Always interested in language especially the spoken word he became the fulton lecturer in elocution at new college edinburgh university from 1925 until 1930. Starting in 1935 he also appeared in more than fifty british films including an iconic adaptation of charles dickens novella a christmas carol released in 1951 as scrooge in great britain and as a christmas carol in the united states.
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Rather than being a review of the film of which there are many online this article focuses on the additions that the film made when adapting the novel.
Christmas carol allistar simms. He was invited back and became the rector of edinburgh university 1948 1951. First what makes this rendition of a christmas carol released in england under the title scrooge so special in two words is alastair sim. Alastair george bell sim cbe 9 october 1900 19 august 1976 was a scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular west end performer remaining so until his death in 1976.
Alastair sim jack warner kathleen harrison. Alastair sim played many memorable characters in his career including ebenezer scrooge in 1951 s a christmas carol. More on him later.
His performance as ebenezer scrooge is wonderful and because of him various versions with much larger production values pale by comparison. A christmas carol scrooge 1951 hd. It stars alastair sim as ebenezer scrooge and was produced and directed by brian desmond hurst with a screenplay by noel langley.
Brian desmond hurst directs a fine cast headed by the incomparable alastair sim a man who can play both malevolent and humorous as the about to be redeemed ebenezer scrooge. The son of alexander sim jp and isabella mcintyre alastair sim was educated in edinburgh. His first stage.
All about the 1951 a christmas carol adaptation starring alastair sim a note from the webmaster. Scrooge released as a christmas carol in the united states is a 1951 british christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of charles dickens a christmas carol 1843. Many adaptations of dickens christmas book have been and gone but this is generally thought to be one of the definitive films of the story.
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