USA, 23 December 1955
30m
black and white
mono, English
Series: Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956) – season 4, episode 11
An American fantasy television episode based in part on Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.
Plot Summary
Teacher Connie Brooks sets her elementary school class the task of staging an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. She also buys a musical box that plays Jingle Bells – but only for people who genuinely have the Christmas spirit.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: John Rich
Desilu Productions
Produced by: Larry Berns
Production Manager: Argyle Nelson
Written for Television by: Joseph Quillan
Assistant Director: Bert Spurlin
Director of Photography: Karl Freund
Editorial Supervision: Dann Cahn
Film Editor: John Woodcock
Art Director: Claudio Guzmán
Set Decorator: Ted Offenbecker
Cast
Eve Arden (Connie Brooks)
Gale Gordon (Osgood Conklin)
Bob Sweeney (Oliver Munsey)
Ricky Vera (Benny Romero)
Jane Morgab (Margaret Davis)
Isabel Randolph (Mrs Nestor)
Jesslyn Fax (Angela)
References
Books
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida p.184 – credits
