The Christmas Carol (1949) - Vincent Price - HD Restored - Most Complete Version

[@adaeverleigh9584]

Vincent Price was such a beautiful, talented, kind man. I'll always love him❤️

[@pal5683]

I didn't know this existed! Thank you for posting, Vincent Price was extra special as always.

[@tonyug113]

Vincent Price looks so young..

[@MaskedMan66]

He was 36.

[@JohannaLeigh]

I love that they sing the entire song and not just repeat the first verse over and over, because it's most familiar. WOW!!!! Vincent Price as a good guy! Wild. Years later, he would prove to be a great comedic actor.

[@jeffgorham8819]

In that era, he played an Americanized version of Simon Templar (The Saint) on radio, and was very good at that as well.

[@judithrapier7500]

Loved everything about this. Vincent Price was always a favorite.

[@pegatheetoo1437]

He was apparently a Satanist.

[@MaskedMan66]

Oh, he could do it all, you know!

[@MaskedMan66]

He'd already done a lot of funny things on stage and radio, including a hilarious appearance on Jack Benny's radio show in 1949.

[@lauramaguire5152]

Vincent Price has the most charismatic voice. What a sweet and simple rendition of a Christmas classic. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas 😊

[@haplessasshole9615]

Doesn't he? I saw him in 1974, playing Fagin. He good go from light humor to darkest villainy in a heartbeat.

[@DayDreamer_490]

Can't imagine my Christmas without this great work by Dickens. It's a most wonderful version

[@kathyhatlevig1076]

I too have never heard or seen this one. Thank you so much. I adore Vincent price.

[@gern7535]

"The Christmas Carol" & "Thriller" Vincent Price could do it all.

[@KJ-of6lf]

My Price is probably one of my favorite actors, period. He had such charm, charisma and that twinkle in his eye that let the viewer know that it was all an act. Love that man, especially in his comedies (Comedy Of Terror for one).

[@JohannaLeigh]

Any Christmas Carol fan needs to see *The Man Who Invented Christmas* . The movie is about the creation of the story we know and love, but also provides a whole new perspective. Hopefully, I'll get to see it again, tomorrow, at my sister's.

[@MaskedMan66]

I take issue with the title, but that is a delightful film. It would have been cool if Christopher Plummer had played Scrooge in an actual production of the story (of course, for all I know, he might have played him on stage at some point in his life).

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@MaskedMan66 I loved it, too. As a writer (on an exceptionally minor scale), I loved how the movie showed him agonizing over the sounds of names, and his characters trailing after him, never giving him a moment's peace. It's _such_ a writer's movie, and it emphasizes Dickens's friendship with the long-suffering John Forster, who was the only one of Dickens's friends he never fought with, largely because Forster simply wouldn't fight.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Love this story so much. Very abridged for early TV, but still pretty faithful to the book. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@oscargregory6153]

What a great voice Vincent had. I loved his movies, even his Dr Phibes period. Very interesting man. 👌

[@sharongeorge4585]

I didn't know this version existed. Watched on my cable channel. Loved it Vincent is my favorite actor and to see a different johnra was super! ❤️❤️❤️

[@wms72]

Genre, not johnra

[@MaskedMan66]

@@wms72 Thank you, I was wondering.

[@sharrielee911]

Really enjoyed this video 😊 thx for sharing and happy holidays to everyone... smiles

[@ChuckMil]

I thought that I had seen every version. This is a pleasant surprise.

[@acooper6956]

I've only known Vincent Price as a villain. It's lovely to see him in this role with those sparkling eyes! I'd recognize the Mitchell Boys Choir anywhere!

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

He was such a genuinely good and kind person in real life, love to see it showcased

[@MaskedMan66]

He played more than a few good guys, such as in _The Raven_ and _The Whales of August._

[@haplessasshole9615]

I saw him as Fagin in 1974. He could turn on a dime, from lightly humorous to blackest treachery. He was absolutely at his best with a live audience.

[@Jasper7182009]

And the wonderful Queenie Leonard as Mrs. Cratchit! 🥰

[@lioness7582]

I have never heard of this one!!

[@DollyTrees-do8zu]

This is Jeanette nail this movie a Christmas Carol is a classic I love this movie,

[@Youngstown529]

This was quite wonderful. And, as so many have said, seeing Vincent Price as a "goodie" was a nice switcheroo.

[@MaskedMan66]

This was actually before he had really gotten into the horror genre. He'd mainly been a dramatic actor. He had recently begun his four-year run of playing Simon Templar on the radio series "The Saint."

[@Tarabara]

I didn't know about this version until a few days ago. This makes the 26th version of the story I've seen on the screen.

[@bryanbell7816]

Well done, Merry Christmas everyone.

