USA, 25 December 1949
25m
black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
An American fantasy television special directed by Arthur Pierson. It was later rebroadcast as part of the Family Theatre (1951-1958) series.
Plot Summary
Miserly 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
Directed by: Arthur Pierson
[copyright not given on screen]
Produced at Jerry Fairbanks, Inc. for Teletec Company
Produced by: Mike Stokey and Bernard Ebert (opening credits) Mike Stokey|Stokey and Bernard Ebert|Ebert (closing credits)
Supervisor For J.F., Inc.: Arnold Wester
Production Manager: Glenn Miller
Adapted by: Arthur Pierson
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Director of Photography: Meredith Nicholson
Film Editor: Art Seid
Carols by The Mitchell Choirboys
Musical Direction: Edward Paul
Sound: Lawrence Aicholtz
Art Director: Oscar Yerg
Cast
Vincent Price (as told by…)
Taylor Holmes (Ebeneezer Scrooge)
Pat White (Bob Cratchit)
Robert Clarke (Fred)
Earl Lee (Marley’s ghost)
Nelson Leigh (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Joe Battista (boy Scrooge)
George James (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Queenie Leonard (Mrs Cratchit)
Mike Miller (Peter Cratchit)
Karen Kester (Belinda Cratchit)
Jill Oppenheim (Missie Cratchit)
Bobby Hyatt (Tiny Tim)
Connie Cavendish (Martha)
Jack Nestle (Ghost of Christmas to Come)
Paul Maxey (fat gentleman)
Leonard Carey (thin gentleman)
Anne Howard (Caroline)
The Mitchell Choirboys
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.179 – credits
