Christmas Movie Review: ***A Christmas Carol (1971)

This is the shortest version of “The Christmas Carol” that I have seen.  It is only 27 minutes, but still it tells the complete story, and does a very good job of it as well. Alastair Sim provides voice for Scrooge.

Christmas Movie Review: A Christmas Carol (1951)

This movie stars Alistair Sim as Scrooge.  It is really the penultimate Christmas Carol in terms of telling the complete story.  Other versions cut short Christmas Past, but this does not.  It gives much more breadth to the story as a result.  The other ghosts also show more scenes than other versions.  Hermione Baddeley of Disney fame stars Mrs. Cratchit.  This movie is available through Netflix DVD and YouTube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNKe1cGucY