Albert Finney' s portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge was sheer brilliance.

Best Scrooge ever, Mr. Finney...

Today. Christmas 2020 is the 50th year anniversary. 50 years! I only realized that as I finished watching the movie as I have every Christmas day since the first time it was shown on TV in 1972? I remember so very well my sister and I singing and dancing w "Thank you very much"

My absolute favorite Christmas movie of all time! Rest in Peace, Albert Finney.

I watch this movie every December.

One of my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol. I just want to say, "Thank you very much. Thank you very much!"

The one with Albert Finney was the best in my opinion. I love watching this every year during Christmas!

Alec Guinness returns as a ghost to guide his apprentice. That sounds familiar.

Best "Scrooge" ever!

No idea Finney played young Scrooge. Awesome. And Tom Jenkins, the hot soup man. I love him (and his song). Favorite Christmas movie E-VER!!!

This is simply the best version of Dicken’s classic

Great musical.NEVER gets old at Christmas!

This is the best version of Scrooge, i saw it when it first came out, and since being married 40 yrs i watch it every christmas, its Christmas Eve 2020 and i have just finished watching it, it never gets old, and the songs are just perfect, Merry Christmas everyone..

Some say his peformance was ''Too hammy'' But i believe it was perfect for a musical..He knew what he was doing

R.I.P Albert Finney 1936-2019

This and Oliver, two terrific musicals.

The selection of the cast for the musical film "Scrooge" (1970) was absolutely brilliant! Albert Finney as Scrooge, Sir Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley, Anton Rogers as soup man Tom Jenkins, David Collings as Bob Cratchit , Laurence Naismith as Fezziwig and Suzanne Neve who played Fezziwig's daughter Isabel were all perfect for their respective roles in the film! Kudos to the director of the film for his superb choices for the cast of the film!

My favorite movie for Christmas. The best!!!

I saw this for the first time when I was 6 in the movie theaters!! I was so scared! I don’t think my mother realized how scary the ghosts would be lol. I was able to see it again when it was released on VHS and it has been my favorite Christmas movie ever since! Now before you young folks think I’m some hundred year old grandma-I’m a young 56 here in 2020! (I’m a grandma too!) But this Scrooge has certainly lasted through time and Albert Finney is the best along with the rest of the amazing cast of characters 🎄

My favourite film and how wonderful to see this short film. Albert Finney is the best Scrooge old and young. I love the Happiness song - I sing that to my dog!

Whose watching in 2020????

My classmates and I were taken to see this movie in 1970. I am 60 years old now and this movie remains to be one of my top films of all time. Thank you very much.!

On behalf of all the people who've assembled here, I would merely like to mention, if I may. That our unanimous attitude, is one of lasting gratitude, For what our friend has done for us today. And therefore, I would simply like to say.... Thank you very much! Thank you very much! That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me! Seriously - thanks for preserving this!! One of my favorite all-time movies.

Albert Finney's acting of Scrooge loosing Isabell and watching over Bob as he's knelt at tiny Tims grave talking to his buried son was **FANTASTIC** and heart wrenching! You SO felt the loss!...and brings more than a tear to your eye... Fantastic acting, fantastic sets and fantasticly portrayed you really believe it's THAT era! An all round *BRILLIANT* film and should be a tradition in every household at Christmas! 🎄 Just GREAT!

Best version , ever.Quite superb.

My all-time favorite version of this movie. I love it so much that I bought software to separate the soundtrack from the DVD so I could put the music on a CD and listen in the car. It’s the BEST!

My favorite Christmas movie. Albert Finney’s acting is like a story within the story.

My favorite version of the story filmed. All the characters were so wonderful. Sir Alec Guinness was as good a Marley as ever played. Thank you very much for sharing this with us.

One of the greatest films depicting this incredible story from Dickens!

Can't believe this wasn't included on the DVD or VHS!

Hands down, the best adaptation of Dickens story. It isn't even close, IMO.

I absolutely love this wonderful christmas movie. This amazing musical version of an equally amazing story always thrills me!! Noone could make such movie magic back in the day (1970) like the english. It has something so very special about it that could only have been made in England. My fascination never stops.

The best Christmas movie ever made.

what a rare gem this is .this was my christmas carol growing up in the 80,s-90.s thank you mr finny . and RIP sir

After seeing dozens of versions in my 50 + years, this has to be my favorite 😊

This really is the best version and the 3rd act conversion experience always brings a lot of tears to my eyes..... None better

My favorite version of Scrooge! The music was fantastic.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is wonderful. This is my favorite christmas film and have been watching it every year since 1972

I miss Mr.Finney so much

My absolute favorite version 😍 I'll be watching the DVD tomorrow.

Rip Albert Finney, one of the last living men to play Scrooge.

Seeing this during its premiere run at Radio City Music Hall in New York City remains one of my best childhood memories, that always so lovingly returns whenever I view the film again, and is now nicely embellished by this wonderful posting. Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to us all, may God bless us, every one!

Thank you for donating the original to the BFI. I'm an American, but I studied film at the University of London in conjunction with the BFI in the late 1980s. They do amazing work. This film is my favorite adaptation of the Dickens story. It's also very English. Thank you for sharing it with us.

RIP Albert Finney.

Oh, I Love this movie, it is so uplifting and hopeful!

What a wonderful find. Thank you so much for rescuing this treasure.

best christmas film ever. i still have it and is the only one i watch :o)

Wow this is a great Christmas Gift for a true Fan of this Christmas Classic thank you very very Much !!🎄🎁🎄😷👌

@Stephen C: Thank you for going to such care and trouble to be able to share this film reel with us here!

