Scrooge The Morning After The Ghosts famous scene from the classic movie A Christmas Carol

[@normanrappaport6683]

This was by far the greatest SCROOGE I ever saw. ALASTAIR SIM played this part like he was born for it.

[@rsmithsmith]

That's a fact my friend.

[@michaelord988]

Both Sim and George C Scott were great in the role

[@arniewolfson8040]

❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@cleocatra9324]

I love all the Scrooge films I’ve seen but this is my favorite with the most, pathos, I think.

[@stevehenschel2699]

I agree. This is my favorite rendition of the story.

[@cleocatra9324]

Nobody is ever beyond hope as long as they’re still breathing.

[@matthewmcvey3494]

And find the will to be better

[@leargamma4912]

And thanks be to Jesus

[@ralph0901]

many fine actors have played scrooge, over the years. but this one is the best of them all

[@michaelmatheny3927]

Oh yes! It was so great when he reprised his role doing the voice acting in the Oscar winning (I believe) animated rendition in the early 70s. Great shot in that back alley-way BTW, as Cratchet went in to work. Very cold. Very bleak.

[@289cobra9]

This and the one with George C Scott.

[@infrasleep]

@@289cobra9 I agree;Alistair Simm and George C Scott are the definitive Scrooges.

[@phillipkulas2302]

@@289cobra9, I agree completely. As a past owner of a 427Cobra and a 289Cobra it looks like we must have great taste in films and sports cars. Merry Christmas.

[@289cobra9]

@@phillipkulas2302 We sure do! Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@gregdelaney119]

"I just can't help it", while flinging the pen over his shoulder - priceless acting nuance!

[@Bryankirshon]

definitely the best actor to play scrooge

[@traceymap]

Yes i love it

[@traceymap]

He makes me cry with happiness for his happiness.

[@Michael-hw5wk]

This has always been my favorite Christmas Carol adaptation. Sim IS Scrooge.

[@salag13]

Leonard Nimoy is Spock, Christopher Reeve is Superman, Tom Baker is The Doctor, and Alastair Sim is Scrooge.

[@MrKaywyn]

@@salag13 Patrick Troughton is The Doctor.

[@briancarey1159]

Yup, plain and simple

[@paranormalskeptic3893]

Agreed, Sim was the best, I like the George C Scott one second best, then it’s a tie for 3rd for me in the Seymour Hicks and Reginald Owen’s ones.

[@christhornycroft3686]

The only movie that understood what the novel was all about. The rest were black comedies and got very cartoony. I know it's about ghosts, but still. Alastair Sim played Scrooge like he was an actual person and he was believable both when he was supposed to be a complete jerk with PTSD and a reformed one after his transformation. And that's what the movie does so well. It doesn't just make Scrooge a comic book villain who has a change of heart after having the hell scared out of him. He's a guy who had numerous awful things happen to him and his motivation for being the way he is is understandable. He's more relatable as a person here than in any other movie. This is the best version because I think a lot of people can say they know THIS Scrooge. The guy who felt betrayed and deeply hurt by humanity and became almost a sociopath as a defence mechanism to protect himself from further emotional and psychological trauma and harm. The visitations were basically an intense, psychedelic therapy session. Obviously, therapy doesn't work like that in real life, even psychedelic ones, and it's a process, but it would be nice if it did. In the other versions, mostly we just see a miserly old man who is grouchy and hates Christmas just for the sake of hating it. Here, he's a fleshed out human being with actual motivations for his behaviour. I don't sympathize with any other Scrooge but this one.

[@scottmiller6495]

Wait a minute this is the best Scrooge movie, but Scrooge the musical with Albert Finney from 1970 is terrific as well and is a very close runner up!!!!!

