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Scrooge (1951 film)

Scrooge movie poster
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Produced by Brian Desmond Hurst
Written by Noel Langley
Starring Alastair Sim
Mervyn Johns
Hermione Baddeley
Michael Dolan
Music by Richard Addinsell
Cinematography C. Noel Langley ( December 25, 1911 – November 4, 1980) was a successful novelist playwright screenwriter and director Acting career Preferring the stage, Sim made his London debut in Othello in 1930 Mervyn Johns ( 18 February 1899 - 6 September 1992) was a Welsh Film and Television Character actor Hermione Baddeley ( November 13, 1906 - August 19, 1986) was a celebrated Academy Award -nominated English character Richard Stewart Addinsell ( January 13, 1904 - November 14, 1977) was a British composer best known for film music primarily his M. Pennington-Richards
Editing by Clive Donner
Distributed by United Artists (US)
Release date(s) October 31, 1951
Running time 86 min. Clive Donner (b 21 January 1926, London) is a British Film director who started his career in the mid-1950s after working This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Scrooge (1951), released as A Christmas Carol in the U.S., is one of the most well-known film adaptations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens It starred Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. Acting career Preferring the stage, Sim made his London debut in Othello in 1930 See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Noel Langley ( December 25, 1911 – November 4, 1980) was a successful novelist playwright screenwriter and director

The film also featured Kathleen Harrison in an acclaimed turn as Mrs. Kathleen Harrison ( February 23, 1892 &ndash December 7, 1995) was a prolific English Character actress best remembered Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman; a role found in the book, but built up for this film. Fans of British cinema will recognize George Cole as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. George Edward Cole OBE (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is an English Actor. Hermione Baddeley ( November 13, 1906 - August 19, 1986) was a celebrated Academy Award -nominated English character Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor, Jack Warner as Mr. Mervyn Johns ( 18 February 1899 - 6 September 1992) was a Welsh Film and Television Character actor This article is about Jack Warner the English film and television actor Jorkin, a role created for the film, Ernest Thesiger as Marley's undertaker, and Patrick Macnee as a young Jacob Marley. Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger CBE ( 15 January, 1879 - 14 January, 1961) sometimes credited as Ernst Thesiger, was Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English Actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed Michael Hordern plays Marley's Ghost, as well as old Marley. Sir Michael Murray Hordern ( 3 October 1911 &ndash 2 May 1995) was an English Actor, knighted in 1983 for his services Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film, and also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen cynically discussing Scrooge's funeral. Lieutenant-Commander Peter Cecil Bull, DSC ( 21 March 1912 in London - 20 May, 1984) was a British Character

In addition, the film expands on the story by detailing Scrooge's rise as a prominent businessman who was corrupted by a greedy new mentor that had lured him away from the benevolent Mr. Fezziwig. When that new mentor, who does not appear at all in Dickens's original story, is discovered to be an embezzler, the opportunistic Scrooge and Marley offer to compensate the company's losses on the condition that they receive control of the company that they work for - and so, Scrooge and Marley is born. Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets usually financial in nature by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted During the Ghost of Christmas Present sequence, the film also reveals that Scrooge's girlfriend from his younger days, Alice, works with the homeless and sick. Ghost of Christmas Present' is a character in one of the best-known works of the English novelist Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol In this telling of the story, unlike the book or most other film versions, Scrooge's beloved sister Fan is assumed to be slightly older than Ebenezer. In this adaptation it is revealed that his mother died while giving birth to him (necessitating the change of birth order between Ebenezer and Fan), causing his father to always resent Ebenezer for it. He is reminded of this by the Ghost of Christmas Past when Scrooge bitterly mentions that Fan died from complications after delivering his nephew, Fred.

The film did not attain its current popularity in the USA until the 1970s, when it began to be shown on television. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Until then, the most frequently seen film version was MGM's 1938 adaptation starring Reginald Owen. A Christmas Carol is a 1938 film Adaptation of Charles Dickens 's novelette. Reginald Owen, or John Reginald Owen, ( August 5, 1887 &ndash November 5, 1972) was an English Character actor The Alastair Sim version had received a favourable notice from The New York Times when it opened in 1951,[1] and a mostly negative review in TIME[2] but otherwise had not caused much of a stir. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and However, in the years since its first American TV showings on local PBS stations, it has attained classic status in that country. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Sim's characterisation of Scrooge, from mean and sinister to happy and generous, receives particular praise.

A colourised version of the film was released in 1989, and many of the DVD issues include it as an extra. Film colorization is any process that involves adding Color to Black and white, sepia or monochrome moving-picture images

Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprised their roles two decades later, lending their voices to Richard Williams' 1971 animated version of the tale. Richard Williams (born on March 19, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Animator, Animation director A Christmas Carol ( 1971) is a 25-minute animated cartoon adaptation of Charles Dickens ' venerable novella which was originally

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Notes and references

  1. ^ The Screen In Review; Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' With Alastair Sim Playing Scrooge, Unveiled Here, Bosley Crowther, The New York Times, November 29, 1951
  2. ^ TIME review, December 3, 1951. Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English Actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens. Since its first publication in 1843 it has been adapted for theatre film television radio and opera numerous
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