Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Starring: Alastair Sim, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the the end, when Scrooge wakes up in his bedroom on Christmas day and is elated to know he is still alive, he goes over and looks in the mirror twice. Both times you can see someone in the mirror reflection in the background, possibly holding a script.
Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of a boom mic is visible on the wall behind Mrs, Cratchit and her daughter as Peter reads from the Bible.
Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of a boom mic is visible on the wall behind Mrs, Cratchit and her daughter as Peter reads from the Bible.
Ebenezer: Bob, I haven't taken leave of my senses. I've come to them.
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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