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

You are so right. This is my all time favorite CHRISTMAS MOVIE

[@greenwich1754]

Wow! That was an awesome analysis! I will arguably say this is my favorite movie of all time (granted, I have not seen many movies). I have never seen this movie from the lens you have provided, but it makes so much sense. This is a movie I could watch in July, as well as December. It is timeless (the story). If you have read the book, this movie (as most) take artistic license and add/change the original story. My favorite in the Simm version is the fleshing out of the ghost of Christmas past. The book says that Scrooge was the elder, and his sister was younger. Yet to paint the hurtful past of Scrooge, the movie shows that Scrooge's sister was older, and died giving birth to Scrooge's nephew - just like Scrooge's mother died while giving birth to Scrooge. The resentment of Scrooge's nephew now becomes evident as to the loss of the only person who ever loved Scrooge (his sister), and that his (Scrooge's) father never forgave him for the death of his mother during childbirth. There are more additions to the Ghost of Christmas past not in the book - namely the development of the relationship between Scrooge & Marley - but it all fits, as to the the ultimate Scrooge character we see. Simply glorious and redemptive. What a movie! As a complete non - sequitur, my favorite line in the movie is Scrooge saying to Cratchit - "I'll retire to bedlam" I use this very often in this modern world I can't understand.

[@johnmh1000]

Very deeply understood. At the risk of sounding patronising you have engaged all of my understanding of this complex man. He's eventually a winner, and seems like he knows it. The fact that this story takes place at Christmastime just adds to the deep emotions all those involved feel and understand.

[@PC-dc1kv]

@@greenwich1754 I love that line, too, and quote it often!

[@johnathanryan2117]

Plenty is rightly made of Alaister Sims performance, he is for me the definitive Scrooge, yet in this scene Mervyn Johns acting is equally remarkable, his look of utter disbelief tinged with just the slight hope that what hes hearing from Scrooge is actually true, is incredible. A well made and finely acted film that even 72 years later is an essential.part of Christmas

[@Bryankirshon]

and so as tiny Tim observed god bless us every one.

[@carymiller2403]

One of the best Christmas movies ever. Alastair Sim was fantastic

[@williampaz2092]

I have this in original black-and-white and the colorized version. I love them both.

[@tnsampson2]

Greatest version ever.

[@scottmiller6495]

Greatest non musical version by far! But Scrooge the Musical with Albert Finney from 1970 is Sensational and The Best Musical Version of this Story 😊😊😊

[@cobaltace62]

If ever the world needed to keep the spirit of Christmas, it is now

[@luisreyes1963]

You're not alone in that belief. God Bless Us, Everyone. 👼🏼

[@briancarey1159]

Wow, amen

[@auriolfrith4786]

Very true 👍

[@kendrawilton6914]

In my opinion this is the very best Christmas Carol. Alastair Sims is wonderful! The music especially the song Barbara Ellen is a lovely addition to the movie.

[@StephenRyder-w3q]

Yes, it's a perfect song for a perfect scene, but It's Barbara Allen. I have the sheet music and play it on the piano

[@billg7813]

Nobody did it better than Alastair Sim

[@sugarkane4830]

couldn’t agree more.

[@jamesbeattie2591]

Well,I am 68 next week,and probably watched this film,every Christmas, every year,still love it.

[@mikerisbridger8095]

I'm 68 in June. Charles Dickens is a genius!

[@StephenRyder-w3q]

I'm 82, saw it when it first came out in 1951, I was eight, and cried at the end. I've watched it every Christmas for the last 74 years. I still tear up at the end.

[@gerrymcdonald6194]

I'm a Canadian. Every time I watch the final scene as Tiny Tim entreats Uncle Scrooge to go with him, I feel a cold winter's breeze on me cheeks .. a good breeze, a Christmas-like breeze, something beautiful.

[@tomryan914]

"Lord Tunderin' Uncle Scrooge..."

[@Videssos1]

I just watched this movie 2 hours ago. Its now Christmas Eve, pm PCT, 2024, Westcoast of British Columbia, Canada. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@warplanner8852]

Humbug! 😉👍🏻

[@CountOfFlauntyDisco]

Merry Christmas buddy. It’s a great movie. Alberta Canada

[@Videssos1]

@@wayneross1200 Humphreys

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

BC, up in the pines the spruce and the snow. the timber wolves.......keeping Christmas Alive...Merry Christmas...

