Synopsis
A Christmas Carol (1938) is MGM's take on the Charles Dickens classic, free to watch online on iFILM. Ebenezer Scrooge despises the holiday and treats everyone else's cheer as money wasted.
On Christmas Eve the ghost of his dead partner Jacob Marley turns up at Scrooge's door (Reginald Owen) and warns of three spirits still to come. Past, Present and Yet to Come walk the old miser through his own story — the youth he threw away, the warmth he refuses, the failing health of Tiny Tim, son of his clerk Bob Cratchit. One night is all Scrooge gets to change the ending.
This MGM version runs a brisk 69 minutes and softens Dickens' darker edges, which is exactly why it's so often a child's first Christmas Carol. Owen stepped into the part after Lionel Barrymore, originally cast, fell ill. A December staple that's survived nearly a century of screenings. Stream A Christmas Carol (1938) online on iFILM.
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