What a wonderful find!! This is my favorite version of A Christmas Carol. I actually found on Ebay a few years ago the soundtrack on vinyl.

Watching this movie on Christmas-eve has been and will always be my family tradition. Thank you very much!

The best portrayal of Scrooge ever!

Awesome!!!! One of my favorite movies

My all-time favorite Christmas movie!🌲🎁🎅

Love this film. Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Anton Rodgers, Michael Medwin. Watch it every Christmas!

This one is my favorites I wish they would put it on tv again

Thank you for this- it's my favorite version of A Christmas Carol. Love the insight!

Wow! A behind the scenes look. Thank you very much!

What a treasure this video is. All I can say is, Thank you very much ... for sharing this.

Amazing find, did you know it was related to the film when you bought it?? The chances. Wonderful movie, full version here on yt for free. Way better than the George C Scott version.

A masterpiece and Albert Finney was the best Ebeneezer Scrooge. The entire musical production was a sterling one at that. Thank you for posting this video. 🎥🎞

My favourite...

Wonderful. So..."Thank You Very Much", my dear Stephen Collings!!!!

My favorite Christmas movie, EVER. Hands-down. Beautiful score, wonderful songs, creepy at times (genuinely, Jacob Marley is the creepiest ever), but also funny and heartfelt. Wonderful acting. My family and I still “the movie to this day because it has some great one-liners😂

When my dad was alive, we would watch this every year on vhs. I have alot of versions now on dvd that i enjoy every year.. ❤️

Loved this version! I know it backwards and forwards by heart. The characters are perfectly cast.

This was quite a find Stephen. I praise you for your humanity and respect for this timeless project. This film really is from another time and place. Magical.

Brilliant!

thank you very much! thank you very much! One of the greatest films

Incredible! I grew up with this movie and watch it year round. Never saw this before! Thank you for sharing!!🍷

This is my favorite telling of the story ever and Finney is the best Scrooge I've ever seen! Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! This is truly a treasure!

This is the best version of them all. A classic.🎀 ✨🕊️#MsWarriorSaint

I love this movie!!! The music and acting is amazing!!!:))) ❤😊

Thank you for finding, purchasing, restoring, and sharing this video. I saw this movie in the theater when I was a boy and it’s been my favorite version of “A Christmas Carol” ever since. I always felt it didn’t get the respect it deserves. Far fewer yearly showings on television and all. But I didn’t know it had won the Academy Award for Best Picture! So well deserved.

Thank you for sharing this here! This movie has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and it's great to get this different look at it.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR POSTING! THAT'S THE NICEST THING THAT ANYONE'S EVER DONE FOR ME!

Great find!

Just got to see this in the theater on the large screen. I saw it for the first time 52 years ago when I was 8. It is the only Christmas Carol movie I watch. I love it! I can't believe they don't bring it to stage.

Thank for sharing!

Love this film. It would be great to meet someone who was in the film. Made the year I was born and I remember watching it on the tv with my grandad in about 1977. I try and watch it every year. Beautiful songs.

We wouldn't want to scare the Dickens out of people.

Thank you for this, my children and l watch this each year, l first saw it at the cinema on its release, thank you.

You found this on Ebay?? Wow... what a wonderful find. Thanks for sharing.

Great film, Stephen! Thanks for uploading this. I hope my biography of Finney, Strolling Player, does him justice. He'lll be missed greatly.

What a Wonderful Discovery! I’ve loved this film since first seeing it at the theater with my late father, and it holds a special place in my heart. I’ve always been curious about the dearth of archival material for “Scrooge” considering the wealth of talent involved, and the lavish production, but chalked it up to changing public tastes as well as the decline and fall of the big budget movie musical. Thank You Very Much!

Thanks for posting. This should be restored and added to DVD releases

One of the many reasons this adaptation is brilliant is because it shows the audience just what it is Scrooge does that makes him so hated. When Dickens wrote the book, his audience would’ve known exactly what Scrooge did, but now a lot of people just think of him as a miser-and not what that meant to small businesses or individuals. Seeing Scrooge threaten so many little livelihoods gives you a senses of how he was known as a “good man of business”, but nobody liked him.

Just watched this in 4K. I remember in 1973 watching this on the IBM TV Christmas special and it is still my fave!

Love this watch it every Xmas day.

How neat to see this!!!!!!

Thanks for the upload! Amazing story about you finding it on eBay - I have watched this movie every year for most of my life and never seen this clip! Thankyou once again!

Amazing footage of an all time classic, so glad I got to see it. Thank you.

One of my very favorite movies!!!!

Loved this! Saw he movie when i was about ten!

Great mini-documentary, and thanks for posting. Leslie Bricusse wrote some of his best music for this film, and that's saying something - his music has appeared in many famous films, including James Bond movies and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I love "Thank You Very Much" and "Father Christmas", and I never tire of "December the 25th" and "Christmas Children". The soundtrack has become a regular part of my Christmas music. Bravo, Mr. Bricusse.

It was SO cool to see this. Thank you very much!

Albert Finney was nothing less than superb in his role as Ebeneezer Scrooge. Ronald Neame was a great director….. I have always felt that his performance here was very underrated and that he did not get the credit he deserved.

Wonderful

This film is ingrained upon my family dynamic such to the point that it and we are inextricably bound to both its beauty and ugliness; terror and joy. Finney is a pure delight and his transformation is tear inducing.

Wow, how cool is that, and what a lucky find! Thanks for sharing!!