[@richspinaci8293]

Just saw your post tonight. Merry belated Christmas to you from Connecticut 🇺🇸 USA

[@robertlong8958]

by far the best version

[@mcarp555]

Every year I watch this, cry like a baby, and hope once more that the new year will be the one in which the world also comes to its senses.

[@robin-kq7un]

Yes, I wouldn’t hold your breath on that one if I were you…

[@earnestwanderer2471]

Nephew Fred provides the key to properly playing Scrooge when he says, “Who suffers most from his ill humor? He does!”. Unlike most portrayals, Scrooge gets no joy from his meanness, he’s actually punishing himself the most.

[@Joseph-kq1qx]

The best version by far

[@eliothowell8654]

The absolute best version. I have watched it for over 60 years. It still moves me.

[@AceBanana100]

I love the Albert Finney version from 1970 - I taped it in 1988 and still have the VHS copy (UK TV adverts from the time included) We play it every 21 Dec with lights out, hot punch, fine wine and nibbles, its a tradition we've kept now for over 30 years,..its the only reason we've kept the massive VHS recorder! lol

[@AceBanana100]

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[@eliothowell8654]

@@AceBanana100 Merry Christmas Ace.

[@AceBanana100]

@@eliothowell8654 ..and the very same to you and your family

[@mikekaroules2820]

​@@AceBanana100; Seriously ? 30 years ? That's so neat. Yeah , that's the musical rendition. Absolutely wonderful story of the concept of Redemption. So , did you all do the tradition again this year ? What is also so cool is the history and background of the writing of this novel and Charles Dickens who was a very good Christian the way I understand. I have learned he was the only author in history to see the fruits of his labor in this novel in that the story was so popular that about 7 years later Business folks and Employers were letting their employees off from work on Christmas Day. Charles Dickens was able to see the results of his work , A Christmas Carol

[@michaelgraham3494]

One of the best movies made

[@mikekaroules2820]

Hey ; when I was young I fell in love with the movie. Back in those days ( it was about 1971 and at that time it was considered a Classic. Here we are in 2024 and it's a Classic. Seriously a Classic.

[@curtismitchell538]

Excellent portrayal of Scrooge... Alistair nailed it!

[@MetalGearRaxis]

@0:49 That grin, I love it XD Scrooge knows poor Bob thinks he's gonna get an earful.

[@cannedlaughter2535]

Far and away the best of the Christmas Carol adaptations.

[@stefanjentoft8107]

Finally a version that does morning after the way it ought

[@LarryGonzalez00]

The best version ever.

[@ElaineDavis-t6d]

This is the epic version, ty Alastair

[@mikekaroules2820]

Yes sir and I remember watching it as a young boy back in the day , 70s and 80s , and at that time it was a Classic. In those days we had to watch it when it was scheduled and I did my best not to miss it.

[@gkmacbeth8225]

I have seen this version at least 60 times. It was and is a tradition in our family to watch it every Christmas Eve. I think I have the dialogue memorized. This is the gold standard for any and all versions made of Dickens' classic tale.

[@michaelc.6532]

It is my favorite version and I prefer the black-and-white one. The one thing I wish they’d done in this version as they’ve done in others is Scrooge making Fred his partner and heir.

[@briancarey1159]

Us too. I don't think we've seen it 60 times but my family and me, we seen it alot of times.

[@karenbachar5253]

To me this is THE Scrooge have watched each year since Inwas a baby (62 now) can't imaging another.

[@ordinarypeople20]

Just previous to this, we see a buoyant Scrooge bewildering his maid Mrs. Dilber (the great Kathleen Harrison) and, in a very touching way, Scrooge attending his nephew's party and apologizing to the wife. When you add in Sim's masterful performance as the "happy" version of Scrooge, you have the greatest ending to any version of "A Christmas Carol" ever.

[@CJBW335]

Yes, I always remember that Mrs Dilber scene too - priceless!

[@dr.migilitoloveless2385]

Best version of Christmas Carol ever.

[@trackman174]

This is with out a doubt the best version of A Christmas Carol. Sims literally convinces the viewer that he is Scrooge! This is what actors strive for.

[@wedelacresdepottrains9060]

This is the only version we watch ! To us there is no other.

