Reginald Owen was quite as Scrooge , but Alistair Sim captured the very essence and soul of Ebenezer Scrooge , better than anyone else before or since.
This is the best. Also stars Lockhart family and Carroll ( Topper). The best! I believe Lionel Barrymore was to play but became ill or accident. He made a preview
A fact that few people know is that Lionel Barrymore (some of you may remember him as Mr. Potter from 'It's a Wonderful Life) was set to play Scrooge. He had played Scrooge for many years on the yearly radio broadcast of A Christmas Carol. However, he had broken his hip and had crippling arthritis and had to use a wheelchair so he had to back out. He was good friends with Reginald Owen and recommended him for the part.
The best part.... is when Marley looks back after he's asked if he can take them all at once? ..... hilarious 😂😂😂😂imagine what Marley wanted to say😂😂😅😅😅😂😅😂😅
“Scrooge” (1970) starring the late, great Albert Finney is a masterpiece re-telling of A Christmas Carol. If you’ve not seen it please watch on RUclips. It is a musical, and Finney is at his best!
One of my go to Chrismas movies, which I have on DVD. Fun Fact: June Lockhart's real life parents played her Cratchitt parents in the movie and June is still alive at 99!
Where is the rest of the show? I grew up watching this in the '60's , it was the absolute best! Channel 5, king TV had it, but it degraded to the point part was no longer watchable. There must be some way or some copy that can be restored????!!!?
I much prefer Alastair Sim, George C Scott, and Patrick Stewart. A British character actor named Simon Callow also did a one man version that was really good, too!
@retroguy9494. Yes I consider the Albert Finney version to be much better than the Reginald Owen version because although it may be considered unfair to compare a musical version of " A Christmas Carol" like "Scrooge"(1970) with a non-musical version like the Owen version, the acting was vastly better in the Finney version, not just by Finney compared to Owen, but also by Sir Alec Guinness as Marley's Ghost compared to Leo G. Carroll as the Ghost of Jacob Marley in the Owen version. And although it could be considered a stylistic choice by an actor to portray a ghost with no change in facial expressions, it takes no talent to play a ghost in such a stiff (no pun intended), unemotional way.
@ Too cheery and almost sugar coated. One minute Scrooge was angry and than the other he is happy and wants to change his ways. It’s supposed to be transition.
Although there are much better adaptations (ie Patrick Stewart, George C Scott, and Alastair Sim), this version is decent enough for me to watch at least once a year, in spite of its flaws.
Bad acting by the actor (Seymour Hicks?) who played Scrooge - his facial expression hardly changes no matter what dialogue he is speaking or whatever emotion he is supposed to be expressing! Same thing for the actor playing the Ghost of Jacob Marley!
Sir Alec Guinness was vastly better in "Scrooge"(1970) as the Ghost of Jacob Marley than the actor who played Marley's Ghost in the Reginald Owen version of "A Christmas Carol"! Alec Guinness changed his facial expressions to suit the moment whereas, by contrast, this actor never changes his expressions as Marley's Ghost at all. Anyone can stand there and act as stiff as a board facially as this actor as Marley's Ghost did!
@@robertringenberg No. Sir Seymour Hicks was in an EARLIER version. In fact, he played Scrooge in the very first talking film of A Christmas Carol. It was 1935. This version was from 1938.
Such a CLASSIC!!! And honestly I don’t think any remakes have done it better. Thanks for sharing. Just uploaded my own version of The Night Before Christmas ruclips.net/video/HvX7zxQ6RTs/видео.htmlsi=FIgFQOTlI43j-L5w Merry Chris everyone ❤
I've always thought that as well. So many people consider the '51 version to be the best and the 'gold standard' by which to compare other versions. However, I always found this better. The 1970 musical version starring Albert Finney and the 1984 version starring George C. Scott as well.
@retroguy9494 SCROOGE was my first Big Screen CC (I was 17) and will always have a place in my heart! And Patrick Stewart's is easy to watch as well. And, honestly, Mr Magoo's is surprisingly effective/affective.
Worst acting I have ever seen. The best versions of scrooge are the 1951 version with Alister Sim. The 1970 musical version with Albert Finney. And I even liked the 2009 version which was in 3-d with Jim Carrey
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Will always be the legit Christmas Carol movie.
Alastair Sim is so much better.
I love almost all the scrooge movies. They are good for the soul.
If you want a movie good for the soul I recommend Les Miserables 1935, makes me feel very good in the soul
It’s always fun to see what’s good in one version and how the actors interpret and play their parts
@@mikeyoung9810 FACTZ
This is one of the greatest versions of this classic....the sets alone are incredible.
