MY TOP FIVE "ALL TIME" CHRISTMAS MOVIES #3 SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)

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 Every year I send my TIVO on a grand search to find and record my all time favorite version of Dickens classic story, A Christmas Carol.  Last count there are 24 current movie versions.  Some of the greatest actors of all time have attempted to portray the "Bah Humbug" cold hearted Scrooge: Jim Carrey, George C Scott, Kermit the Frog, Mr Magoo,  Henry Winkler, Tim Curry, Christopher Plummer,  Patrick Stewart,  Albert Finney, etc. etc.   But for my taste, the truest and best is the 1951 version with Alastair Sims as the "Old Screw" himself.  Sims is Scrooge, from his crooked teeth to his cold hearted demeanor. His portrayal will never be bested.  He is Scrooge.  I not only watch this movie each Christmas but I also read Dickens, A Christmas Carol.  It is a short read and each word is perfectly placed by a master writer.  Other then the Bible no other book written has better described redemption.  Scrooge truly came out the other side of his experience, a changed man.  So there is hope for us all.

 “And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the         knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!”    Charles Dickens






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