[@Nigelsmom2136]

This is IMHO the best version of A Christmas Carol. Sim WAS Scrooge. We watch this movie all through the Christmas season.

[@Jack51971]

It is 😊

[@rohanignatius4030]

Very beautiful movie . I can't never forget this movie till my death .

[@tharrigan5661]

I’ve seen most versions of the Christmas Carol and to me, this is the definitive one. Alastair Sim was simply brilliant. Should have won an Academy Award for this performance.

[@mikekaroules2820]

Back many years ago my Mom and I would have these brief conversations when we talked about these Classics. She said ( this was the late 1980s mind you ) back in those days the men were men and the women were women. I do digress but I absolutely loved this movie back in the day that I was a young buck; and that was 1970s and 1980s and I still love this. I can't watch it though because of sentimental reasons . It will throw me back to the time I was a kid and thoughts of Nostalgia we will come to mind. Both my parents are desist. My grandparents too. Wonderful Classic.

[@juanvarleta2558]

THE family favorite. We watch this every Christmas Eve and recite random lines throughout the year whenever appropriate.

[@RayPantoja-qh7gp]

The Greatest Scrooge Ever 😊

[@myrnahuichapan7624]

The Best with Alistair Sim as Scrooge.

[@michael1714]

By far! 😊

[@A1Pro77]

I have been playing this version (in original B&W) every Christmas for as long as I can remember. This movie is a must to get me into the true spirit of Christmas.

[@katespear1233]

Best scene EVER!!

[@reason1925]

A masterpiece! Alastair Sim played the role to perfection. Black and white cinematography, combined with a cold and sometimes eerie, soundtrack create an atmosphere that transports one to Dicken's damp, musty, coal smoked Olde London. My all time favorite Christmas movie.

[@dalemcmillan7231]

The absolute BEST version ever!! Alistair Sim is Brilliant!!❤❤❤❤

[@chrisholt2474]

Fantastic and the best, always has been and always will be. 👍👍👍

[@davidalexander2607]

Sims portrait of Scrooge is IMHO the greatest ever role played by any actor in any time .

[@thomasbruner854]

This movie debuted the year I was born! Always loved this version.

[@mikekaroules2820]

That's 1951 bro .

[@thomasbruner854]

@@mikekaroules2820 Exactly!

[@phillipkulas2302]

@@thomasbruner854, same here. I have watched A Christmas Carol every year since 1963. It never gets old.

[@ls-kk4pq]

This is my favorite Christmas movie and for me my favorite Christmas Carol adaptation.

[@MSF-19]

Bought this instead of renting on prime, maybe my first, last and only time buying, but this was the one ! ❄️🎄❤

[@wpgrogue]

Our family still watched this movie Christmas Eve and lucky for us, our mom is 92 years old and she still loves watching this old classic

[@CurtisJon]

I used to watch this with my mother. My mother passed when I was a young teenager . So I get emotional. When I see this. I watch this when I’m feeling down. It does pick me up. Thank you and Have a Merry Christmas.!

[@stephenjones8928]

🎄🎅Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄To our mothers! 🥂🥂

[@mariaserpa-gauvin8405]

Sim is the best Scrooge! This is the one I watch every Christmas Eve!

[@sharonrogers7155]

Love this film,the best scrooge, love Alistair Sim brilliant actor ❤

[@Kotetsu_T_Kaburagi]

One of the finest actors ever to grace the screen. Comedy and drama were so natural to him, he exuded talent and captures your attention.

[@JLange642]

Charles DIckens was a genius! I, too, have seen many adaptations of this story- and this one and A Muppet Christmas Carol are the two I love the most!

[@michael1714]

I’d agree wholeheartedly with that statement! Well said!

[@deborahjohnson6968]

My favorite version of my favorite Christmas story. I’ve watched this one for over 60 years now and never tire of watching.

[@GilbertHorn1]

Best movie version ever, only have seen it every year it’s been televised.

[@Jim-f4r3v]

The best version of A Christmas Carol ever.

[@gooby2065]

“I haven’t taken leave of my senses Bob, I’ve come to them”

[@jamesdrynan]

I've always loved the variety of facial expressions Sim uses after the "...raise your salary " line. Many talented actors have portrayed Dickens' character but this is my favorite.

