Our Favorite Christmas Movie
Added 2/15/2010
My wife and I have been married for nearly 42 years now. I am going to guess that at least the last 30 or so, we have enjoyed the movie "A Christmas Carol". We finally settled on the 1939 version starring Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart. It also stars his wife Kathleen. Not mentioned in the credits is the fact that some of their children are in it as well. One of their children June Lockhart, who played one of the Cratchett girls in the movie, went on to movie success and also played the mom on the TV show Lassie for a few years in the 50's. Her daughter Ann Lockhart played on the 1980's TV series Battlestar Galactica with Lorne Greene. Another thing that Johnny Carson said on his show many years ago was that he was the little boy who took the coin from Scrooge to buy the Goose near the end of the movie. The reason we got this was it was on DVD. Our VHS tape has been played many times and we were worried it would soon break. We really love this movie and can't wait to watch it on DVD next Christmas. I belive we got a real good buy from Amazon on it.
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I'm Not Even Sure Why
Added 2/14/2010
A Christmas Carol This is not the best version of "A Christmas Carol." It may even be the worst. However, it is our family's favorite. Each Christmas I read the entire book aloud to my children, listen to a one-man presentation by Patrick Stewart and watch the Reginald Owen version. I cannot speak of it's excellent acting. The presentations of the spirits (other than Christmas present) is hardly recognizable from Dicken's book. In many ways it is rather silly--but we love it nonetheless.
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A Christmas Carol DVD
Added 2/12/2010
This one of my favorite movies. DVD was in great shape. This was a good buy!
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Excellent classic Christmas movie
Added 2/11/2010
This is one of the best movie classics at Christmas. It used to be a staple on TV but now, it is never shown so I am glad to own it. My family and I watch it every Christmas season, along with the other black and white English version of "A Christmas Carol". We especially enjoy the actor who plays Tiny Tim in this version. And, Bob Cratchet's wife was actually played by Gene Lockhart's wife in real life (as was one of the Cratchet children - June Lockhart of "Lassie" fame). The scenery looks so real to the actual time period of the story. Maybe it's because it's in black and white, but that's what makes it so great.
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A Christmas Carol
Added 1/31/2010
Although a number of film versions of the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol" have been made, our favorite is the 1936 version starring Reginald Owen as the miser Scrooge. We have watched this movie every year as a family tradition to connect us to the Christmas season.
The black and white format lends a seasonal spirit to this classic story and makes you believe that you are a part of the story.
We like the shorter, concise version of this movie rather than the longer, more dramatic versions that followed. The story flows well and the characters are believable. While this story does not go into the in depth detail of other versions of the story, it is not necessary as this version does cover the essentials of the Dickens story.
Owen does a masterful job of portraying the miserly Scrooge who has spent his life in acquiring wealth but never really enjoying his life. It is only through the help of his past departed business partner, Jacob Marley, and the three spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future does Scrooge get to evaluate his life and see how he has wasted it on greed.
Once Scrooge realizes that he still has time to make amends for his selfish, greedy and insensitive existence, he turns into a new man who keeps Christmas in his heart everyday.
This is a great version of the Dickens classic that the entire family can enjoy.
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