Seymour Hicks em Scrooge (1935)

Scrooge (1935) é a versão Twickenham Studios do Charles Dickens’ clássico, Um Conto de Natal. Seymour Hicks interpreta Ebenezer Scrooge, o proprietário de um negócio miserável Londres. Ele emprega um assistente chamado Bob Cratchit. Scrooge acabará por cumprir três fantasmas na véspera de Natal, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant.

Seymour Hicks was born January 30, 1871 on the Isle of Jersey, England. De acordo com o Internet Movie Database (IMDB), he began acting on the stage at 16 anos de idade. He would be employed as an actor from the late 1800s to the 1930s.

Besides starring in stage productions and films later in his career, he wrote musical plays that he and his wife, Elaine Terris, starred in. He and his wife were married for over 55 anos.

Hicks started appearing as Mr. Scrooge on the stage in 1901, when he was about 30 anos. Hicks played Scrooge on stage thousands of times plus two movie versions. Hicks also played Scrooge in a silent film in 1913 and reprised the role in this film.

Seymour Hicks was the 13th actor knighted, when the honor was bestowed on him in 1934. He would be Sir Seymour Hicks from that point on. He remained active in acting on both stage and in films until 1948. He passed away at 78 anos de idade em abril 6, 1949.

My mother gave me esse filme (link de afiliado) on DVD for Christmas about ten years ago. Este filme e White Christmas (1954) are probably my two favorite Christmas films. Dar a este filme uma chance. You won’t be disappointed.

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