A Christmas Carol (1944) @ EOFFTV


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	A Christmas Carol (1944) Country of Origin: USA Dates of Original Broadcast: 20 December 1944 Number of Seasons: n/a Total Number of Episodes: 1 Average Episode Running Times: 30 mins Format: Colour Format: black and white Ratio: Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: DuMont-TV SCRIPT Novel: Charles Dickens CAST Carl Eastman (Bob Cratchit) Helen Jerome (Mrs Cratchit) Bobby Hookey (Tiny Tim) Evelyn Juster (Martha) Beverly Benson (Peter) 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 Broadcasters: WABD TIMELINE 1944 December 20: USA - television broadcast (on WABD) LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) REFERENCES 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.175 credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 15 October, 2008