Scrooge (Original title)Ebenezer Scrooge (Working title)
Dates: 12 January 1970 (Production), 1970 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Ronald Neame
Synopsis: Musical version of `A Christmas carol', by Charles Dickens.
Genres: Fantasy, Musical
Subjects: Christmas, Ghosts
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 118 mins Length: 10624 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n444 January 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v17 n4 January 1971 Page: 48
Title: [Films and Filming - v17 n4 January 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v213 n28 30 Oct 1970 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v213 n28 30 Oct 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v240 n32 18 Nov 1970 Page: 528
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v240 n32 18 Nov 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9772 20 Jan 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9772 20 Jan 1970: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: On prod. and credits.
In: Variety 4 Nov 1970 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 4 Nov 1970: no known title]Language: English
Author: DENBY, David Pages: 319p.
Description: the ANGEL LEVINE pp. 232-234 CATCH-22 pp. 80-92 FIVE EASY PIECES pp. 33-43 The GREAT WHITE HOPE pp. 221-230 En PASSION pp. 163-172 SCROOGE pp. 241-243 TRISTANA pp. 210-212
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 3980 FeetBFI identifier: C-603008
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4066 FeetBFI identifier: C-150673
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-603007
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 12 January 1970 (Production), 1970 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Ronald Neame
Synopsis: Musical version of `A Christmas carol', by Charles Dickens.
Genres: Fantasy, Musical
Subjects: Christmas, Ghosts
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 118 mins Length: 10624 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Credits
(37)
Production Company: Waterbury Films, Presented by: Cinema Center Films, Executive Producer: Leslie Bricusse, Produced by: Robert H. Solo, Associate Producer: David W. Orton, Production Manager: Ed Harper, [1st] Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis, 3rd Assistant Director: Gary White, Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck, Screenplay by: Leslie Bricusse, Bsd on CharlesDickens' A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens, Director of Photography: Oswald Morris, Camera Operator: Jim Turrell, Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Special Effects Cameraman: Jack Mills, Film Editor: Peter Weatherley, Production Designer: Terry Marsh, Art Director: Bob Cartwright, [Assistant Art Director]: Stuart Craig, Set Dresser: Pamela Cornell, [Chief Draughtsperson]: Cliff Robinson, Costume Designer: Margaret Furse, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ivy Baker, Chief Make-up Artist: George Frost, Chief Hairstylist: Bobbie Smith, Screen Titles Designed by: Ronald Searle, Music and Lyrics by: Leslie Bricusse, Music Conducted and Supervised by: Ian Fraser, Associate Musical Supervision by: Herbert W. Spencer, Music Editor: Ken Runyon, Associate Music Editor: Bob Hathaway, Musical Sequences Staged by: Paddy Stone, Sound Mixer: Jock May, Dubbing Editor: James Shields, [Unit Publicist]: Geoffrey Freeman, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(23)
Albert Finney (Scrooge), Edith Evans (Ghost of Christmas Past), Kenneth More (Ghost of Christmas Present), Laurence Naismith (Fezziwig), Michael Medwin (Scrooge's nephew), David Collings (Bob Cratchit), Anton Rodgers (Tom Jenkins), Suzanne Neve (Isabel), Alec Guinness (Marley's ghost), Frances Cuka (Mrs Cratchit), Derek Francis (1st portly gentleman), Roy Kinnear (2nd portly gentleman), Mary Peach (nephew's wife), Paddy Stone (Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come), Kay Walsh (Mrs Fezziwig), Gordon Jackson (Nephew's friend), Richard Beaumont (Tiny Tim), Geoffrey Bayldon (toy shop owner), Molly Weir (1st woman debtor), Helena Gloag (2nd woman debtor), Reg Lever (Punch and Judy man), Keith March (wellwisher), Marianne Stone (party ghost)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n444 January 1971 Page: 13Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n444 January 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v17 n4 January 1971 Page: 48
Title: [Films and Filming - v17 n4 January 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v213 n28 30 Oct 1970 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v213 n28 30 Oct 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v240 n32 18 Nov 1970 Page: 528
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v240 n32 18 Nov 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9772 20 Jan 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9772 20 Jan 1970: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: On prod. and credits.
In: Variety 4 Nov 1970 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 4 Nov 1970: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Film 70/71: an anthologyAuthor: DENBY, David Pages: 319p.
Description: the ANGEL LEVINE pp. 232-234 CATCH-22 pp. 80-92 FIVE EASY PIECES pp. 33-43 The GREAT WHITE HOPE pp. 221-230 En PASSION pp. 163-172 SCROOGE pp. 241-243 TRISTANA pp. 210-212
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 3980 FeetBFI identifier: C-603008
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4066 FeetBFI identifier: C-150673
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-603007
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status