A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the timeless classic from 1843 that we all watch every holiday season. There have been countless screen versions of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge. Some of my personal favorites have been the 1935, 1938, 1951 and 1984 versions. If I had to pick the ultimate adaptation it would have to be the 1951 version starring Alistair Sim. I also love the 1984 George C. Scott version followed by the 1999 edition and the animated 2009 Jim Carrey version.
Here are some video clips from my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol.
Here’s a list of all of the many variations.
1935 Scrooge with the crusty curmudgeon Seymour Hicks
1938 Reginald Owen (who dons a horrible bald cap that prevents this version from being the best)
1951 Alastair Sim in the best version
1970 Scrooge Musical with Albert Finney (Kinda annoying at times by the musical numbers)
1984 George C. Scott (Patton as Scrooge, I love it!)
1988 Scrooged with Bill Murray as the most sarcastic Scrooge ever
1999 Patrick Stewart (from Star Trek TV series) as Ebenezer
2009 Jim Carrey in a beautiful 3D animated version
Here’s a video playlist with everything about A Christmas Carol
Here’s a post I did about The Ghosts of Dickens’ Past which chronicles how Charles Dickens was inspired to write this Christmas classic.
Here’s another post I did about other influences for Dickens.
