A Christmas carol

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Christmas carol. Film and video adaptations. (Added Author). Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Added Author). Minter, George, 1911-1966 (producer). Haynes, Stanley, (producer.). Hurst, Brian Desmond. (director,, producer.). Langley, Noel, 1911-1980 (screenwriter.). Mathieson, Muir, (musical director.). Sim, Alastair, (actor.). Cole, George, (actor.). Johns, Mervyn, (actor.). Frayling, Christopher, (actor.). Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Christmas carol. (Added Author). VCI Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Alastair Sim with Kathleen Harrison, Jack Warner, Mervin Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Clifford Mollison and Michael Hordern. (Cast).

Summary: "Alastair Sim's tour-de-force performance is the definitive portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge in this beloved version of the Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol. Ebeneezer [i.e. Ebenezer] Scrooge (Alastair Sim) contentedly meanders through his life as a cruel miser until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghosts. The spirits show him how his behavior over the years has made him a lonely, bitter man, and how his heart has grown colder. Using events from Scrooge's idealistic past, dreary present and dismal future, the apparitions try their best to melt his steely soul. Tightfisted Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his ways through the intervention of the ghost of his former partner and of the three spirits and, just in time for the holidays, manages to make everyone's lives a little brighter, his included! Critics widely consider this 1951 production to be the best film version of Charles Dickens' cherished novel. The Holiday Picture of All Time!"--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 1552593428
ISBN: 155259341X
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (86 minutes) : Dolby digital, stereo sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 inches
videodisc
videorecording (DVD)
Edition: Emerald edition.
Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Morningstar Entertainment, [2004].
Copyright: ©1951.

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the story by Charles Dickens. Program content : Renown Film Productions, 1951. Special features (Emerald edition) : Original theatrical trailer ; restoration comparison sample.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Screenplay by Noel Langley ; produced by Desmond Hurst ; directed by Brian Desmond Hurst.
Participant or Performer Note:	Alastair Sim with Kathleen Harrison, Jack Warner, Mervin Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Clifford Mollison and Michael Hordern.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.