No Christmas would be complete without the Dickens classic tale of redemption and a list of Christmas films without Scrooge in it would be unthinkable.
There
have been many film adaptations over the years since the first made in the
silent era
1910
(Marc McDermott) Silent
1913
(Seymour Hicks) Silent
1935
(Seymour Hicks)
1938
(Reginald Owen)
1951
Scrooge (Alistair Sim)
1970
Scrooge (Albert Finney) Musical
1971 (Alistair
Sim) Animated
1984
(George C. Scott)
1988
Scrooged (Bill Murray) Comedy
1997
(Tim Curry) Animated
1999
(Patrick Stewart)
2004
(Kelsey Grammer) Musical
2006
Disney Animated
2009
(Jim Carey) Animated
And
even more TV adaptation, variations and spoofs and I would defy anyone to say
that at least one of them didn’t strike a chord on some level.
My
own personal favourite is the 1984 version with George C. Scott as Ebenezer
Scrooge, Frank Finlay as Marley's Ghost and David Warner as Bob Cratchit.
But special mention has to go to the very excellent
Edward Woodward as the most wonderful Ghost of Christmas Present.
Now I find it very difficult to believe that there is a
soul on the planet who is unfamiliar with the story but if there is one this
bit is for them.
A Christmas Carol tells the story of the embittered old
miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who after being visited by a succession of spirits on
Christmas Eve transformed into a warm-hearted kindly philanthropist.
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