USA, 25 December 1951
black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Genre Episode: The Canterville Ghost (12 September 1950)
Series: The Philco Television Playhouse (1948-1955) – series 4, episode 18
An American fantasy television episode directed by Gordon Duff.
Plot Summary
Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge's heart?
Credits
Crew
Director: Gordon Duff
NBC
Producer: Fred Coe
Production Supervision: Leonard Kole
Television Play: David Swift
Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Technical Director: O. Tamburri
Lighting: Leo Tarrenkopf
Musical Direction and Composition: Harry Sosnik
Costumes: Rose Bogdanoff
Make Up: Dick Smith
Settings: Otis Riggs
Cast
Nelson Case (announcer)
Sir Ralph Richardson (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Arthur Treacher (Christmas Past)
Melville Cooper (Christmas Present)
Margaret Phillips (Mrs Cratchit)
Malcolm Keen (Marley's ghost)
Alan Napier (Charles Dickens)
Norman Barrs (Bob Cratchit)
Robin Craven (Mr Fezziwig)
Robert Hay Smith (Tiny Tim)
Judson Rees (Johnny)
Rhoderick Walker (Fred)
Bobby White (boy singer)
Richard Wigginton (Peter Cratchit)
Mary Lee Dearring (Belinda Cratchit)
Ronald Long (solicitor)
Pat Malone (Christmas Future)
Betty Sinclair (scullery maid)
Gypsy Raine (Mrs Fezziwig)
References
Periodicals
The Billboard 5 January 1952 p.8 – credits, review
Books
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida pp.180-181 – credits
Television Specials: 3,201 Entertainment Spectaculars, 1939-1993 by Vincent Terrace -credits
