Scrooge (1935) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows the classic Charles Dickens novel on our good friend Ebenezer Scrooge in London being his notoriously evil self when one Christmas Eve three ghosts pay him a visit. They try to help him from going too far with his evil ways while also showing him the impact of his behaviors.
This movie is directed by Henry Edwards (Beauty and the Barge) and stars Seymour Hicks (Haunted Honeymoon), Donald Calthrop (The Man Who Lived Again), Mary Glynne (The Good Companions), Garry Marsh (I See a Dark Stranger) and Barbara Everest (Gaslight).
The background music, sets and settings are well done. I enjoyed the models they used to create London. I also enjoyed the way they used shadows and various simple special effects to create the ghosts. The ghost of Christmas future and his segment was well done. The way they portrayed Scrooge with the ghosts was funny and definitely entertaining. Hicks did a solid job with Scrooge's antics.
Overall this is a slightly above average Christmas movie that's just okay. It's fun to watch the story told during this era, but there are better versions of this movie available. I would score this a 6/10.
This movie is directed by Henry Edwards (Beauty and the Barge) and stars Seymour Hicks (Haunted Honeymoon), Donald Calthrop (The Man Who Lived Again), Mary Glynne (The Good Companions), Garry Marsh (I See a Dark Stranger) and Barbara Everest (Gaslight).
The background music, sets and settings are well done. I enjoyed the models they used to create London. I also enjoyed the way they used shadows and various simple special effects to create the ghosts. The ghost of Christmas future and his segment was well done. The way they portrayed Scrooge with the ghosts was funny and definitely entertaining. Hicks did a solid job with Scrooge's antics.
Overall this is a slightly above average Christmas movie that's just okay. It's fun to watch the story told during this era, but there are better versions of this movie available. I would score this a 6/10.