Scrooge (1935 film)

Scrooge is a 1935 film about Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.
 * Directed by Henry Edwards. Written by H. Fowler Mear, based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

What happened when Scrooge saw Marley's face on the door knocker...and the clock struck twelve! (taglines)

Ebenezer Scrooge

 * [after his visits by the Spirits] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the world!

Spirit of Christmas Past

 * I am the Spirit of Christmas Past. I am here to show you the shadows of things that have happened. Look back beyond the gulf of vanished years...

Marley's Ghost

 * Look well, Ebenezer Scrooge, for only you can see me.


 * My spirit never walked beyond the limits of our money changing hole. I cannot rest; I cannot stay; I cannot linger - anywhere.

Other

 * Lord Mayor's Secretary: [at a huge Christmas Eve dinner being held for polite society] My Lord, shall we proceed with your speech, or shall we let the ladies and gentlemen continue to enjoy themselves?

Dialogue

 * Spirit of Christmas Present: [Scrooge laugh while watching the Cratchits] You laugh?
 * Ebenezer Scrooge: Laugh? I envy them.

Taglines

 * What happened when Scrooge saw Marley's face on the door knocker...and the clock struck twelve!

Cast

 * Sir Seymour Hicks — Ebenezer Scrooge
 * Donald Calthrop — Bob Cratchit
 * Robert Cochran — Fred
 * Mary Glynne — Belle
 * Garry Marsh — Belle's husband
 * Oscar Asche — Spirit of Christmas Present
 * Marie Ney — Spirit of Christmas Past (physical outline only)
 * C.V. France — Spirit of Christmas Future
 * Athene Seyler — Scrooge's charwoman
 * Maurice Evans as Poor man
 * Mary Lawson as Poor man's wife


 * Barbara Everest — Mrs. Cratchit
 * Eve Gray — Fred's wife
 * Morris Harvey — Poulterer with Prize Turkey
 * Philip Frost — Tiny Tim
 * D.J. Williams — Undertaker
 * Margaret Yarde — Scrooge's laundress
 * Hugh E. Wright — Old Joe
 * Charles Carson — Middlemark
 * Hubert Harben — Worthington
 * Claude Rains — Jacob Marley (voice, uncredited)
 * Robert Morley — Rich man