Actually a better one is the 1951 English version with Alistair Sim. Check it out the acting is outstanding.
no it's not
MGM had unlimited resources back then.
I liked the Idea of Scroooge calling the cops to arrest the ghost of Jacob Marley🤣
Even though they really wanted a shot of spirits 😂😂😂
“I don’t care if you’re a ghost, you’re trespassing.”
Timeless piece of art, never to be surpassed.
This is my favorite version. It use to play here in Chicago on Family Classics back in the 60s.
This is my favorite version. I have it DVR'd and watch it every Christmas Eve.
I agree ❤ The black and white adds so much to the ambience (locked in time as a vintage classic).
Reginald Owen was quite as Scrooge , but Alistair Sim captured the very essence and soul of Ebenezer Scrooge , better than anyone else before or since.
I agree with you.
my favourite version is the 1950 one with alastair sim - wonderful!
This is the best. Also stars Lockhart family and Carroll ( Topper). The best! I believe Lionel Barrymore was to play but became ill or accident. He made a preview
I like the 1951 version, too.
The story is an all-time classic.
Me too. Best Scrooge. Terrible acting in this version...not scary in the slightest.
This version is the absolute best of all. The actors, the music, the storyline. It's just a masterpiece.
A fact that few people know is that Lionel Barrymore (some of you may remember him as Mr. Potter from 'It's a Wonderful Life) was set to play Scrooge. He had played Scrooge for many years on the yearly radio broadcast of A Christmas Carol. However, he had broken his hip and had crippling arthritis and had to use a wheelchair so he had to back out. He was good friends with Reginald Owen and recommended him for the part.
Still played it on the radio, as was traditional every year.
The best part.... is when Marley looks back after he's asked if he can take them all at once? ..... hilarious 😂😂😂😂imagine what Marley wanted to say😂😂😅😅😅😂😅😂😅
I love how he isn't frightened, just mildly inconvenienced.
Must be fireplace-mantle-opium-courage
@@josho5108😅
If you must go Jacob don't let me keep you😂😂😂😅😅😅
@stephanieclark6154 right? The man just wants it to be over so he can catch some Zs.
He’s a pretty brave Scrooge
“Scrooge” (1970) starring the late, great Albert Finney is a masterpiece re-telling of A Christmas Carol.
If you’ve not seen it please watch on RUclips.
It is a musical, and Finney is at his best!
Good one, man!
I try to watch many Christmas Carols every December. If there could only be one, it would have to be the musical with Albert.
my all time favorite
Non c'è Natale senza Christmas Carol 🎄🎩
Veramente.
One of my go to Chrismas movies, which I have on DVD.
Fun Fact: June Lockhart's real life parents played her Cratchitt parents in the movie and June is still alive at 99!
She's just delightful in Meet Me In St. Louis. I hear she almost had a career as an opera singer.
Must watch every Christmas time reminds me of redemtion
GOD !!
I LOVE CHARLES DICKENS !!
WE NEED HIS LIKE NOW
I love this, along with Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Muppet Christmas Carol!
This version of A Christmas Carol is loaded with plenty of unintentional humor 😅🤣😂🤣
"I'd like to stroke it!" - Tiny Tim
The quality is outstanding! Incredible what the computers can do these days.
This is my favorite version!
Amazing how in films one candle lights a whole room
Great movie 😊
Merry Chrithmas to all.
Alastair Sim version the best
Fun to watch!
Only version I've seen that accurately shows scrooge's house as enormous, with an ornate stairway you could drive a horse and cart up.
I love how deadpan Marley is towards Scrooge
THIS IS THE BEST ONE
Scrooge bites the coin that he got for change to make sure it is real, not counterfeit.
I love watching strooge movies feels more like Christmas
The BEST version. Period!
Funny how sometimes you come across a video like this and it just sticks in your mind for no reason. Anyone else feel that, or is it just me?
Where is the rest of the show? I grew up watching this in the '60's , it was the absolute best! Channel 5, king TV had it, but it degraded to the point part was no longer watchable. There must be some way or some copy that can be restored????!!!?
Why can’t this classic be shown entirely?
Because it's not in the public domain yet and SOMEONE wants to make a profit off every viewing.
Classic
Jacob Marley was Leo G Carroll.
Yes, and he played Topper in the 1950s tv series.
Do a Tom & Jerry episode called "Hiccup Pup"
Now...if you wanna see a better family film version, look no further than The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Good version. Good feelings. Not my favorite but still enjoyable.
It’s the best , of all m, in my opinion!
@ it’s a nice version, for sure.
