a cheery manner for his family's sake, Bob is deeply troubled by the loss of his job, though he confides in no one except his daughter Martha. The spirit hints that Bob's youngest son, Tim, will die of a crippling illness by the same time next year if things do not change. At 3 a.m., the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives, appearing as a silent, cloaked figure. The spirit shows Scrooge what will happen if he does not change. Scrooge discovers Tiny Tim is dead and his family mourns for him. Scrooge also discovers that his own death will not be mourned. Scrooge promises to repent and returns home to awake in his own bed on Christmas Day. Scrooge is a changed man. He asks a boy in the street to buy the large turkey in the butcher shop's window for him, meaning to take it to the Cratchits. Running into the two men who petitioned him for charity on Christmas Eve, Scrooge gives them a large donation. He visits Fred and makes him his new partner, then goes to the Cratchit house where he gives everyone gifts and rehires Bob with an increase in his wages. Cast Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Cratchit Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim Cratchit Barry MacKay as Fred (Scrooge's nephew) Lynne Carver as Bess (Fred's fiancée) Bunny Beatty as Martha Cratchit (uncredited) June Lockhart as Belinda Cratchit (uncredited) John O'Day as Peter Cratchit (uncredited) Leo G. Carroll as Marley's Ghost Ann Rutherford as Ghost of Christmas Past Lionel Braham as Ghost of Christmas Present D'Arcy Corrigan as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Ronald Sinclair as Young Scrooge Elvira Stevens as Fran Scrooge (uncredited) Forrester Harvey as Old Fezziwig (uncredited) Olaf Hytten as Schoolmaster (uncredited) Harry Cording as Waiter (uncredited) Halliwell Hobbes as Clergyman (uncredited) Charles Coleman as First Solicitor (uncredited) Matthew Boulton as Second Solicitor (uncredited) John Rogers as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited) Cliff Severn as Boy Buying Turkey (uncredited) Production Made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and originally intended to star Lionel Barrymore (who played the role of Scrooge annually on radio but was forced to drop out of the film because of his arthritis, though he narrated its trailer), the movie starred Reginald Owen as Scrooge and the married couple Gene and Kathleen Lockhart as the Cratchits. Terry Kilburn costarred as Tiny Tim and