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Show Christmas Caroi At The Grove Brian Desmond Hurst, the Irish-born Irish-born producer-director of "A Christmas Carol," the current and, this reviewer might add, the most fascinating and absorbing film-ization film-ization of Dickens' beloved story, must have steeped himself in the period before he began work on the film production. When you catch this heart-warming film at the Grove Theatre when it opens Wednesday, you will see what we mean. The woodcuts and colored plates of John Leech, from the original 1843 edition of the Carol, must have been devotedly studied by Mr. Hurst. For he has recaptured to the life, Leech's remarkable interpretations of the old skinflint Scrooge, of the Fezziwegs, the Ghosts of the Past, Present and Future, as well as the Cratchits, especially the figure of Tiny Tim. In the role of Scrooge we have one of the world's most loved character char-acter actors, Alastair Sim, who plays to perfection the flint-hearted old miser, sitting like a beggar on his gold, keeping his heart closed clo-sed as an oyster, both to the poor and needy around him, as well as to the many beauties and joys of day-day-by living. There's a great film treat lying ahead of you at the Grove Theatre for "A Christmas Carol" is bound to warm the hearts of young and old,' poor and rich alike in this most confused of worlds. |