Scrooge
Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It also features Michael Hordern, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Mervyn Johns, Clifford Mollison, Jack Warner, Ernest Thesiger and Patrick Macnee. Peter Bull narrates portions of Charles Dickens's words at the beginning and end of the film, and appears on-screen as a businessman.
Plot
On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge tells two businessmen that he has no intention of celebrating Christmas. He refuses to donate to two men collecting for the poor. His nephew, Fred, invites him to dinner the next day, but Scrooge refuses, disparaging Fred for having married. Scrooge reluctantly gives his clerk Bob Cratchit Christmas Day off since there will be no business for Scrooge then, but Scrooge expects Cratchit back earlier the following day.
More details
| author | Noel Langley |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| editor | Clive Donner |
| events | greed hope redemption |
| genre | drama fantasy |
| keywords | change of heart charwoman christmas carol christmas eve christmas party christmas spirit collect day off dead man died in childbirth dinner party embezzle embezzlement ghost of christmas past ghost of christmas present ghost of christmas yet to come married maternal death mourn practical joke prank salary second chance sing |
| musicBy | Richard Addinsell |
| producer | Stanley Haynes |
| productionCompany | George Minter Productions |
| publisher | Renown Pictures |
| theme | dance ghost gothic time |