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The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
Country of Origin: USA
Date of Original Broadcast: 23 December 1978
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Episode Running Time: 49 mins
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company Rankin/Bass Productions Inc
Produced by: Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Associate Producer: Masaki Tizuka
SCRIPT
Written by: Romeo Muller
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens
Book and Lyrics: Janice Torre
DIRECTION
Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
ANIMATION
Animation Supervisor: Tsuguyuki Kubo
Animation Coordinator: Toru Hara
Animation Director: Katsuhisa Yamada
Animation: Yoshiko Sasaki, Masahiro Yoshida
Background Design: Minoru Nishida
Backgrounds: Kazusuke Yoshihara, Kazuko Ito
Layouts: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Tadakatsu Yoshida, Hidemi Kubo
MUSIC
Music: Fred Spielman
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Bernard Hoffer
Vocal Arrangements: Jerry Graff
Music Supervision: Maury Laws
SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"A Christmas Carol/Overture"
Performed by Tom Bosley
"An Old Fashioned Christmas"
Performed by Tom Bosley
"The Stingiest Man in Town"
Performed by Tom Bosley
"Birthday Party of The King"
Performed by Tom Bosley
"Humbug!"
Performed by Dennis Day, Walter Matthau
"I Wear a Chain"
Performed by Theodore Bikel
"Golden Dreams"
Performed by Debra Clinger, Robert Morse
"It Might Have Been"
Performed by Debra Clinger, Robert Morse
"Yes, There is a Santa Claus"
Performed by Debra Clinger, Bobby Rolofson
"One Little Boy"
Performed by Paul Frees, Walter Matthau
"The Christmas Spirit (reprise)"
Performed by Walter Matthau
"Mankind Should Be My Business"
Performed by Walter Matthau
SOUND
Sound Recording: John Curcio, Dave Iveland, John Richards, Robert Elder
Sound Effects: Tom Clack
DESIGN
Design: Paul Coker Jr
VOICES
Walter Matthau (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Tom Bosley (narrator, B.A.H. Humbug)
Theodore Bikel (Jacob Marley)
Robert Morse (young Scrooge)
Dennis Day (Nephew Fred)
Paul Frees (Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present)
Sonny Melendrez (Bob Cratchit)
Debra Clinger (Martha Cratchit)
Bobby Rolofson (Tiny Tim)
Steffani Calli (Belinda Cratchit)
Eric Hines (Peter Cratchit)
Dee Stratton
Darlene Conley (Mrs Cratchit)
Shelby Flint
Diana Lee
Charles Matthau (the boy)
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: ABC
TIMELINE
1978
December
23: USA - television broadcast
POSTER TAGS
Meet Scrooge...
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))
pp.202-203
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KEYWORDS
animation, book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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