A Christmas Carol (1938 film)
1938 American Christmas film directed by Edwin L. Marin
A Christmas Carol is a 1938 film about a miser who is given a chance at reformation by ghosts.
- Directed by Edwin L. Marin. Written by Hugo Butler, based on the novella by Charles Dickens.
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Dialogue edit
- Ebenezer Scrooge: [to Marley's ghost] We'll soon see how real you are. [Calling out the window] Watch! There's an intruder in my room!
- Leader of watch: Right up, sir - law and order!
- Jacob Marley's ghost: It was for your welfare that I made this visit, Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Leader of watch: Your intruder seems to have extruded, if I may say so, sir.
- Ebenezer Scrooge: He was here! He was a spirit!
- Leader of watch: [laughing] Of course, sir! A fine night for spirits - of one form or another, sir!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Please let me stay!
- Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
- Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Fred! My dear nephew! How are you?
- Fred: Well who is this?
- Ebenezer Scrooge: It's me! Your uncle Scrooge! Smile makes a difference, doesn't it?
Cast edit
- Reginald Owen — Ebenezer Scrooge
- Gene Lockhart — Bob Cratchit
- Kathleen Lockhart — Mrs. Cratchit
- Terry Kilburn — Tiny Tim Cratchit
- Barry MacKay — Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
- Lynne Carver — Bess
- Leo G. Carroll — Marley's Ghost
- Ann Rutherford — Spirit of Christmas Past
- Lionel Braham — Spirit of Christmas Present
- D'Arcy Corrigan — Spirit of Christmas Future
- Ronald Sinclair — Young Scrooge
External links edit
- A Christmas Carol quotes at the Internet Movie Database