Orson Welles makes an ideal Scrooge, and he narrates as well so there’s a little too much Orson in this one. (In his defence, Lionel Barrymore was meant to play Scrooge – as he often did on radio – but was unwell; Orson pays him tribute at the end of the episode.) The short length of the Dickens original means that more of the text survives the adaptation. It’s a perfectly decent work, although it lacks a little sparkle. At the end Orson wishes everyone a merry Christmas in an entertaining coda.
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