Alastair Sim: The Star of Scrooge and The Real Belle of St Trinian's: The Star of "Scrooge" and The "Belles of St Trinian's"
Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Okay, this is a subject of great dispute in some circles. Which film version of A Christmas Carol gets your vote? Reginald Owen? Alastair Sim? Albert Finney? George C. Scott? Patrick Stewart? Bill Murray? Michael Caine and The Muppets? Mr. Magoo? Mickey Mouse? Jim Carrey? Bonus item: The trailer for Scrooged . [I confess that I've never seen the film.]
Draven99's Musings (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Another version of A Christmas Carol ? Is there a reason I should get excited about this or a reason to just care one way or the other? I mean it is not like we are not already born knowing this story and it is not like I cannot find another version readily available. With that said, there is still something about the Charles Dickens' story that is awfully inviting. I guess that is way so many people...
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck.
BBC NEWS | View from the South Bank (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I choked on my popcorn when i saw the trailer for the new Disney version of A Christmas Carol. "You've never seen anything like this before!" it proudly declared. Errr, unless you've read one of the greatest works of English literature or seen one of the myriad of stage and screen versions which have been churned out at regular intervals over the years. Everyone from Alastair Sim to Patrick...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Jim Carrey says that Alastair Sim's Ebenezer Scrooge inspired his portrayal of the character.
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
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Travel (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
By Clarice Sanchez Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. These days you can stay at home and get movies from a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site. Scrooged: A humorous take on the famous Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. Set in modern times, Frank Cross runs a TV station,...
The Internet Business Blog (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
By Freida Weber For years now, the video store was the way to get movies. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Just about any movie every made can be attained through a movie download site now. Check out these samples. The Happiest Days of Your Life: Pat Patricia to take issues into her own hands. Beautifully orchestrated and photographed by Jack Hildyard,...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Leif Ericson landed at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, in 1003. Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 for arguing that there should be a "wall of separation" between civil and religious authority and a right to "liberty of conscience". The Siege of Sebastopol began in 1854. And in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds won the eighth game of the World Series,...
Pete's 'Today In History' Quiz (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
On Sunday the EDF World Half Marathon Championship is taking place in Birmingham , which is great news for the city. However, there's a slight problem for me - I live inside the circuit, so for several hours on Sunday I'll be a 'prisoner' in my own neighbourhood! Actually it's not such a problem as I've no plans for going anywhere on Sunday. I called the hotline to find out what arrangements had been...
Travel (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
By Kristie Barry Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. In this paragraph I will give you some search terms to reach movie down load sites. You should have good luck with a search like "DVD Movie Downloads"; if not then try "Movies And Download" and "Top DVD Movie Rentals". For Love of Ivy: A family desires to keep their servant, so they find her a man...
Michael May's Adventureblog (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Here's what else I've been up to on the Internet this past week: Five for Friday I contributed to Tom Spurgeon's Five for Friday again. The assignment was to Name Your 5 Favorite Funny (And Not-So-Funny) Animals. Mine were: 1. Cerebus 2. Foghorn Leghorn 3. Snoopy 4. Hong Kong Phooey 5. Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles What are yours? Plump Sister This week we finally got to my favorite...
The Business Blog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
By Carmella Maldonado Take a look at some movie reviews we have prepared. Here are some ways to find movie download sites. You should have good luck with a search like "Online Music Downloads"; if not then try "Film Downloading" and "Online Video Rentals". Mrs. Dalloway: Redgrave is glowing as the spouse of a British M.P., who on the night of a soiree, thinks back to...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
When we bought our all-region DVD player last summer, one of the first Region 2 sets that caught my eye was a 12-Disc set of '40s British films starring one of my favorite actors , Stewart Granger. The set contains a significant number of the films which made Granger popular in England before he moved to America, where he signed on with MGM and became an international star in KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950)....
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