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Originally Posted by hammerfan
My favorite version is the one from 1951 with Alistair Sim. I'll be watching that tomorrow.
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We watched this yesterday>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
Like the 1951 version, but I enjoy this more, although it does look rushed and some important plot points in the story that should have been in here. Eg, The reason for Scrooge's coldness towards Fred, No mention of his broken engagement and the betrayal of Fezziwig.
On the plus side, the sets are wonderful (it truly feels You are in London in December), a stirring Franz Waxman score and cool seeing Gene Lockhart with his wife Kathleen and in her debut, their daughter June (who went on to fame in TV shows like LASSIE and LOST IN SPACE). Also Terry Kilburn as Tiny I'm, who later was in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
and FIEND WITHOUT A FACE!
Reginald Owen is a great Scrooge and I like how the film shows him becoming less a curmudgeon as the story progresses instead of turning over a new leaf all at once and enjoy the scene where He is shaving very much. ****