Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)

Directed by

Abe Levitow

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

53 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated television special retells Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with the nearsighted Mr. Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge. It follows Scrooge as he is visited by three ghosts who show him his past, present, and future on Christmas Eve.

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What happens

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and it features UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962, on NBC and was the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill, while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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