Talk:Scrooge (1935 film)

Misleading tone concerning quality
At the risk of making gross errors in areas like NPOV, no-OR, and similar:

This movie is absolutely brilliant---a master piece far better than most modern box office hits, and definitely the best of the (four?) interpretations I have seen.

The tone of the article, however, is somewhat misleading, giving the between-the-lines impression of a second-tier interpretation. (While, I admit, not explicitly saying this.) 188.100.205.18 (talk) 23:53, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

This needs a total rewrite. Just removed weird speculation about the "white plastic bucket" Besides being un-sourced they wouldn't have had white plastic buckets in 1935 when the film was made either. The Smilodon (talk) 08:53, 29 December 2013 (UTC)


 * This is FAR from the best film adaption of the novella. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.240.42 (talk) 02:25, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Writing credit for Hicks
The following sources all credit Hicks with a co-writing credit on the film.


 * Bailey, Bruce (19 December 1987). "Star Wars provides a change of pace for the children on Saturday morning". The Gazette. pp. T50.
 * If you aren't too particular about your entertainment, notice that you can also catch the 1935 version of Scrooge at 11 tonight on Channel 33. Sir Seymour Hicks co-wrote the script in which he stars as the title character.


 * Boyar, Jay (11 December 1992). "MUPPETS JOIN CHORUS OF 'CHRISTMAS CAROL' REMAKES". Orlando Sentinel. p. 19.
 * - Scrooge (1935). This British version stars Seymour Hicks, who had portrayed Scrooge on stage for many years. Hicks also wrote the screenplay.


 * Wahlers, Roberta J. (28 November 1993). "Here we come a `Carol'-ing . . . in black and white and color Classic retold in silent movie, on laser disc". Milwaukee Journal. pp. E6.
 * Scrooge (1935-b/w; V) This is Hicks' second crack at the tale and is a faithful adaptation that he co-wrote. He's impressive in the lead role with Maurice Evans and Donald Calthrop rounding out the cast. It was directed by Henry Edwards.

These claims seem suspect though, since neither version of the film's two opening credit sequences credits Hicks as a co-writer, nor does IMDB. It is certainly possible that Hicks did uncredited writing on the film, but considering that Hick was a credited writer on the 1913 silent film version, which was also titled Scrooge, it seems quite a bit more likely that the three journalists cited above simply got Scrooge '13 mixed up with Scrooge '35 when they claimed that Hicks had a writing credit on the later film. If by some chance, Hicks actually was involved in writing the '35 version, then one has to wonder how his uncredited work on the script became knowledge to Bailey, Boyar, and Whalers.

I've chosen to omit any mention from this Wikipedia article of Hicks working on the script for this film, as I feel that such a claim would require extraordinary sourcing. If a stronger source for the claim can be found (such as a source that was published closer to the time of the film's original release, or at least something that is much more in-depth than the three newspaper articles cited above), then something about Hicks having a writing credit should certainly be added to this Wikipedia article. But otherwise, I think that the journalists cited above were likely in error about this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.107.191 (talk) 18:40, 20 December 2023 (UTC)