A Christmas Carol (1938)
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Directors
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver
The story
On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of Scrooge's clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals that Scrooge is his uncle, the boys take off in terror.
Genres
Christmas film, Drama, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film
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