A Christmas Carol Facts, Trivia, Actors, Actresses, and Composers

A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American film adaptation of Charles Dickens's novelette A Christmas Carol, where Ebenezer Scrooge , an elderly miser, learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve, when he reflects on his past, present and future collectively, whereupon the mean old miser undergoes a radical change of heart and is "awakened" on Christmas morning a changed man. Made by MGM, and originally intended to star Lionel Barrymore, who played the role of Scrooge annually on radio, but was forced to drop out of the film because of his arthritis, the movie starred Reginald Owen as Scrooge and...
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Release date:	1938
Directed by:	Edwin L. Marin
Runtime:	69 Minutes
Producer:	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Music by:	Franz Waxman
Cinematography:	John F. Seitz, Sidney Wagner
Screenplay by:	Hugo Butler
Adapted from:	A Christmas Carol
Genre:	Fantasy

Cast of A Christmas Carol

Reginald Owen

Born:Aug. 5, 1887

Died:Nov. 5, 1972

Gene Lockhart

Born:July 18, 1891

Died:Mar. 31, 1957

Ann Rutherford

Born:November 2, 1920

Age:91

Leo G. Carroll

Born:Oct. 25, 1886

Died:Oct. 16, 1972

Lynne Carver

Born:Sept. 13, 1916

Died:Aug. 12, 1955

Barry MacKay

Born:Jan. 8, 1906

Died:Dec. 12, 1985

Film director of A Christmas Carol

Edwin L. Marin

Born: February 21, 1899

Died: May 2, 1951

Edwin L. Marin was an American film director who directed 58 films between 1932 and 1951, working with Anna May Wong, John Wayne, Peter Lorre, George Raft, Bela Lugosi, Judy Garland, Eddie Cantor, and Hoagy Carmichael, among many others. Marin was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Title	Released	Genre
Race Street
Fort Worth	1951	Western
Raton Pass	1951	Action
Sugarfoot	1951	Western
Canadian Pacific	1950	Western
The Cariboo Trail	1950
Colt .45	1950	Western
Fighting Man of the Plains	1949	Action
The Younger Brothers	1949
Race Street	1948
Intrigue	1947
Christmas Eve	1947
Nocturne	1946
Lady Luck	1946
Young Widow	1946
Abilene Town	1946	Western
Mr. Ace	1946
Johnny Angel	1945	Thriller
Show Business	1944	Musical
Tall in the Saddle	1944	Western
Two Tickets to London	1943
Invisible Agent	1942	Thriller
Miss Annie Rooney	1942
A Gentleman After Dark	1942
Ringside Maisie	1941	Comedy
Maisie Was a Lady	1941	Comedy
Paris Calling	1941
Gold Rush Maisie	1940
Florian	1940
Hullabaloo	1940	Musical
Henry Goes Arizona	1939	Western
Maisie	1939	Comedy
Society Lawyer	1939
Fast and Loose	1939	Comedy
The Chaser	1938
Hold That Kiss	1938	Comedy
Everybody Sing	1938	Musical
A Christmas Carol	1938	Fantasy
Listen, Darling	1938	Musical
Married Before Breakfast	1937	Comedy
Man of the People	1937
Sworn Enemy	1936
I'd Give My Life	1936
Moonlight Murder	1936
The Garden Murder Case	1936
Speed	1936
The Casino Murder Case	1935
Paris Interlude	1934
Affairs of a Gentleman	1934
A Study in Scarlet	1933	Thriller
The Death Kiss	1932	Thriller

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
Which director created the motion picture "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
Edwin L. Marin was the director of the motion picture.
Q:
Who was the writer of the music for the motion picture A Christmas Carol?
A:
Franz Waxman composed the original music score for the soundtrack.
Q:
Who was the producer of the film, "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz produced the film.
Q:
What is the approximate runtime of the motion picture "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
The approxomite runtime is 69 minutes.
Q:
Who wrote the script for the film A Christmas Carol?
A:
Hugo Butler wrote the film's script.
Q:
Which celebrities starred in the motion picture, "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart played roles in the film.
Q:
When was the premier of the film "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
The movie was released in 1938.
Q:
Who distributed the film, "A Christmas Carol"?
A:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributed the film.
Q:
The motion picture, "A Christmas Carol" is in what genre?
A:
The movie is classified as: Drama and Black-and-white.