A Christmas Carol
Greater than "David Copperfield"!
1938 | 69m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Edwin L. Marin |
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| Writer: | Hugo Butler, Charles Dickens |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 1938 |
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| Director: | Edwin L. Marin |
| Writer: | Hugo Butler, Charles Dickens |
| Genres: | Family, Fantasy, Drama |
| Keywords | holiday, based on novel or book, clerk, little boy, apparition, redemption, spirit, goose, celebration, miser, ghost, christmas spirit, christmas, bookkeeper, generosity, lame child, sickly boy, xmas eve |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reginald Owen | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| Gene Lockhart | Bob Cratchit |
| Terry Kilburn | 'Tiny Tim' Cratchit |
| Barry MacKay | Scrooge's Nephew Fred |
| Lynne Carver | Fred's Fiancee Bess |
| Leo G. Carroll | Marley's Ghost |
| Ann Rutherford | Spirit of Christmas Past |
| Lionel Braham | Spirit of Christmas Present |
| Ronald Sinclair | Young Ebenezer |
| Kathleen Lockhart | Mrs. Cratchit |
| Bunny Beatty | Martha Cratchit |
| Charles Peck | Peter Cratchit |
| June Lockhart | Belinda Cratchit (uncredited) |
| Charles Coleman | Charity Solicitor Brummage |
| Matthew Boulton | Charity Solicitor Twill |
| Forrester Harvey | Old Fezziwig |
| John O'Day | Dick Wilkins |
| Billy Bevan | Street Watch Leader |
| William Ripley Dorr | Singers of 'Adeste Fideles' (uncredited) |
| D'Arcy Corrigan | Spirit of Christmas Future |
| Harry Cording | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Lumsden Hare | Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral (uncredited) |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Schoolmaster (uncredited) |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Man on Sidewalk (uncredited) |
| Colin Kenny | (uncredited) |
| Crauford Kent | Scrooge's Tall Business Associate (uncredited) |
| Delmar Watson | Snowballer in Gang (uncredited) |
| Herbert Evans | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hugo Butler | Screenplay |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Fred Valles | Costume Design |
| Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Edwin L. Marin | Director |
| Charles Dickens | Novel |
| Franz Waxman | Music |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 30 | 36 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 34 | 67 | 21 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 589 | 791 |
I really loved this early version of the Charles Dickens classic. Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart (born in nearby London, Ontario) were wonderful as Ebenezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit, respectively. Definitely a film not to be missed o'er the holiday season... ...
I really loved this early version of the Charles Dickens classic. Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart (born in nearby London, Ontario) were wonderful as Ebenezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit, respectively. Definitely a film not to be missed o'er the holiday season...This is up there with 'A Cha ... rlie Brown Christmas' and the Boris Karloff-version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' as ones I have to crack open each and every Yuletide season.