Scrooge (1935) "A Christmas Carol". Full film w/ Seymour Hicks

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► http://XmasFLIX.com ► http://facebook.com/XmasFLIX [This is the entire FULL film, not the shorter 60 minute version.] MP3s ► http://XmasTRAX.com ► Mobile ► http://iXmas.mobi Scrooge (1935) Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" Starring Seymour Hicks [Complete Film] Scrooge is a 1935 British fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Sir Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage many times beginning in 1901, and again in a 1913 British silent film version. The 1935 film differs from all other versions of the story in one significant way - most of the ghosts, including that of Jacob Marley, are not actually shown onscreen, although their voices are heard. Only the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) is actually seen in full figure - the Ghost of Christmas Past is a mere shape with no discernible facial features, Marley's Ghost is seen only briefly as a face on the door knocker, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is just an outstretched pointing finger. Why the film was made this way remains unclear; it is obviously not because British filmmakers could not achieve special effects, since we do see Marley's face superimposed on Scrooge's door knocker. Another aspect making this film different from other versions of the story is that Seymour Hicks plays both the old and young Scrooge, rather straining the credulity of the audience, since by this time, the sixty-four year old actor was visibly too aged to convincingly play a young man. The story is also severely truncated, even more than in the 1938 MGM film version, although the 1935 version is actually slightly longer. Much time is spent at the beginning of the film - before any of the ghosts appear - setting up the atmosphere of rich and poor London. Scrooge's sister Fan and Fezziwig are completely omitted from this version. This is the first of only two sound versions in which Tiny Tim is actually seen lying dead. In the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come sequence Bob Cratchit grieves at Tim's bedside. The 1999 Patrick Stewart version also contains this scene. Maurice Evans appears briefly as a man harassed by Scrooge to pay his debts. Donald Calthrop portrays a Bob Cratchit who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to John Leech's illustrations of the character in the original 1843 edition of the novel. Two versions of this film exist; each has a differently designed opening credits sequence, and one of the two versions omits the very last scenes. Sir Seymour Hicks - Ebenezer Scrooge Donald Calthrop - Bob Cratchit Robert Cochran - Fred Mary Glynne - Belle Garry Marsh - Belle's husband Oscar Asche - Spirit of Christmas Present Marie Ney - Spirit of Christmas Past C.V. France - Spirit of Christmas Future Athene Seyler - Scrooge's charwoman Maurice Evans - Poor man Mary Lawson - Poor man's wife Barbara Everest - Mrs. Cratchit Eve Gray - Fred's wife Morris Harvey - Poulterer with Prize Turkey Philip Frost - Tiny Tim D.J. Williams - Undertaker Margaret Yarde - Scrooge's laundress Hugh E. Wright - Old Joe Charles Carson - Middlemark Hubert Harben - Worthington A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. It has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and somberness. A Christmas Carol remains popular, has never been out of print, and has been adapted to film, stage, opera, and other media multiple times. The film should not be confused with Scrooge, the 1951 film starring Alastair Sim.