knocker, and Christmas Yet to Come is simply an outstretched pointing finger. Hicks plays both the old and young Scrooge. Albert Finney (in the 1970 film Scrooge) and Jim Carrey (in the 2009 film A Christmas Carol) are the only others to play both young and old Scrooge on film. The story is also severely truncated. Much time is spent at the beginning – before any of the ghosts appear – setting up the atmosphere of rich and poor London. Scrooge's sister Fan and Fezziwig are completely omitted from this version. This is the first of only two sound versions in which Tiny Tim is actually depicted lying dead. In the Christmas Yet to Come sequence, Bob grieves at Tim's bedside. The 1999 television adaptation also contains this scene. Maurice Evans appears briefly as a man harassed by Scrooge to pay his debts. Donald Calthrop portrays a Bob Cratchit who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to John Leech's illustrations of the character in the original 1843 edition of the novel. Two versions of this adaptation exist; each has a differently designed opening credits sequence (a book and a metal plate), and one of the two omits the last scenes. For years, it was kept out of circulation, due to the extremely poor quality of most of the surviving prints. However, it can be found on video sites such as YouTube. See also Adaptations of A Christmas Carol List of Christmas films List of ghost films References External links 1935 films 1930s fantasy drama films 1930s historical films Films set in 1843 1930s ghost films 1930s Christmas drama films British Christmas films British fantasy drama films British historical fantasy films British black-and-white films Films based on A Christmas Carol Films directed by Henry Edwards Paramount Pictures films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Films set in London 1935 drama films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films