[@Elbowendj]

A beautiful, heartwarming portrayal of a wonderful story.

[@RKIRCHDO]

The very best, period!

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

Can we all just admire how well Bob Crachet just stood there like 👁👄👁 after he was pranked?

[@Kim-pg6hh]

I looked all over for this particular movie and couldn't find it!! Thank you for sharing this clip!!!

[@mits_6131]

I was in grade school, 4th grade, when I first saw this version of Scrooge. The movie allowed me to fully appreciate the true meaning of Christmas. Empathy, kindness, and compassion.

[@johnlarocco3348]

Golden memories of Xmas movies at my uncles holiday parties. Watching AS act this part is a classic tradition in most of America 🇺🇸.

[@soxplayer3907]

you should read about the real scrooge he would eat dead animals from the streets!!😢

[@rodneymckay6832]

This is my favorite Christmas Carol.

[@roncaruso931]

The best A Christmas Carol movie. Allister Sim was magnificent as Scrooge.

[@martinbench3657]

No shade to the other versions but this is the top shelf

[@scottmiller6495]

Albert Finney in the 1970 musical Scrooge is absolutely Terrific as Well!!!!!

[@michaelc.6532]

The only thing missing from this version is I like in some of the others when he announces his nephew Fred as his partner and heir

[@francisphillips53]

Was awesome to see Scrooge dance with Fred’s wife.. Fred was so happy. ❤❤❤❤😮😮 master class in acting. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@ronrondquist4568]

What a GREAT movie

[@robertclarke8456]

This old film never ages. Not many films are classics this film is top of the pile.👑👑👑👑

[@michaelrainone296]

Without a doubt this movie and the people who made it,acted in it and showed it to us were brilliant.Mr. Sims portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge was as great a portrayal could be!! This movie should be rated in the 5 best of the best ever shown.Happy Holidays from me in Canada 🇨🇦.

[@delin62]

The best cinematic version of "A Christmas Carol" ever! The backstory of Scrooge never had this kind of depth. Sim's performance of Scrooge was believable and authentic.

[@eugeneleonard7195]

the inclusion of the line 'I don't deserve to be so happy,' whether scripted or ad-libbed, as some have said, is the separating element of this version from ANY other. It shows a sorrowful penitence in Scrooge that points to us all...God bless us, every one...Merry Christmas all...

[@davyr847]

To anybody struggling or whofeels alone, god bless you, you are loved

[@lynnm.2019]

Thank you Davy, and it’s true. ❤️

[@richardbrown3061]

This movie and the one with George C. Scott are my two favorites.

[@heliumcalcium396]

Watch his entrance. Watch with the sound muted. Even before he's close enough for his face to be seen, his joyful energy fills the room. Thee are other good versions, but no actor has played Scrooge better.

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

This is my favorite Christmas Carol

[@dorothysimpson2804]

Fantastic film, fantastic actors, especially Alastair Sim❤

[@austinlocke1]

Yes, absolutely the best of the lot!!

[@jeffersonpacker1841]

The difficult part for me, is that he was a moneylender before the ghosts, and still a moneylender after them. And being a moneylender is a hard, hard business. You have to be willing to put the screws to anyone who doesn’t pay up, and it’s the interest that they have to pay the most, if you’re going to make a profit. I would love to read a novel about the five years after his change, and about how he found a way to make peace with his own business.

[@vilck4563]

My favorite version, I look at it every year.❤❤❤

[@tomryan914]

It looks at you.

[@veronicadepasquale9741]

This is my favorite out of all the movies of a Christmas Carol.❤❤❤

[@momv2pa]

Best version ever!

[@bobjohnston9154]

This was the best of all the Scrooge movies.

[@CBeard849]

My father and I always watched this version of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve each year beginning when I was about 10 years old. That was 53 years ago and I still look over to my left to tell dad what a good movie it is only to see his Christmas ghost looking over at me with a smile. I am in the process of getting my 3 year old grandson in tune to watching it with me so he can learn about the joy of Christmas and how much it means to share the Christmas spirit with my youngsters around me.