@@dianebrewington281 my favorite is the 1984 George C. Scott version.
I much prefer Alastair Sim, George C Scott, and Patrick Stewart. A British character actor named Simon Callow also did a one man version that was really good, too!
@ I prefer those three versions myself. They are the best ones in my opinion.
Marley looks like he has bunny 🐰 ears.😅🤣🤣❗
Excellent
That's Leo G CAROL as Marley.
Of course, a spirit. 😂
this version deviates too much from the book (at least this clip).
I agree. And they left out Ignorance & Want because MGM were trying to make this version a family picture. Hence, the excessively cheery tone.
A good version of the Christmas Carol, but not the best.
I'd give it a 7/10
@retroguy9494. Yes I consider the Albert Finney version to be much better than the Reginald Owen version because although it may be considered unfair to compare a musical version of " A Christmas Carol" like "Scrooge"(1970) with a non-musical version like the Owen version, the acting was vastly better in the Finney version, not just by Finney compared to Owen, but also by Sir Alec Guinness as Marley's Ghost compared to Leo G. Carroll as the Ghost of Jacob Marley in the Owen version. And although it could be considered a stylistic choice by an actor to portray a ghost with no change in facial expressions, it takes no talent to play a ghost in such a stiff (no pun intended), unemotional way.
I've gotta be honest... Leo G Carroll wasn't a particularly convincing Marley.
Only the three spirits of Christmas must change Scrooge's ways.
This version was ok but skipped too much and the pacing was way too fast to really hold any weight. The 1951 and 1984 version are much better.
And it's relentlessly cheery.
@ Too cheery and almost sugar coated. One minute Scrooge was angry and than the other he is happy and wants to change his ways. It’s supposed to be transition.
@@haydenmalesky2518And Bob Cratchit was way too giddy for someone who was fired by Scrooge on Christmas Eve haha
Waiter…more bread
The book is much better
Marly always was a real downer.
That town cryer was how they got the news back in the day.
This is what selfishness and arrogance does to people!
Lionel Barrymore
Although there are much better adaptations (ie Patrick Stewart, George C Scott, and Alastair Sim), this version is decent enough for me to watch at least once a year, in spite of its flaws.
Bad acting by the actor (Seymour Hicks?) who played Scrooge - his facial expression hardly changes no matter what dialogue he is speaking or whatever emotion he is supposed to be expressing! Same thing for the actor playing the Ghost of Jacob Marley!
The actor playing Scrooge in this version is Reginald Owen. Seymour Hicks was in a later version.
Disagree about actor who played Jacob Marley. He must to be like this cause he is ghost.
Sir Alec Guinness was vastly better in "Scrooge"(1970) as the Ghost of Jacob Marley than the actor who played Marley's Ghost in the Reginald Owen version of "A Christmas Carol"! Alec Guinness changed his facial expressions to suit the moment whereas, by contrast, this actor never changes his expressions as Marley's Ghost at all. Anyone can stand there and act as stiff as a board facially as this actor as Marley's Ghost did!
@@michaelbarlow7777 I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
@@robertringenberg No. Sir Seymour Hicks was in an EARLIER version. In fact, he played Scrooge in the very first talking film of A Christmas Carol. It was 1935. This version was from 1938.
Such a CLASSIC!!! And honestly I don’t think any remakes have done it better. Thanks for sharing. Just uploaded my own version of The Night Before Christmas ruclips.net/video/HvX7zxQ6RTs/видео.htmlsi=FIgFQOTlI43j-L5w Merry Chris everyone ❤
So superior to the '51 version, I've always thought.
I've always thought that as well. So many people consider the '51 version to be the best and the 'gold standard' by which to compare other versions. However, I always found this better. The 1970 musical version starring Albert Finney and the 1984 version starring George C. Scott as well.
@retroguy9494 SCROOGE was my first Big Screen CC (I was 17) and will always have a place in my heart! And Patrick Stewart's is easy to watch as well. And, honestly, Mr Magoo's is surprisingly effective/affective.
Not quite, it’s missing too much and doesn’t add as much context to Scrooges character. The 1951 does a much better job at developing the character.
Worst acting I have ever seen. The best versions of scrooge are the 1951 version with Alister Sim. The 1970 musical version with Albert Finney. And I even liked the 2009 version which was in 3-d with Jim Carrey
How about George C Scott and Patrick Stewart? Like the Sim version, they also managed to capture the book's bleak atmosphere.
@jasonregina13 , I really never liked those versions. I know I am in the minority but the 3 I mentioned were my favorite.
@@brianculler6952I personally think the Scott version had the best Marley.