VCR alert for A Christmas Carol on TCM tonight at 9:30. As I stated last year, this is the best version, and tonight is the only showing for this season. There will, however, be plenty of chances to see other treatments, as ACC is one of the all time most filmed pieces of literature out there (without even getting into the many non-traditional versions spun off from the basic premise.) Of course it’s public domain, and short, but the plot is so tight, and with so much good dialogue, that it’s pretty hard to mess up. An interesting comparison table is here.
Wow.
This year it's tomorrow, Thursday 12/19/13, with multiple versions on TCM, including Alistair Sim at 10:00 pm, followed by one I've never seen, the first sound version from 1935, starring Seymour Hicks, who had a long history of performing the role on stage, as well as in a silent film from 1913.
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- alex 12-16-2012 7:04 pm
Wow.
- bill 12-16-2012 7:26 pm [add a comment]
This year it's tomorrow, Thursday 12/19/13, with multiple versions on TCM, including Alistair Sim at 10:00 pm, followed by one I've never seen, the first sound version from 1935, starring Seymour Hicks, who had a long history of performing the role on stage, as well as in a silent film from 1913.
- alex 12-18-2013 2:31 pm [add a comment]