POLL: Favorite Scrooge / adaptation of A Christmas Carol

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I forgot about these. The last one with Tori Spelling was promoted a lot the year it came out.

 

Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) one-man show. I forget which year, but it was brilliant.

 

I also love the Patrick Stewart version. Maybe because I am a Star Trek fan, but I think he turns in a great performance. It is my second favorite version.

 

My favorite is George C. Scott. It is a tradition for us.

 

I saw this for the first time last year & was pleasantly surprised (after hearing not-so-glowing reviews). They included quite a few things from the book not included in other adaptations. And I think Stewart was a great Scrooge.

 

Yeah, the Patrick Stewart version is a keeper.

 

Thanks, I have not seen these movies, but the Diva one looks interesting. I will try and find and watch it.

 

I saw it as live theatre not film. Much more impactful live I think.

 

Wow, I didn't realize he did this as a live show. (I missed the "one-man show" part of your post.)

 

Ebbie along with the Diva one are on DVD.

 

this is the BIG winner in my book. but since OP chose to ignore animated, It's a tie between George C Scott and Patrick Stewart for me.
two versions no one has mentioned, one i just discovered a few months ago.
i own this one-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198321/
this is different-https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1855&v=UF_rKE3nIoI

 

I just caught the end of the Disneys 2009 A Christmas Carol. It would not be a bad adaptation if someone edited out all the 3D action crap.

 

I love all of them (and my dad owns nearly all of them lol), but I voted for 1999 w/Patrick Stewart.

 

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I have always preferred the MGM version with Reginald Owen.
I love Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit, and Terry Kilburn is the perfect Tiny Tim. Gene's wife, Kathleen is Mrs. Cratchit, and their daughter June Lockhart, who was only 12 or 13 at the time, made her screen debut as one of the Cratchit's daughters. My biggest grouse against it is there are several things from the story that are missing resulting in an extremely short film, it's just a little over an hour long. MGM streamlined the plot, as they typically did in their literary adaptations of the period.
Lionel Barrymore was set to play Scrooge as he traditionally did on radio each Christmas from 1934 to 1953, but his severe arthritis prevented him from appearing in both this film and his annual radio appearance. Orson Welles took over the role of Scrooge on radio in 1938. Barrymore would have been perfect in rhe movie, but Owen is an excellent Scrooge, as well.

 

I know,it won’t win but George C. Scott was BORN to play Scrooge as well as Patton.

Where is the modern take with Bill Murray? Granted, his character is named Bill across but he’s Scrooge in everything but name.

 

We watched the Patrick Stewart version last night. It was better than I remembered from the last time I'd seen it, probably about five years ago.

I was reminded of a little trivia fact, that the lady who played Mrs. Dilber, played the same role in the George C. Scott version!

 

Gene Lockhart is the best Bob Cratchit IMO. But not only does this version leave things out, it adds some. Having Bob get fired on Christmas Eve makes his joy a little too hard to believe.

Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge, and this could have been the best version overall.

 

I watched a bare bones must have been for 50s TV version on youtube last night. It didn't take long. 25 minutes maybe. It was speed Christmas Carol. Made the book version seem like War and Peace. (Only funny if you have a copy of A Christmas Carol on your shelf next to other Dickens books.)

 

I got a copy of the replica of the book from when it was first published. It is funny how tiny it is. It could fit in your pocket (or easily in a stocking).

 

If I remember correctly, this version shows the couple that Scrooge was foreclosing on happy that he was dead. It really is an essential scene, sadly absent from the George C. Scott version.

 

Let me give everyone a recommendation. If you like A Christmas Carol, watch "The Man Who Invented Christmas".

It was released last year and shows what Dickens went through to create the book and get it released. I was surprised to see how closely the movie followed what really happened. One of the devices the film uses is when Dickens creates a character, it comes to life and he talks to it. It turns out Dickens really did do that, so it works perfectly.

Highly recommend

 

I have an illustrated copy that was published in MCMXXXVIII.