| A Christmas Carol (1951) |
| Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his ways. /// Stubbornly refusing to believe in Christmas and to be separated from his inexhaustible wealth, the Victorian money lender and parsimonious recluse, Ebenezer Scrooge, can't be bothered with the destitute during the most festive time of the year. / Dickens' ghostly tale on Christmas, starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge. / Scrooge in the UK; Re-titled A Christmas Carol in the U.S., starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge, Michael Hordern and Mervyn Johns and Hermione Baddeley as the Cratchits.[36] According to critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times, this film is the best one ever made of the Dickens classic. |
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1951
12/02/1951
TV-PG
Film
86 minutes
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Family
Fantasy
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Brian Desmond Hurst
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Alastair Sim
/ Ebenezer Scrooge
Kathleen Harrison
/ Mrs. Dilber
Mervyn Johns
/ Bob Cratchit
Hermione Baddeley
/ Mrs. Cratchit
Michael Hordern
/ Jacob Marley
George Cole
/ Young Ebenezer Scrooge
John Charlesworth
/ Peter Cratchit
Francis De Wolff
/ Spirit of Christmas Present
Rona Anderson
/ Alice
Carol Marsh
/ Fan Scrooge
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| Tagline: Now! The story that has brought joy to millions! A new screen triumph! |
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| Sunday Story (1961–1968) |
| A Christmas Carol: Part 1 - Ebenezer Scrooge (1963) S3.E17 |
| In this anthology series: Michael Horden tells part 1 of 3 of A Christmas Carol. |
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12/15/1963
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Michael Hordern
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| Sunday Story (1961–1968) |
| A Christmas Carol: Part 2 - Christmas Past and Present (1963) S3.E18 |
| In this anthology series: Michael Horden tells part 2 of 3 of A Christmas Carol. |
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12/22/1963
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Michael Hordern
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| Sunday Story (1961–1968) |
| A Christmas Carol: Part 3 - God Bless Us, Every One (1963) S3.E19 |
| In this anthology series: Michael Horden tells part 3 of 3 of A Christmas Carol. |
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12/29/1963
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Michael Hordern
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| A Christmas Carol (1971) |
| An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. /// Oscar-winning animated adaptation, with Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern recreating their roles as Scrooge and Marley's Ghost, narrated by Michael Redgrave; produced by Chuck Jones. This film was also released theatrically. Only Oscar winning adaptation |
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1971
12/21/1971
Approved
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28 minutes
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Richard Williams
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Michael Redgrave
/ Narrator (voice)
Alastair Sim
/ Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Melvyn Hayes
/ Bob Cratchit (voice)
Michael Hordern
/ Jacob Marley (voice)
Diana Quick
/ Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Felix Felton
/ Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Felix Felton
/ Business Man #1 / Business Man #2 (voice)
David Tate
/ Fred (voice)
David Tate
/ Young Scrooge (voice)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
/ Fezziwig (voice)
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| A Christmas Carol (1977) |
| Miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life. /// A BBC adaptation with Sir Michael Hordern, who had played Marley's Ghost in two other versions, as Scrooge. |
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12/24/1977
TV-PG
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58 minutes
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Moira Armstrong
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Bernard Lee
/ Ghost of Christmas Present
Brian Blessed
/ Narrator
Brian Hayes
/ Businessman
Carol MacReady
/ Mrs. Cratchit
Christopher Biggins
/ Topper
Claire McLellan
/ Belinda Cratchit
Clive Merrison
/ Bob Cratchit
David Corti
/ Carol singer
David Hatton
/ Undertaker's Man
David Ronder
/ Peter Cratchit
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| The Little Match Girl (1986) |
| The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child’s hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year. |
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12/28/1986
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90 minutes
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Michael Custance
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Michael Hordern
/ Self - Introduction
Twiggy
/ Josie Roberts
Roger Daltrey
/ Jebb Macklin
Paul Daneman
/ Mr. Fairbrother
Jimmy Jewel
/ Butler
Stratford Johns
/ Rich Man
Jennie Linden
/ Mrs. Fairbrother
Natalie Morse
/ The Matchgirl
Russell Lee Nash
/ Arthur
Jemma Price
/ Charlotte Fairbrother
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