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Information
- Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 69 min.
- Director
- Edwin L. Marin
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Family
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 3,311
- Checks
- 449
- Favs
- 15
- Dislikes
- 3
- Favs/checks
- 3.3% (1:30)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
MGM's 1938 production of A Christmas Carol feels so simplified as to seem cartoonish at times, yet still finds time to invent new scenes, mostly of Christmas cheer, like people playing in the snow, or the definitely-not-struggling Ratchetts' Christmas dinner, course by course (I'm not sure why Scrooge would feel the need to crash the party on the redo). It's A Christmas Carol with its teeth pulled out, is what it is. Poverty is never shown. Bob is visibly well-fed, and Scrooge makes his turn super-early. I'd even call it tedious in its optimism. Maybe it's the one you start little kids on, I dunno. Little kids afraid of Muppets, I guess. And you don't have the Mickey Mouse one handy either. 6 years 1 month ago