Factual error: When Mrs. Cratchit passes the shop after buying the goose, the sign says butcher, but in that era, you would buy a goose from a poulter, seafood from a fishmonger, and beef, etc. from a butcher.
A Christmas Carol (1951)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Starring: Alastair Sim, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Continuity mistake: During the scene where the younger Scrooge and Marley are addressing their business associates, Marley's hands keep changing their position between shots. When the scene shows the entire group, his hands are on either side of his lap with his thumbs hooked in his vest pockets. During the close-ups of him and Scrooge, his hands are clasped together on his lap.
Ebenezer: I'll send it to Bob Cratchit, and he shan't know who sent it. It's twice the size of Tiny Tim.
Question: In every iteration of A Christmas Carol, why does the Ghost of Christmas Past always look different? In some versions, it's a man; in others, a woman. In A Muppet Christmas Carol, it's a small child, and in A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, it looked like a candle.
Answer: In the original Dickens story, the Ghost of Christmas Past had a shimmery and constantly changing appearance, sometimes as a child, an old man, a young woman, and even a flickering candle that reflected Scrooge's memories and the people he once knew. The different movies chose just one of those looks for the spirit.
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