A Christmas Carol (1938)
Greater than "David Copperfield"!
69 min
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.
- Release date
- December 16, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit
- Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim
- Barry MacKay as Fred
- Lynne Carver as Bess
- Leo G. Carroll as Marley's Ghost
- Ann Rutherford as Spirit of Christmas Past
- Lionel Braham as Spirit of Christmas Present
- Ronald Sinclair as Young Ebenezer
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Cratchit
- Bunny Beatty as Martha Cratchit
- Charles Peck as Peter Cratchit
- June Lockhart as Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
- Charles Coleman as Charity Solicitor Brummage
- Matthew Boulton as Charity Solicitor Twill
- Forrester Harvey as Old Fezziwig
- Billy Bevan as Street Watch Leader
- D'Arcy Corrigan as Spirit of Christmas Future
- Harry Cording as Waiter (uncredited)
- Lumsden Hare as Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral (uncredited)
- Halliwell Hobbes as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
- Olaf Hytten as Schoolmaster (uncredited)
- I. Stanford Jolley as Man on Sidewalk (uncredited)
- Colin Kenny as (uncredited)
- Crauford Kent as Scrooge's Tall Business Associate (uncredited)
- Delmar Watson as Snowballer in Gang (uncredited)
- Herbert Evans as (uncredited)
Crew
- Edwin L. Marin · Director
- Charles Dickens · Writer
- Hugo Butler · Writer
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Producer
- Franz Waxman · Composer
- Sidney Wagner · Cinematographer
- George Boemler · Editor