The Christmas Carol
1949·Fantasy·25m
7.1
★
A Christmas Carol was a 1949 syndicated, black and white television special narrated by Vincent Price.
Directed by Arthur Pierson
based on novel or book
holiday
christmas music
christmas
short film
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Cast
Vincent Price
Narrator
Taylor Holmes
Ebeneezer Scrooge
Nelson Leigh
Ghost of Christmas Past
Robert Hyatt
Tiny Tim
Jill St. John
Missie Cratchit
Robert Clarke
Fred
Queenie Leonard
Mrs. Cratchit
Crew
Arthur Pierson
Director
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Jay
4.0★ · 12/01/25
Vincent Prince, would you like me to help you in a room in which there are no others😏😏😏😏. Or you could all watch, I don’t give a 💩.
A Christmas Carol (Speedrun Edition)
So I think we can all agree, we cannot tell a satisfactory version of A Christmas Carol in 25 minutes, (2 of which are used for an agonising long opening credit sequence), without brutally compressing key moments. For example, Anything to do with Scrooge’s lost long love is hand-waved away in a laughable matter through 2 lines by The GOCP. “No, we do not have the budget or time to actually expand your character’s backstory beyond one shot of you as a child in school”.
This version does have the narrator say “Tiny Tim WHO DID NOT DIE” so I gotta give it extra points.
A Christmas Carol (Speedrun Edition)
So I think we can all agree, we cannot tell a satisfactory version of A Christmas Carol in 25 minutes, (2 of which are used for an agonising long opening credit sequence), without brutally compressing key moments. For example, Anything to do with Scrooge’s lost long love is hand-waved away in a laughable matter through 2 lines by The GOCP. “No, we do not have the budget or time to actually expand your character’s backstory beyond one shot of you as a child in school”.
This version does have the narrator say “Tiny Tim WHO DID NOT DIE” so I gotta give it extra points.
Vincent Prince, would you like me to help you in a room in which there are no others😏😏😏😏. Or you could all watch, I don’t give a 💩.
A Christmas Carol (Speedrun Edition)
So I think we can all agree, we cannot tell a satisfactory version of A Christmas Carol in 25 minutes, (2 of which are used for an agonising long opening credit sequence), without brutally compressing key moments. For example, Anything to do with Scrooge’s lost long love is hand-waved away in a laughable matter through 2 lines by The GOCP. “No, we do not have the budget or time to actually expand your character’s backstory beyond one shot of you as a child in school”.
This version does have the narrator say “Tiny Tim WHO DID NOT DIE” so I gotta give it extra points.
A Christmas Carol (Speedrun Edition)
So I think we can all agree, we cannot tell a satisfactory version of A Christmas Carol in 25 minutes, (2 of which are used for an agonising long opening credit sequence), without brutally compressing key moments. For example, Anything to do with Scrooge’s lost long love is hand-waved away in a laughable matter through 2 lines by The GOCP. “No, we do not have the budget or time to actually expand your character’s backstory beyond one shot of you as a child in school”.
This version does have the narrator say “Tiny Tim WHO DID NOT DIE” so I gotta give it extra points.
Vt.Spidey
4.0★ · 09/30/25
Vincent price is the only true reason to watch this short adaptation of A Christmas carol. The script makes some interesting, and some lazy passes to condense the story, and the performances outside of Price's border on bad community theater at some parts.
Vincent price is the only true reason to watch this short adaptation of A Christmas carol. The script makes some interesting, and some lazy passes to condense the story, and the performances outside of Price's border on bad community theater at some parts.