A Christmas Carol (1938)

Directed by

Edwin L. Marin

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, Christmas film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 153 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly miser is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him his past, present, and future. He must change his selfish ways before it is too late.

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What happens

A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American fantasy drama film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella of the same name, starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve after visitations by three spirits. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin from a script by Hugo Butler. A Christmas Carol has a 100% rating on the review-aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews. June Lockhart makes an uncredited appearance in this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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