Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Seymour Hicks
Ebenezer Scrooge
Donald Calthrop
Bob Cratchit
Robert Cochran
Fred
Mary Glynne
Belle
Oscar Asche
Spirit of Christmas Present
Athene Seyler
Scrooge's Charwoman
Mary Lawson
Poor Man's Wife
Maurice Evans
Poor Man
Garry Marsh
Belle's Husband
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Cratchit
Eve Gray
Fred's Wife
C. V. France
Spirit of Christmas Future
⭐ 7/10
Clearly, the story is the stuff of Christmas legend so there was no need to re-invent the wheel. Perhaps, also, because it was made in 1935 and Sir Seymour Hicks was already 64 when he portrayed "Scrooge" this film works well. It is both charming and poignant and uses the basic film techniques of the thirties - especially light and shadow - to convey some of the misery, menace and ultimately, joy of this Dickens story. Well worth an outing this (or any) Christmas.