[@Excalibur833]

How anyone could think any other film rendition of Dickens' hauntingly joyous tale is better than this one is beyond me.

[@Morrissey_04]

❤❤❤❤❤ th best Scrooge movie

[@jonschuller341]

The best version ever made

[@tryingtobefairandobjective3480]

It never ceases to amaze me that for the most part we get Scrooge wrong. Today his name is used in disparaging tones and slanderous contempt but in fact he is the hero. God bless us. Everyone.

[@buggy1206]

The way Scrooge says "please" shows he has changed for the better.😊😊

[@Churchill9050]

My favorite Christmas movie...we watch it every Christmas morning.

[@rowan5335]

I watch this movie all year round because he is such an amazing actor.

[@DannyDep17]

I know it's a bit early to starting talking about Christmas, but things have been happening to me lately that as the character Scrooge says during his Transformation after being visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and realizing he's been given a second chance at life...... "... I don't deserve to be so happy.... But I can't help it..... I just can't help it. ..." I'm not sure when I would have first watched this movie, definitely as an impressionable child. But it has always been my favorite Christmas movie..... perhaps only now being blessed by a "transformation" of sorts in my own life. I was telling a friend a few days ago that, "it's taken me all my life to get here." 😳 No, that last statement is not meant to be a Yogi Berra'ism. .... only that the spiritual world will not bestow any such gifts until one is ready to understand and appreciate them. I know there will be plenty of more forks in the road (and Yogi knew instinctively what to do when he's found one) just as Robert Frost, my favorite American poet, knew what to do when those "...Two roads diverged in a wood. I took the one less traveled by.." happen to come up. Personally, my gut tells me that there are beings, dimensions ... souls that are helping us make our decisions..... no we're definitely not alone in the Universe..... and I am enjoying the heck out of my journeys these days..... Crying (it's my Italian heritage showing) out of pure joy... I've been crying a lot lately.... appreciating every breathing moment... "God bless us, every one". Peace 🙏

[@witzelasper2821]

Well spoken friend ....but it's s never too early, or for that matter, too late to talk about Christmas I've watched this version for as long as I can remember..my mother and I watched it every Christmas Eve for a great many years ... unfortunately I have watched it the last 13 Christmases without her ..I watch it whenever I feel like it not just at Christmas .....this movie should not be confined to Christmas....to me it is by far the superior version but I will watch all versions with the same respect

[@DannyDep17]

Thx witzelasper2821. I am sorry for your loss.... but we all pass on from this physical realm we are in.... what if you considered something.... who do you think is reminding you to watch this incredible film and story about the human condition? 😉I'm sure you feel blessed for having such a wise mom. Peace. 🙏 @@witzelasper2821

[@DannyDep17]

Thx. I am sorry for your loss, but we all leave this physical realm.... What if you were to look at it this way. Who do you think has been encouraging you to watch this film these last 13 years? We should all feel blessed for having such wise and caring moms. ... and remember what Christmas is all about... or at least what it was all about when Dickens conceived it. Christmas is about giving.... and Scrooge was so fortunate to be given what I consider a second chance at life....and the gift of attaining a higher consciousness which he know doubt bestowed on those he loved. ... much more meaningful than just worldly possessions don't you think? I know you do. Peace my friend. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 @@witzelasper2821

[@witzelasper2821]

@@DannyDep17 oh yeah on that encouraging part...I know it's her because when i watch it I get this faint craving for coffee. I don't like coffee but she did..so there's no denying that part lol..thanks for your kind words ... Mom was the best mom you could ever hope for....

[@DannyDep17]

Life is beautiful.... and so is what follows. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏@@witzelasper2821

[@user-kg1zv5xb1m]

Love love love this!!❤🎄🎄🎄

[@Rodesend]

One of the greatest movie scenes of all time!

[@laurenmallon4963]

Always loved this movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Christina-g9q]

This is definitely my Christmas movie I'm sure to watch every yr... The Best.

[@DrumNut927]

My family’s favorite Christmas movie.

[@EnjoyLife179]

Masterpiece