — Marley's Ghost
- Ann Rutherford — Spirit of Christmas Past
- Lionel Braham — Spirit of Christmas Present
- D'Arcy Corrigan — Spirit of Christmas Future
- Ronald Sinclair — Young Scrooge
External links
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- A Christmas Carol quotes at the Internet Movie Database