[@kevinaguirre3300]

Another hidden gem come back to life on KZbin. Love it. While Mr. Price is best known for playing villains he did play a famous good guy "The Saint" on the radio.

[@chrisrasmussen4612]

Love this one, Vincent is so handsome and such a beautiful voice, course I fell in love with him as a little girl. This one is my new favorite.

[@traceymarshall4481]

Thank you for posting this ❤

[@nadinedaoud2538]

Gets me in the Christmas spirit 💂‍♀️🎁🎅🏻🎶🎄 Love it ❤️

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

Vincent Price - who did a nifty sideline in cookery books.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Glad to see a hidden gem restored to HD that could be lost to history however

[@fritziepisarski8681]

I’ve never seen this version. There are roughly 26. We’ll done Mr Price, not a villain after all. 👻🎄🎁

[@mackb909]

If you like offbeat film noir, watch "Quicksand" from 1950, directed by Irving Pichel (who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era) and starring Mickey Rooney as an L.A. auto mechanic who gets caught up in escalating trouble after committing a petty theft. Rooney at the time was working hard to break out of his Andy-Hardy-boy-next-door image. Taylor Holmes, the actor playing Scrooge here, plays a sympathetic lawyer in "Quicksand."

[@Broadway789]

I saw that film. It was pretty good. Rooney was an amazing actor throughout his life.

[@ricktherrien8235]

Vincent Price became my favorite actor when I first seen Twice Told Tales with him in it at age 11 or so. I stayed up and watched the late night movie as it was summer and I seen it and I taped it and watched it for years. After that I loved Vincent Price and strived to see all his movies, I have not seen them all yet and I am 38 almost 39. Thanks for this!!

[@Greenpoloboy3]

A precious piece thankfully not lost

[@RageofCrom]

Lovely! Thank you for posting!

[@Electric-vl5qi]

This was entertaining. The ending was brief. Better than the drawn out versions

[@MaskedMan66]

"Drawn out?"

[@j.jrocha2789]

Feliz natal a todos

[@MaskedMan66]

And to you! 🙂

[@tammanyfields3583]

Never knew this was even done! wonderful and thank you for sharing.

[@muddywaters538]

Very sweet and the Christmas 🎄 songs. Thank you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎊

[@CasaLobo77]

A Christmas Thriller!

[@victoredgefield141]

Had no idea and I grew up on a lot of Vincent Price films and narratives.

[@jackbusby9602]

Vincent Price was always one of my favorites on "The Hollywood Squares".

[@jeremyzak654]

Have to work today on Christmas. Making it a point to watch this on my break like I do every year.

[@jeannedouglas9912]

Ode to Vincent Price for entertaining so many.

[@mackb909]

The Ghost of Christmas Present is credited to an actor named George James. But he looks very much like George Reeves, the actor best known for playing Superman/Clark Kent in the 1950s TV series.

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

Was he any relation to Chris, wow 👍

[@mackb909]

@@Rosco-P.Coldchain Not as far as I know; Christopher Reeve spelled his last name without an “s.”

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

@@mackb909 ok Mack thanks for the reply, merry Christmas to you

[@Jasper7182009]

…. Sorry, but there’s no resemblance to the talented and handsome George Reeves, of tv Superman fame.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@Rosco-P.Coldchain Note the difference between Reeves and Reeve. Besides, George's original surname was Brewer.

[@cbdebill4]

This film is brilliant. I have loved it from my first viewing in 1972. I'm sorry I didn't get to see it at Radio City Music Hall.

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

Love it but Vincent could scare away any visiting ghosts if need be.

[@MaskedMan66]

A very nice and concise encapsulization of the story with an excellent cast! Taylor Holmes plays the repentant Scrooge with a joy and panache that puts him right up there with Sim and Owen.

[@mikemoffitt8645]

Vincent Price Taught me,A VERY Valuable Lesson,The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present &Future,May, Sovereign Father God, Sovereign Prince of Peace Master Jesus Christ,Bless You More,My Friend Vincent Price 😊

[@pamelaolson5614]

The only thing i think is wrong is that marley said the 3 ghosts would visit in 3 nights not 3 times in 1. Which would be impossible since this happened Christmas eve and he woke up on Christmas a different man.

[@MaskedMan66]

From the book: "Expect the first tomorrow, when the bell tolls one." "Couldn't I take `em all at once, and have it over, Jacob?" hinted Scrooge. "Expect the second on the next night at the same hour. The third upon the next night when the last stroke of twelve has ceased to vibrate."

[@MaskedMan66]

And later on: "It's Christmas Day!" said Scrooge to himself. "I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can."

[@Wolfinger1935]

3:56 Some strange little man's head peeking out behind the set wall.

