Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

Seymour Hicks
as Ebenezer Scrooge

Donald Calthrop
as Bob Cratchit

Robert Cochran
as Fred

Mary Glynne
as Belle

Garry Marsh
as Belle's Husband

Oscar Asche
as Spirit of Christmas Present

Athene Seyler
as Scrooge's Charwoman

Maurice Evans
as Poor Man

Mary Lawson
as Poor Man's Wife

Barbara Everest
as Mrs. Cratchit
CinemaSerf
Clearly, the story is the stuff of Christmas legend so there was no need to re-invent the wheel. Perhaps, also, because it was made in 1935 and Sir Seymour Hicks was already 64 when he portrayed "Scrooge" this film works well. It is both charming and poignant and uses the basic film techniques of th...