"Shower of Stars" A Christmas Carol (TV Episode 1954)

"Shower of Stars" A Christmas Carol (TV Episode 1954). 1h

“I really donu0026#39;t know where to begin, except to say Iu0026#39;m appalled. This film is a hodgepodge of early Victorian England and 1950s America. Some of the language is straight from Dickens and some actually includes American phrasing. Fredric Marchu0026#39;s talents are so wasted that at times this looks like a bad high school production. The directing is downright amateurish. Marchu0026#39;s makeup is preposterous, and his enormous false nose in no way even slightly resembles the nose of the young Scrooge, who wears a very stylish haircut. James Dean would be proud. Scroogeu0026#39;s bedroom, except for the bed curtains, looks almost feminine itu0026#39;s so 1950s. And only the barest structure of the story makes the cut. The rest is lost to make room for impossibly bad music. By the third song I was considering the best sharp objects to drive into my ears – ANYTHING to make it stop. Finally, if thereu0026#39;s anyone out there who can tell me… What, what, WHAT is sticking out of the back of Marleyu0026#39;s head?? It looks like an icicle covered in hair.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe great pity of it all is that u0026quot;A Christmas Carolu0026quot; is one of my most beloved stories. I wish Iu0026#39;d never watched this, because I can never un-see it.”