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  • For nearly as long as there's been movies, A Christmas Carol has appeared on the big screen. It then transferred right to our living rooms on our TVs. And while many of us know of the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol, even the Patrick Stewart one. But did you know that Vincent Price, the master of horror himself, was in an version, as well as the Fonz, Henry Winkler? (All images are from amazon.com)
  • Way back in 1949, Vincent Price, the man with the unmistakable voice, narrated a television version of <a href= A Christmas Carol. " title="A Christmas Carol - 1949" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • The quintessential classic version, whether in the original black and white or colorized, starred <a href=Alastair Sim as Mr. Scrooge. " title="A Christmas Carol- 1951" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • In 1954, Frederic March and Basil Rathborn played Scrooge and Marley respectively on a <a href=television version of the tale of redemption. " title="A Christmas Carol - 1954" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Mr. Magoo sets his sights on the role of Scrooge in the <a href= 1962 classic cartoon. " title="Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol - 1962" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Albert Finney donned the top hat and sat in the counting house for a <a href=1970 musical version of the classic Dickens story. " title="Scrooge - 1970" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • The Fonz, Henry Winkler, starred in the retelling of A Christmas Carol in the made-for-TV version called <a href=An American Christmas Carol." title="An American Christmas Carol - 1979" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Mickey Mouse wasn't Scrooge, that was left to Scrooge McDuck. No Mickey was the perfect Bob Cratchit in <a href=Mickey's Christmas Carol" title="Mickey's Christmas Carol - 1983" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • George C. Scott played the gruff Scrooge perfectly in the <a href=1984 version" title="A Christmas Carol - 1984" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Bill Murray's Ebeneezer is renamed Frank Cross, but even though the story was updated to the 80's, <a href=Scrooged is still the same old Christmas Carol." title="Scrooged - 1988" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • More than 20 years ago, Michael Caine sat behind the desk and starred along with Kermit, Miss Piggy and Gonzo in <a href=The Muppet's Christmas Carol. " title="The Muppet's Christmas Carol - 1992" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Decades after the Fred and Wilma went off the air, The Flintstones were featured in the roles of A Christmas Carol in what else, <a href=A Flinstone Christmas Carol. " title="A Flintstone Christmas Carol - 1994" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • <a href=Patrick Stewart is no stranger to Scrooge. He played the hater of Christmas along with the entire rest of the cast, on stage. In the made-for-tv movie, he plays Ebeneezer only. " title="A Christmas Carol - 2000" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • She's been the boss on Ugly Betty, and became a Desperate Housewife, setting up residence on Wisteria Lane, Vanessa Williams was Ebony Scrooge, a member of an R&B girl group who struck out on her own, forgetting her former band in <a href=A Diva's Christmas Carol." title="A Diva's Christmas Carol - 2000" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Nicholas Cage, the Ghost Rider himself, sported the chains of Marley, at least in cartoon form in this <a href=2001 version. " title="A Christmas Carol - 2001" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Tori Spelling has even tried her acting chops in a female version of Ebeneezer in <a href=A Carol Christmas." title="A Carol Christmas - 2003" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Kelsey Grammer took on the role of Scrooge in a musical, made for TV version of <a href=A Christmas Carol. " title="A Christmas Carol - 2004" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Jim Carrey teamed up with Disney in this computerized version of <a href=A Christmas Carol. He not only played Scrooge, but also, the three ghosts. " title="A Christmas Carol - 2009" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
 

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