A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(Renown-George Minter) ‘(CHARLES DICKENS was at"his best in his more -expansive’ mood," and that goes for Alastair Sim as. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. I suppose it isn’t an easy part to play because such an overnight conversation is rather improbable anyway. In the early part of the film Mr. Sim is séldom very convincing, and his scenes are sometimes funny when they should be frightening. But the best of the incidents which the spirits of Christmas call up for Scrooge are well done (the disposal of his effects after his death makes the flesh creep), and once he wakes from ‘his troubled sleep Mr: Sim is completely and delightfully at. home with him in a way that brings sentimental tears to the eyes. The film would be worth seeing if there were no more than this to it. A number of the other parts also are very well played.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 782, 16 July 1954, Page 17
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153A CHRISTMAS CAROL New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 782, 16 July 1954, Page 17
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