Topper: Christmas Carol (1953) @ EOFFTV


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	Topper: Christmas Carol (1953) Date of Original Broadcast: 25 December 1953 Episode Running Time: 30m Format: Colour Format: black and white Ratio: Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: A John W. Loveton/Bernard L. Schubert production Producer: John W. Loveton Production Manager: Herbert E. Stewart SCRIPT Written by: George Oppenheimer Based on the Characters Originally Created by: Thorne Smith Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (uncredited) Supervising Story Editor: Philip Rapp DIRECTION Director: Paul Landres CAST Leo G. Carroll (Cosmo Topper) Anne Jeffreys (Marion Kerby) Buck (Neil) Lee Patrick (Henrietta Topper) Kathleen Freeman (Katie) Mary Field (Thelma Gibney) Frank Ferguson (Dr Lang) PLOT SUMMARY Topper tries to read his copy of A Christmas Carol but is constantly interrupted by his wife. He falls asleep and dreams that he is Scrooge in a comic version of the tale. AVAILABILITY USA Television Broadcasters: CBS TIMELINE 1953 December 25: USA - television broadcast (on CBS) LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) REFERENCES MAGAZINES TV Guide (New York Metro edition) 25-31 December 1953 p.A-12 (USA) credits, listing 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.182 credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, dreams, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 1 January, 2009