[@scottmoore1614]

A strange Christmas spirit. Spooky.

[@paulaolson8956]

Had to look twice! 😊

[@joycekoch5746]

17:00 reminds me of some of the people I meet in San Francisco in the late 60's.

[@BoingotheClown]

The effect of Marley coming through the door is extremely effective, especially on a TV budget.

[@rstein926]

Fun fact: Both Vincent Price and the actor who played Scrooge were in Disney films. Price played Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective & the actor who was Scrooge, voiced King Stefan in Sleeping Beauty

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally syndicated in 1949.

[@TheLocoUnion]

I can’t stop hearing the midwestern American accents! 😂

[@MaskedMan66]

That's because the cast are speaking in such accents. Your point?

[@TheLocoUnion]

@@MaskedMan66 You are correct. You must be college educated!

[@MaskedMan66]

@@TheLocoUnion Well, I mean, how could you hear anything other than what you are hearing when you're hearing it?

[@NightfallShadow]

I searched every list for all the christmas carols ever and none of them listed this at all.

[@aldenhislop4960]

The altos in this boys choir were excellent

[@oldsteamguy]

neat

[@craigsavarese4554]

Reminds me of Bill Hader’s Vincent Price tribute sketches on SNL

[@fromthesidelines]

Jill Oppenheim, who appeared as "Missie Cratchit", grew up to become Jill St. John.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

As well as the present Mrs. Robert Wagner.

[@leapingkitties]

Not my favorite, but they did a good adaptation for the time. And who doesn't like Vincent Price?

[@06mrselfdestruct]

What business is Scrooge in?

[@Wrecksy]

Money lending.

[@christhornycroft3686]

They get a British actor to narrate an American production like this. At least they got it right 2 years later.

[@hobhood7118]

Mr Price was born in St Louis Missouri.

[@cecilyerker]

Lay some respect on Vincent Price, he was born and raised in Saint Louis Missouri. That’s a trans-Atlantic accent as the result of his elocution training in his acting classes, just like the same training every other serious film or stage actor got.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@cecilyerker Mid-Atlantic.

[@GreyhawkGrognard]

Given the actors' accents, they might have wanted to move it from London to Dodge City.

[@wendythompson6323]

A young Jill St. John as the younger sister.

[@mygoditsfullofstars9148]

Which part of London are these people from ?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Quincy Magoo and Scrooge McDuck did good adaptations.

[@electrojones]

Scrooge is so recently dead that his funeral hasn't taken place but his headstone is nearly obscured by his overgrown grave. Boy, I really hope someone got fired for that little blunder.

[@jeffkwak2190]

A wee bit rushed, but with the time alloted it was good. Maybe better if Vincent Price had played Scrooge instead? 🤔 🎅 Merry Christmas 🌲

[@06mrselfdestruct]

Ghost of things yet to come wearing a COVID-19 mask 😂

[@lorriemcgee5562]

That voice.....Im ready for a 🚬. 🤷🏼‍♀️😏

[@sgabig]

17:47 the 👻 of Christmases future predicted covidpalooza mask 😷 mandates

[@gokugoma3258]

Bad acting...my god

[@wms72]

Marley resembles Biden, except Biden would've fallen on his face when he burst through the door.

[@brendangallagher732]

Possibly the worst performance I’ve ever seen. Graduates of the Mahogany School of Acting.

[@MaskedMan66]

You're wrong.

[@brendangallagher732]

@@MaskedMan66 Oh. Silly me.

[@seattlebeard]

Worst Scrooge ever. 🙄

[@MaskedMan66]

He did an excellent job, especially after Scrooge reforms.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

And it’s also unusual that the 1962 adaptation titled “MR. MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL” was nominated for both a Best Short Film Oscar Award and the Emmy as well because it flashed across theatre screens as well as airing on NBC in December 1962. The worst as far as performances go are those of Kelsey Grammer and Patrick Stewart.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@LindaCooper-i3f I thought that Grammer did well, but Stewart was way too understated. When he was supposed to be cowering in abject terror of Jacob Marley's Ghost, he was sitting there calmly talking like Captain Flipping Picard negotiating with a Romulan ambassador. Which was utterly bizarre, considering how wonderfully he had delivered Scrooge in his one-man recitation of the book.

[@scottvasquez1401]

@@LindaCooper-i3f You want to see a laughable bad performance, watch Seymore Hicks.

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Read...at my home in da day miss Vincent...good friend 😊

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Vincent was a Shakespeare expert this was why he was over we where promoting via England..at the time the intrest was just down to a few of us..kinda like to old Roller Coaster clubs..the interest was so low ..😮

[@MaskedMan66]

Sorry, what? Mr. Price was an American.

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Most Americans are sorry I do tend too agree..