A Christmas Carol Movie Review 1938

An early version of Dickens' classic tale about miser Scrooge, who is instilled with the Christmas spirit after a grim evening with some ghosts. Good playing from Owen as Scrooge and Lockhart as the hapless Bob Cratchit. Scary graveyard sequence too.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 70 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Christmas, Death & the Afterlife, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Scrooge

Cast

Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Terence (Terry) Kilburn, Leo G. Carroll, Lynne Carver, Ann Rutherford

Director

Edwin L. Marin

Producer

MGM