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Posted on December 24, 2019January 2, 2020

George C. Scott, 1984

Traditional Tuesday It’s Christmas Eve and I must prepare for my drive to midnight mass. I write  this rather personal information to explain making this entry short. Christmas Eve is my traditional time to watch the 1984 A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge.  How fitting that […]

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Posted on December 17, 2019December 31, 2019

A Christmas Carol 1938 without Barrymore

Traditional Tuesday To be upfront, this post is another reworking of one that has been made in previous years. This is partially because my perception is still fixed and I’ve already done most of the “footwork” for what I like to include. The first U.S. sound film version of A […]

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Posted on December 10, 2019December 5, 2020

Patrick Stewart, 20 years later

Traditional Tuesday 1999 was a year I was on pins and needles eagerly anticipating the premiere of a new A Christmas Carol movie. This, of course, is the already classic version starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years! A Christmas Carol fanatics were well aware of his acclaimed […]

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Posted on December 4, 2019December 31, 2019

1935 Scrooge, the first sound version

My internet access was down for a few hours and I couldn’t upload the post for 3 December until after midnight. This 4 December post is actually for the 3rd! Tonight was my annual viewing of the 1935 Seymour Hicks (Sir Edward Seymour Hicks) version. This is commonly known as […]

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