A Christmas Carol
1938 · 69 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 9,366 VOTES · DIR. Edwin L. Marin
Overview
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dialogue Timeline — 887 lines
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00:01:53 Have a try at it.
00:03:39 Well, that is jolly.
00:06:04 Humbug I said, and humbug I mean.
00:08:03 May I ask why?
00:09:53 I was afraid from what you said at first that something had occurred...
00:13:12 it doesn't mean he can't throw a snowball.
00:15:58 - What's Christmas without chestnuts, sir? - What indeed.
00:21:35 In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley.
00:24:37 seven Christmas Eves ago.
00:26:51 Couldn't I take all three at once and have it over?
00:31:36 We decided that some extra swatting at my studies would do me more good than...
00:34:51 Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer.
00:36:34 Your gradual enslavement to greed.
00:39:39 An excellent flavor.
00:43:29 Come on, darling. Let's have a slide.
00:45:55 What's got into your father and Tim?
00:47:30 Something at the office?
00:49:44 That's the cloth coming off.
00:51:36 And a merry Christmas to Mr. Scrooge.
00:53:31 One, two, three.
00:57:20 Is death always like this?
01:00:06 Spirit...
01:03:54 Why, bless me, Mr. Scrooge. Are you in earnest?
01:06:26 Well, get him. Bring him here.
Cast & Characters
Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
Tiny Tim
Barry MacKay
Fred
Lynne Carver
Bess
Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost
Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present
Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past
D'Arcy Corrigan
Spirit of Christmas Future
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed887
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line01:06:26
Production Record
DirectorEdwin L. Marin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,366