OK, let's start a real argumentative thread. Put up your cast selections for your choice of cast members. Here are min
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Christmas Carol
romar289 — 10 years ago(December 21, 2015 05:51 PM)
OK, let's start a real argumentative thread. Put up your cast selections for your choice of cast members. Here are mine, being evenly spilt between the '38 & '51 versions:
Alastair Sim .. Scrooge 51'version
Gene Lockhart . Bob Cratchit '38 version
Kathleen Lockhart Mrs. Cratchit '38 version
Leo G. Carroll .. Marley '38 version /Michael Hordern Marley '51 version (Toss-up)
Tiny Tim . ..???
Barry MacKay .. Fred '38 version
Patrick Macnee Young Jacob Marley '51 version
Kathleen Harrison .Mrs. Dilber '51 version
Ann Rutherford Spirit of Christmas Past '38 version
The incredibly cute hallway maid at Fred's! '51 version -
strntz — 10 years ago(December 22, 2015 10:00 AM)
I'm going to make this simple:
Take 1984s version in it's entirety (including sets, music, extras, etc) with the exception of installing Alistair Sim and Michael Hordern as Scrooge and Marley.
Adding Ann Rutherford as Ghost of Christmas Past is something I'd consider although I enjoyed Angela Pleasence's performance in 1984's version as well.
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tmaj48 — 10 years ago(December 25, 2015 05:30 PM)
The only casting that I preferred in the '38 version was Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim. No offense to Glyn Dearman's performance in the later film; he was just not very tiny, and he looks slightly ridiculous being carried by Mervyn Johns, who's
just a little bit taller (and that turkey that Scrooge buys is definitely not twice his size).
Although I normally enjoy Gene Lockhart's performances, he's just too unrelentingly cheery as Bob Cratchit. Mervyn Johns' smile is much more tentative;
he often seems to be just holding it together for the sake of his family and his own spirits. He's finally allowed to fall apart when he talks about his son's grave; his happy talk deserts him and he breaks down, sobbing. Lockhart's Cratchit never does; he continues grinning idiotically even after his son's death, and it's disturbing.
Theresa Dennington, who played the maid, is of course perfect casting. Her face is so charming and her shy manner (dealing with the even shyer Scrooge) makes that scene so memorable, even though she never says a word.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.