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Amazon.com:
This British production of Dickens's Christmas Carol has been eclipsed by subsequent versions, but it stands on its own as a darkly atmospheric (if sometimes regrettably brisk) telling of the beloved tale. Even with the rough quality of existing prints, this Scrooge has a visual intensity that approaches the bold compositions of German expressionism. And in its central role it has a mostly forgotten star: Sir Seymour Hicks, one of the era's celebrated English stage actors. With his gnarled face and flyaway hair, Hicks looks every inch the mean old misanthrope, and his cruelty has a realistic quality missing in some of the more stylized interpreters of the role. Hicks had played Scrooge many times on stage (and before in silent film), and he gets the tenor of every 'Humbug!' just right. As a bandy-legged Bob Cratchit, Donald Calthorp is a perfect Victorian illustration come to grinning life. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not bad .. Iliked it but it wasn't the one I was looking for
I was looking for the version that they used to play on family classics with Frazer Thomas and Roy Lenard. I remember when I was a kid they used to play this specific version before they started playing this other you'd see on WGN channel 9. anyway like I said in the title that it wasn't bad. I liked it. I would have given it 4 stars but it wasn't the version I was looking for. If you enjoy the classic story of A Christmas Carol in black and white, I think you will enjoy this one too.
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Rating:  - Very good version of A Chistmas Carol
This is a very good early film version of the Dickens classic, I would recommended to any Dickens and old black & white films fan.
Rating: - Scrooge
I think we own all Scrooge and I never saw one I did not like including this DVD.
Rating: - Scrooge
This movie would have made Charles Dickens proud. It is the best. I recommend it to anyone who likes classic Christmas movies!!
Rating:  - WARNING!!! BUYER BEWARE!!!
To anyone looking to buy the Sir Seymour Hicks version of "Scrooge" - DO NOT BUY THIS ONE! LEGEND FILMS should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves in offering this abridged version and leading the unwary buyer to believing it to be the complete version. I watched the film last year on the IMAGE label and enjoyed it very much. It is flawed, but has some truly wonderful sequences that should not be missed. But if you watch this truncated version you will miss some of the best parts - twenty minutes ... Read More
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