Alastair Sim, “A Christmas Carol” (US)/”Scrooge” (UK) (1951): Generally acknowledged to be the greatest of the screen Scrooges, and he deserves the reputation.

Alastair Sim as Scrooge in the 1951 film version of "A Christmas Carol." EJA Now here’s the real bounty for you, thanks to ghosts of “Christmas Carols” past and present.

The 1951 Alastair Sim “A Christmas Carol” (original Brit title “Scrooge”) has been a traditional favorite thanks to Sim’s performance, which catches Scrooge in all his colors — tight ...

Thanks to its unalloyed Dickensianism and Alastair Sim’s wondrous Ebenezer, 1951’s Scrooge is the definitive adaptation of A Christmas Carol – so richly atmospheric it has rendered all other versions ...

Scrooge aka A Christmas Carol (1951): Many fans consider Alastair Sim in this black-and-white film to be the quintessential "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner." ...

9 Many movie buffs consider the 1951 British "A Christmas Carol" the best film version and Alastair Sim the most compelling Scrooge.

The Dickens story comes full circle for Alastair Sim, who reprised his role by voicing the character of Scrooge 20 years later in the 28-minute animated version of “ A Christmas Carol ” in 1971.

Perhaps best remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Scottish character actor Alastair Sim became a leading star of British cinema after spending five years as a lecturer of elocution ...

The Dickens story comes full circle for Alastair Sim, who reprised his role by voicing the character of Scrooge 20 years later in the 28-minute animated version of “ A Christmas Carol ” in 1971.

TV historian Jim Engel joins Dave to talk about the December 8th return of WGN-TV’s ‘Family Classics’ with host Dean Richards, featuring 1951 holiday classic ‘Scrooge’, the history of the program, the ...

From Alastair Sim to Jim Carrey, countless actors have grumbled those iconic words in the movies and on stage over the decades. Ebenezer Scrooge spoke them first on the pages of "A Christmas Carol ...