Alastair Sim

HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano agree that the 1951 film version of  "A Christmas Carol" is the best of the many screen adaptations of that beloved Charles Dickens story. In this "At the Movies" podcast episode, Marie and Mike discuss the actor who plays Scrooge, Alastair Sim, whose completely lived-in performance really makes you believe you have been immersed in this Victorian morality tale. A British actor whose other screen credits include "Waterloo Road" (1944), "Stage Fright" (1950) and "The Belles of Saint Trinian's" (1954), Sim is best known for "A Christmas Carol." The actor's remarkably expressive face goes from "Bah, humbug" meanness at the start to giddy smiles at the end. Give yourself a holiday present and watch this movie.