A Christmas Carol (1964)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 24 December 1964
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Episode Running Time: 45 mins
Format:
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

SCRIPT
Narration: John Clifford
Novel: Charles Dickens

MUSIC
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Lyrics: John Clifford

CAST
Roger Glickman (narrator)
John Monestero (Scrooge)
Theresa Ursino (Fan)
Connie DiGiovanni (Scrooge's sweetheart)
Leonard Johnson (Tiny Tim)
Philip Petrone (nephew)
Philip Strumolo (third spirit)

PLOT SUMMARY

Miserly 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: WNDT-TV

TIMELINE

1964
December
24: USA - television broadcast (on WNDT-TV (New York))

LINKS

SEE ALSO
A Christmas Carol (adaptations)

NEWSPAPERS

New York Herald Tribune 24 December 1964 p.13 (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.192
credits

book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers, redemption

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008