
Scrooge

Seymour Hicks plays the world-class humbug, Ebenezer, in the 1935 film "Scrooge". Based on Charles Dickens' beloved "Christmas Carol", it's a fable about a wealthy miser who comes to appreciate the virtues of love and generosity through a series of unusual holiday guests.
With dozens of screen adaptations of this classic tale, it's refreshing to watch Hicks' classic representation of a man who undergoes an extreme attitude makeover. Of course, there's a reason Hicks inhabits the irascible Scrooge so comfortably: by the time he appeared in the 1935 version, he'd portrayed the character countless times on stage as well as in a silent film version in 1913. Though most famous for his Scrooge, the actor had a long, rich career as an actor, screenwriter, director and producer. It's said he was even responsible for giving Alfred Hitchcock his first directing credit with "Always Tell Your Wife" (1923).

Dr. Burt Uchino

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