A Christmas Carol (1943) @ EOFFTV


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	A Christmas Carol (1943) Country of Origin: USA Date of Original Broadcast: 22 December 1943 Number of Seasons: n/a Total Number of Episodes: 1 Episode Running Time: 60 mins Format: Colour Format: black and white Ratio: Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Companies: DuMont Television Network SCRIPT Teleplay: William Podmore Novel: Charles Dickens DIRECTION Director: George Lowther CAST William Podmore (Ebenezer Scrooge) Don Randolf Consuela Lembke Ralph Locke Noah Julian Roger DeKoven Lon Clark PLOT SUMMARY Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge's heart? AVAILABILITY USA Television Distributors: W2XWV LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) REFERENCES NEWSPAPERS New York Herald Tribune 22 December 1943 p.29 (USA) review The New York Times 22 December 1943 p.39 (USA) review BOOKS A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.174 credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 15 October, 2008