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Auction History Result 5a0027 CHRISTMAS CAROL linen 3sh 1951 Charles Dickens Xmas classic, Alastair Sim as Scrooge, rare! Date Sold 9/3/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Scrooge (released in the U.S. as "A Christmas Carol"), the 1951 Brian Desmond Hurst English holiday fantasy melodrama ("These wonderful words have warmed the hearts of millions the world over"; "'God bless us, every one!'..."; "'Christmas? Bah! Humbug!'"; "'I'm sure we shall none of us forget Tiny Tim!'"; "'Christmas has done me good... And will do me good... And I say, God Bless It!'"; "A new screen triumph!"; "This is Scrooge. He thought Christmas was a humbug... until he saw a ghost!"; "Now! The story that has brought joy to millions!"; "Now the most beloved story of all time reaches new heights of greatness on the screen!"; "The holiday picture of all time! Charles Dickens' joyous classic!"; based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens) starring Alastair Sim (billed as "The Incomparable Alastair Sim"; in the title role "as Scrooge"), Kathleen Harrison, Clifford Mollison ("By Special Arrangement"), Jack Warner ("By Permission of the J.A.R.O."), Carol Marsh, Mervyn Johns ("Bob Cratchit. Scrooge didn't appreciate him, but his family did."), Hermione Baddeley (as Mrs. Cratchit), Michael Hordern ("The ghost Scrooge saw - and a very frightening ghost he was."; as Jacob Marley's Ghost), John Charlesworth (as Peter Cratchit), Francis De Wolff (as the Spirit of Christmas Present), Glyn Dearman ("Tiny Tim - God bless his 'God bless us every one!'"), Michael Dolan (as the Spirit of Christmas Past), C. Konarski (as the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come), Brian Worth ("Fred - he wasn't afraid of ghosts - he wasn't even afraid of Scrooge!"), Rona Anderson ("Fred thought she was worth being disinherited for... and so will you!"), and George Cole NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this three-sheet, and it sold for $600! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds, with some light smudges scattered in the yellow background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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