Tuesday, December 24, 2024

A Bit of Christmas Fun: Campbell Playhouse: A Christmas Carol


A Christmas Carol (1939) – Campbell Playhouse

Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Charles Dickens (adapted by Orson Welles)
Producer: Orson Welles for Campbell Playhouse

Orson Welles – Host and Scrooge
Joseph Cotton – Bob Cratchit
George Zucco – Jacob Marley
Edgar Barrier – The Ghost of Christmas Past
Paul Stewart – The Ghost of Christmas Present
Ray Collins – The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Everett Sloane – Fred, Scrooge's Nephew
Agnes Moorehead – Mrs. Cratchit
Bert Lytell – The Ghost of Christmas Present (also credited with a part in some variations of the cast)
Ernest Chappell – Radio Announcer


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A Bit of Christmas Fun - Lux Radio Theater: It's A Wonderful Life


Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

Director: William Keeley
Producer: Irving Cummings
Adaptation: Joe Granby
Music: Leigh Harline

Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey
Donna Reed as Mary Hatch Bailey
Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy
Henry Travers as Clarence, the Angel
Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Bailey
Frank Faylen as Bert, the cop
Ward Bond as Ernie, the cab driver
H.B. Warner as Mr. Gower, the druggist


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