History Film / Scrooge1951

Heading the cast are Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and Michael Hordern as Jacob Marley; both would reprise their respective roles in the 1971 animated film ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol1971''. Brian Desmond Hurst was the director, and the screenplay was written by Noel Langley (''Film/TheWizardOfOz'').

* IWasQuiteALooker: Scrooge and Marley were quite handsome in their younger days. Oddly enough when we see Alice in the present day, [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished she still looks the same]].

* TruerToTheText: This movie includes the sequence where Scrooge threatens to swallow a toothpick while talking with Marley, something very few film adaptations do.

* AdaptationDistillation: In this version, the BadFuture saves the men talking about Scrooge's death for last.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Jorkin; during Scrooge's past at the Amalgamated Mercantile Society, the ledger registers a liability of 3200 pounds, 8 shillings and 10 pence ([[OldBritishMoney £3200, 8 / 10 d]]), with assets of 11 pounds, 8 shillings and 10 pence (£11, 8 / 10d), resulting in a deficit of £3189.

** Adds an extended StartOfDarkness sequence depicting how Scrooge was corrupted by an unscrupulous mentor luring them away from Fezziwig's good influence.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: This exchange on Scrooge's staircase after he catches up with Mrs. Dilber and gives her a guinea:

* DeadpanSnarker: Scrooge.

* MarketBasedTitle: Was released as ''A Christmas Carol'' in some markets.

* SarcasticConfession: Mr. Jorkin, when confronted on charges of embezzlement:

* StartOfDarkness: The Christmas Past sequence explores this.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Played with. In the original novel the Christmas Past sequence shows that Belle married someone else and had a family, which is the last we see of her. This adaptation shows her counterpart Alice in the Christmas Present, helping feed the poor on Christmas Day. It's never confirmed whether or not she did have a family.

** Adds an extended StartOfDarkness sequence depicting how Scrooge and Marley were corrupted by an unscrupulous mentor luring them away from Fezziwig's good influence.

** Later, much older Scrooge has Marley delivering a warning with his last breaths, but it's pretty much over his head. Scrooge even waited until business was over to bother visiting him; his maid incredulously declares "I'll see if I can get him to hold out, I'm sure!"
* AscendedExtra: Mrs Dilber, as noted above, receives more screen time. A lot of adaptations tend to leave her out.
* CanonForeigner: The PredatoryBusiness which buys out Fezziwig is personified by Mr. Jorkin. Jorkin serves as an EvilMentor to Scrooge and Marley both, pairing them up in an ominous scene. He is later caught embezzling from his own banking house; Scrooge and Marley bail him out in return for 51% of the stock share, effectively a hostile takeover. Mr. Jorkin is adapted from Mr. Jorkins, a character from ''Literature/DavidCopperfield''.

* HeelRealization: Starts when Scrooge describes his old boss Fezziwig, he stops, noting that he wishes he could talk to his clerk, Bob Cratchit.

* KilledMidSentence: Marley dies while attempting to warn Scrooge of his fate and to "save himself".
* LargeHam: Marley is a big one.

* StepfordSmiler: When Bob Cratchitt comes home in the Christmas Yet To Come part, he tries to pretend that he's happy about an imagined goodbye from Tiny Tim. But he quickly collapses into his wife's arms in tears.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Scrooge and Marley essentially. Oddly enough when we see Alice in the present day, [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished she still looks the same]].

* MaybeEverAfter: In contrast to the novel where she has a family of her own, Alice/Belle's romantic situation isn't addressed. She's shown in the Christmas Present sequence - where she isn't in the novel. Although it isn't said, this does leave things open for Scrooge to reconcile with her if she isn't married.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Played with. In the original novel the Christmas Past sequence shows that Belle married someone else and had a family - which is the last we see of her. This adaptation shows her counterpart Alice in the Christmas Present, helping feed the poor on Christmas Day. It's never confirmed whether or not she did have a family.

Heading the cast are Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and Michael Hordern as Jacob Marley; both would reprise their respective roles in the 1971 animated film ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol''. Brian Desmond Hurst was the director, and the screenplay was written by Noel Langley (''Film/TheWizardOfOz'').

** This film shows Marley’s death seven years earlier. The other adaptations that have a similar scene are the [[Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical 2004 TV musical]] and ''Ebbie''.

** This movie covers Fan's DeathByChildbirth, as well as her final moments with her brother. The only other adaptation to attempt this was ''Ebbie'', which aired in 1995.

* StartOfDarkness: The Christmas Past sequence explores this, more so than other adaptations.

* TimeshiftedActor: [[{{Minder}} George Cole]] as Young Ebenezer Scrooge and [[Series/TheAvengers Patrick Macnee]] as Young Jacob Marley.

* RoleReprisal: Alistair Sim and Michael Hordern would reprise their roles as Scrooge and Marley twenty years later in an animated version.

* CanonForeigner: The PredatoryBusiness which buys out Fezziwig is personified by Mr. Jorkin. Jorkin serves as an EvilMentor to Scrooge and Marley both, pairing them up in an ominous scene. He is later caught embezzling from his own banking house; Scrooge and Marley bail him out in return for 51% of the stock share, effectively a hostile takeover.
** Mr. Jorkin is adapted from Mr. Jorkins, a character from Literature/DavidCopperfield.

--> '''Mrs. Dilber''': A guinea? For me? What for?
--> '''Ebenezer''': I'll give you a guess!
--> '''Mrs. Dilber''': [[{{Beat}} [pause]]] To keep me mouth shut?
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Jorkin; during Scrooge's past at the Amalgamated Mercantile Society, the ledger registers a liability of 3200 pounds, 8 shillings and 10 pence [[OldBritishMoney (£3200, 8 / 10 d,)]] with assets of 11 pounds, 8 shillings and 10 pence (£11, 8 / 10d), resulting in a deficit of £3189.
-->'''Jorkin''': At least the 10 pences cancel each other out.\\
'''Rosehed''': How much of this is the company's capital?\\
'''Snedrig''': All of it, Mr. Rosehed.\\
'''Rosehed''': In short, sir, you're not only a bankrupt, you're also an embezzler of the company's funds.

--> '''Scrooge''': Forgive me, Fan!

-->'''Rosehed''': In short, sir, you're not only a bankrupt, you're an embezzler of the company's funds.\\
'''Jorkin''': I also beat my wife and skewer innocent babies when in my cups.

* CanonForeigner: The PredatoryBusiness which buys out Fezziwig is personified by Mr. Jawking. Jawking serves as an EvilMentor to Scrooge and Marley both, pairing them up in an ominous scene. He is later caught embezzling from his own banking house; Scrooge and Marley bail him out in return for 51% of the stock share, effectively a hostile takeover.

It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and Michael Hordern as Jacob Marley; both would reprise their respective roles in the 1971 animated film ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol''. Brian Desmond Hurst was the director, and the screenplay was written by Noel Langley (''Film/TheWizardOfOz'').

''Scrooge'' is a 1951 British film adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', regarded by many as the finest screen version of Dickens's classic.

''Scrooge'' is a 1951 British film adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', regarded by many as the finest screen version of Dickens' classic.

''Scrooge'' is a 1951 British film adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.