The Definitive A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951): Starring Alastair Sim (1 Viewer)

[Tony Bensley]

Hopefully, we will move forward in the future and give Turkey's proper credit for their many contributions to filmmaking.

It's funny, I've always loved The Muppet Christmas Carol, but now I feel like I'm cheating on it by loving this one so much.
Yes, let us never forget the wonderful performance of the turkey from Christmas Vacation. View attachment 53590

Let's not forget Turkey's stellar appearances in MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. BEAN (1992), and in the cinematic film, BEAN (1997)!

CHEERS!

 

[B-ROLL]

Happy Holidays one and all ...

 

[Osato]

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Happy Holidays one and all ...

Winner!!!

 

[B-ROLL]

Winner!!!

Winner, Chicken Dinner !

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

FXM is airing this tonight at 6:50 Eastern.

 

[Charles Smith]

I hope you all feel as CHRISTMAS-Y as she does!

 

[Osato]

I hope you all feel as CHRISTMAS-Y as she does!

That’s great!!

Merry Christmas!!

 

[Tony Bensley]

Of course, Turkey suffers a rather ignominious fate in THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), and makes only a brief, charred appearance, after his firing!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!
CHEERS!

 

[telzall]

FXM is airing this tonight at 6:50 Eastern.

I scanned through it. Unrestored print. The missing words from Mrs. Dilber are there.

 

[Marvin]

Of course, Turkey suffers a rather ignominious fate in THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), and makes only a brief, charred appearance, after his firing!
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Merry Christmas, Everyone!
CHEERS!

I always wonder why they have to go out to Denny's after that. They had already cooked the rolls and sweet potatoes.

 

[Marvin]

I hope you all feel as CHRISTMAS-Y as she does!

I must stand on my head....

 

[Garysb]

FXM is airing this tonight at 6:50 Eastern.

I scanned through it. Unrestored print. The missing words from Mrs. Dilber are there.

Odd that the print on FXM was old while the print on TCM was great. The print on TCM was distributed 20th TV per the end credits. You would think if Fox is distributing the film to TV they would provide their film channel with the good print instead of a Gold Key print which is what TV station broadcast when the film was locally syndicated. back in the 50's and 60's. It's still being shown today on FXM if anyone is curious.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I hope you all feel as CHRISTMAS-Y as she does!

what is this from? With whom is Liza singing?

 

[JohnMor]

what is this from? With whom is Liza singing?

It’s from a musical TV special from 1967 called “The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood.” She is singing with Cyril Ritchard.

 

[JoeDoakes]

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It’s from a musical TV special from 1967 called “The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood.” She is singing with Cyril Ritchard.

With the Animals as the Wolf pack. Shows you how weird and far out 60s television could be.

 

[Matt Hough]

With the Animals as the Wolf pack. Shows you how weird and far out 60s television could be.

Yeah, there was a hipped-up animated version of Alice in Wonderland subtitled What's a Nice Girl Like You Doin' in a Place Like This? (In fact, the subtitle was afforded a title song.) I somehow found a station in the 1980s that broadcast a rerun of it and made a VHS tape of it. Haven't watched it in a long, long time, but now I might try to find it and give it another look.

 

[Garysb]

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It’s from a musical TV special from 1967 called “The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood.” She is singing with Cyril Ritchard.

Cyril Ritchard is best known for playing Captain Hook in the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan. For those who watch the Amazon Prime show " The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", he is the singer of "On A Wonderful Day Like Today" which is sort of the show's theme song.

 

[Matt Hough]

He was also Tony-nominated for his performance as Sir in The Roar of the Greasepaint. (He had won the Tony for Peter Pan.)

 

[davidmatychuk]

The Canadian movie channel ("The Movie Channel", in perfect Canadian style) has been rebranded "Crave" for some reason. They carry HBO, Showtime, and lots of other programming as well, and they have a massive On Demand service which is free to subscribers (I get it from Shaw Cable). I mention all of this because Crave carries an On Demand HD version of the 1951 "Christmas Carol", and attention Tony Bensley: it has "For reaching it out" included! The bad news is that it seems to be the same transfer used for the Emerald Blu-Ray, which is very weak compared to VCI's Blu-Ray. But still - "A Christmas Carol" in HD, with Mrs. Dilber's full line, and available On Demand from my cable provider, it all spells progress to me!

 

[John Maher_289910]

I watched Sims' version, again, a couple of weeks ago, and am reminded of a couple reasons why I don't find it in the same league as George C. Scott's version. The cast of the Scott version is just perfection, to me. Tiny Tim is actually tiny and looks quite frail. By comparison, the one in the Sims' version is too big and hearty-looking. There is also too much around his acquiring his wealth in the Sims' version. Mr. Magoo takes care of it in a line or two, and it's just as effective. I like it, because I, mostly, like all the real versions of "A Christmas Carol", but it isn't definitive, to me.