A Christmas Carol

About A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol is a 1938 fantasy film directed by Edwin L. Marin. It runs 69 minutes and was released in December 1938.

Its themes are redemption, christmas eve, spirit, and christmas spirit. It is adapted from a novel.

Reginald Owen takes the lead as Ebenezer Scrooge, Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit, Terry Kilburn as 'Tiny Tim' Cratchit, and Barry MacKay as Scrooge's Nephew Fred. The screenplay is by Hugo Butler.

Scrooge and The Muppet Christmas Carol make useful companions to A Christmas Carol, all filed under bookkeeper and christmas. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 157 votes and it carries a NR rating.