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This 1938 MGM version of the Dickens classic is not the most rewarding of the various adaptations (that honor goes to Biran Desmond Hurst’s 1951 film, starring Alistair Sim), but it has a strong if narrow performance by Reginald Owen as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Directed by Edward L. Marin, the movie is stiffer [...]
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In the same year that he directed a handsome version of The Scarlet Pimpernel for television, Clive Donner also made this worthy 1984 small-screen production of the Dickens tale. George C. Scott can’t quite muster a decent English accent, but he does bring some new colors to this movie’s interpretation of [...]
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A great story: Pooh is so busy gathering up his friends’ wish lists for Santa that he forgets to include his own. After retrieving the list and adding his own desires, he realizes he’s late getting it where it needs to go. Off he goes to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, with pals Eeyore, [...]
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This is the desert-island choice of the many versions of A Christmas Carol, with a magnificent, full-bodied portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge by Alastair Sim that leaves everyone else in the dust. Lean and direct, this film’s version of the story wastes no time trying to impress viewers with the magical nature of the spirits’ visitations. [...]