A Splendid Double-DVD Edition
There are almost too many versions of A Christmas Carol -- and too many iterations of this particular film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and released in 1951, starring Alastair Sim -- to keep up with. In the particular two-disc version at hand, the movie appears in both black-and-white and colorized versions, and letterboxed and full-screen. My preference is for the full-screen version in black-and-white, which looks fine, although the sound is still an issue, as is the case with a lot of older movies. The other element that makes this edition special is a pretty fair transfer of the 1935 version of A Christmas Carol starring Sir Seymour Hicks, whose interpretation of the character of Scrooge is well worth watching as well -- that film looks and sounds a bit rough (no restoration work is likely for that movie), but this is one of the better presentations of it that I can recall. The other bonus feature of note is an extended interview with the late Richard Gordon, who originally distributed the 1951 Christmas Carol in the United States and knew the story of its production and history better than almost anybody.
This version is a keeper, and well worth owning.
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