A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1938 | 1h 9m | Drama, Fantasy | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Edwin L. Marin

CAST

Reginald Owen

Gene Lockhart

Kathleen Lockhart

Terry Kilburn

Lynne Carver

Barry MacKay

PRODUCERS

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

WRITERS

Hugo Butler

Charles Dickens

Host Intros

01:54
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- A Christmas Carol (1938)
Intro Aired: Dec 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces A Christmas Carol, 1938.
01:37
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- A Christmas Carol (1938)
Intro Aired: Dec 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces A Christmas Carol, 1938.
01:50
Robert Osborne Intro -- A Christmas Carol (1938)
Intro Aired: Dec 2015
Robert Osborne introduces A Christmas Carol, 1938.

Related Videos

Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Scrooge
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Nephew Fred (Barry MacKay) is bidding farewell to Cratchit (Gene Lockhart) when two do-gooders (Halliwell Hobbes, Charles Coleman) solicit Scrooge (Reginald Owen) in MGM's A Christmas Carol, 1938.
Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Cratchit's Sons
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Opening credits and first scene, in which ever-so decent Fred (Barry MacKay) meets Tim (Terry Kilburn) and Peter (John O'Day), sons of Bob, who works for his Uncle Scrooge, in MGM's A Christmas Carol, 1938.
Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Old Fezziwig
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Spirit of Christmas Past (flaxen Ann Rutherford) conducts Scrooge (Reginald Owen) to see his young self (Ronald Sinclair) and Jack (Harold Henson) with Fezziwig (Forester Harvey) in A Christmas Carol, 1938.
Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Jacob Marley
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Having dismissed the neighborhood patrol, Scrooge (Reginald Owen) becomes convinced, upon a second encounter, that the ghost of Marley (Leo G. Carroll, half exposed) is real, in MGM's 1938 version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
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Christmas Carol, A (1938) - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
The 1938 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous Yuletide story, A Christmas Carol, starring Reginald Owen.

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