> Who?

*blinks* Please excuse me for a few minutes while I have a small anxiety attack and complain about/mourn the problems of modern society.

...There, I'm back. Thanks for waiting. Alistair Sim played Scrooge in a 1951, black-and-white version of the movie, with a cast that is absolutely unrecognizable but brilliant, and his portrayal of Scrooge is perhaps not the absolute best Scrooge ever, but it is pure genius. (At least the IMDB *says* it's from 1951, from the cinematography, dialogue and mood of the whole film I would've placed it in the mid-to-late '30s or early '40s.)

> No, George C. Scott is the best Scrooge. He's >just sooo good at playing mean, and then at the >end of the movie when he becomes good, it's >actually believable because he still has that >gruff exterior on the surface overlaying the >changed heart inside.

Hm. I haven't seen George C. Scott's version, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt until I do...and perhaps you could do the same with Alistair Sim? (Pardon my edginess, I had assumed everybody in the USA had seen Alistair Sim's Scrooge...sigh).

> Of all the Scrooges I've seen, I'd rate them in the following order:
>
> 1. George C. Scott
> 2. Michael Caine
> 3. Albert Finney
> 4. Patrick Stewart
> 5. Scrooge McDuck
>
> Gri"would put Bill Murray in there somewhere, but has never seen 'Scrooged' all the way through"shny

Walter Matthau did the voice of Scrooge in an animated version, but it was pretty bad except for the perfect casting of Dennis Day as Scrooge's nephew Roger. (At least, I *think* it was Dennis Day...if it was, it was perfect casting.)

Qua "And you're forgetting Mr. Magoo!" rtz