Saturday 6 February 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - A CHRISTMAS CAROL

 

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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