I really loved this early version of the Charles Dickens classic. Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart...
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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A Christmas Carol
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 16, 1938
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Family
User Score
71%
Original Title
A Christmas Carol
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Description
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.