What is your favorite A Christmas Carol - or - Scrooge movie?

[boston bean]

Mine is the 1970 musical version Scrooge with Albert Finney. No others match up for me. The greed is still applicable today. But we need more scrooges waking up.

Plan to watch it tonight with maybe some Chinese food & a Baileys on the rocks.

Merry Christmas Eve Duers!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Alastair Sim

The *only* one, IMHO, if fo no other reason than the scene where he yells out the window to a boy to bring him a butcher to send a turkey to Bob Cratchitt and later, his pretended craziness as he reveals his transformation to Cratchitt, who's just apologized for coming in a minute late.

[boston bean]

2. Nice choice. It is on tubi streaming for free this year!

[Easterncedar]

7. Yes. Alistair Sim is perfect

His Christmas morning happiness scene makes me happy, too. Every time. Mrs. Dawber too!

[rampartd]

3. the classic. jim backis as scrooge magoo.

[boston bean]

4. That is a fun one!

Unfortunately not showing for free anywhere. If one subscribes to peacock can catch it there at no additional cost.

[johnnyplankton]

8. Actually you can access it at the link below...

https://vimeo.com/376167170

[boston bean]

9. Yes I saw! Thank you!!

[johnnyplankton]

5. The cartoon musical "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" and the Alistair Sim version

It's got a musical score by legendary Broadway composer Jule Styne (Gypsy, Funny Girl, and dozens more) and really conveys the story’s central message

https://vimeo.com/376167170

[boston bean]

6. Thank you for the Vimeo for Magoo. It is not on tv for free this year that I can find.

[GoCubsGo]

10. "Scrooged."

I like the modern, Bill Murray version. It's one of the few Christmas-themed movies I'll watch every year, if it's on.

[boston bean]

11. Have not seen that one for quite some time.

Only on streaming services it seems.

[Phoenix61]

12. That's my favorite too!

One of my favorite scenes is “Thank ya very much, Thank ya very much , that’s the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for me…”

[boston bean]

15. I sing that at all times of years when some does something nice for me. LOL!

[Scrivener7]

13. I just watched The Man Who Invented Christmas, about Dickens writing the book. It follows the Christmas

Carol story and weaves it into events in Dickens's life at the time. It was new to me and I liked it a lot.

[mwmisses4289]

14. The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Gonzo as Charles Dickens the narrator is quite a trip. It's just a good version of the story. Always makes me smile after I watch it.

[mobeau69]

16. Christmas Carol with George C. Scott

[tavernier]

17. Gene Lockhart playing Bob Cratchit joined by young daughter June,

Leo G Carroll as Marley, and the ever popular Tiny Tim announcing God Bless Us, Every One.

Hands down my favorite!

If you like Spooky, Jim Carey as Scrooge in the animated version is spine tingling.

I watched about five this season and even a very old one that was really bad that I’d never seen before. Only got halfway through it.

Looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp as Ebeneezer.

[Ms. Toad]

18. I've performed in both.

You get a very different understanding performing than viewing (living with the stories 20-24 hours a week for 6-8 weeks). Between the two (we did Scrooge first), I would have said Scrooge. I hadn't seen it before performing, and there were less of slightly different takes on the story that I liked. But performing Christmas carol, I fell in love with that one, to.

I do like how Christmas Carol handles the ghosts better (especially the Ghost of Christmas Future) - I played that role in both. As a method actor, that role is juicier in Christmas Carol.