Christmas Carol (1951) (1951)

Editor's Note Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) contentedly meanders through his life as a cruel miser until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghosts. The spirits show him how his behavior has degenerated over the years as his heart has become colder. Using events from Scrooge's idealistic past, dreary present, and dismal future, the apparitions try their best to melt his steely soul. Will Scrooge see the error of his ways and learn the true meaning of Christmas? Check out this hailed classic and find out! Many critics widely consider this the definitive film version of Charles Dickens' cherished novel.

	Alastair Sim
	Jack Warner
	Hermione Baddeley
	Kathleen Harrison
	Clive Donner - Editor
	C. Pennington-Richards - Director of Photography
	Noel Langley - Screenwriter
	Constance Da Pinna - Costume Designer
	Doris Lee - Costume Designer
	Charles Dickens - Story
	Richard Addinsell - Composer
	George Minter - Producer
	Brian Desmond Hurst - Director

In this adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol," a remake of the 1938 film, miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and reforms his heartless and money-grubbing ways after being visited on Christmas Eve by four Ghosts: his old business partners Jacob and Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Entertainment Weekly
"...This flick is not only the gold standard against which all other holiday films should be measured, but also one of the greatest films ever made, period..." 12/12/2003 p.64

Wall Street Journal
"[T]his is the definitive choice among all the feature versions....Alastair Sim, gimlet-eyed and gleefully acidulous, is Scrooge..." 11/06/2009