Eye on New York: A Christmas Carol (1955) @ EOFFTV


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	Eye on New York: A Christmas Carol (1955) Date of Original Broadcast: 25 December 1955 Episode Running Time: 30m Format: Colour Format: black and white Ratio: Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Producer: Bill Leonard SCRIPT Teleplay: Bill Leonard Novel: Charles Dickens CAST Bill Leonard (host) Jonathan Harris (Ebenezer Scrooge) Biff McGuire (Bob Cratchit) Howard Wierum (voice of Jacob Marley) PLOT SUMMARY Miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Jacob 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: WCBS TIMELINE 1955 December 25: USA - television broadcast (on WCBS) 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.184 credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 1 January, 2009