A Christmas Carol Unit Study

1983

You could also call this Fonzie Plays Scrooge. Of course were talking about Henry Winkler here and in 1979 and with five years of Happy Days already on his resume, Winkler was cast as the Americanized version of Ebenezer Scrooge. Of course, it wasn't Winkler's first dramatic starring role having already starred in the big screen dramedy Heroes with Sally Field and in the big screen comedy The One and Only. Neither film was particularly boffo at the box office either. The problem with becoming a legendary television icon as Winkler was when he played Fonzie, it's tough for people to see you as anything else no matter how good you may be in another role. From IMDB: Based in the depression era, a take on the "Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. "Mr Benjamin Slade" as played by Henry Winkler, is the remaining owner of "S&L Finance" after the death of his long time partner Jack Latham (Ken Pogue). Mr Slade and his assistant, "Mr Thatcher" (R.H. Thomson) make their rounds on Christmas eve to repossess items from the townspeople who have been unable to keep up with payments. After a long day of collecting his "valuable merchandise", Mr Slade returns to his business, fires his sensitive assistant and then is confronted by his dead partner and three spirits in the form of the people he repossessed from that day. And you can pretty much guess the rest of the story. Honestly, this film is much better than it is often given credit for and you seldom hear it mentioned when it comes to versions of A Christmas Carol and the Scrooge story. Aided by heavy makeup, Winkler does well as the cold Slade, but I don't view him quite as successful in portraying Slade's transformation. But as always, that's only my opinion and you may disagree. So pour you some eggnog and pull up a chair as Dickens is Americanized in this depression era saga.

Merry Christmas! aahomemade family production just for you from last year....clean for the whole family and hilarious...but still with a warm and wonderful Dicken...message of love and compassion...join my family at Christmas eve..on our patio...they stood in the cold to do these scenes there was no room in the den...hah hah. Yes it was merry indeed! Happy New Year Dearests! I got this idea to start a new tradition on Christmas eve to put on a Christmas play and make a video.. using drawings to tell the story...and asking my family to be the actors...It was so much fun! My sister and Brother were the leads in this play. My kids, nieces nephews grandson joined in too. My sis played Scrooges sister Fan and Fiance Belle and my brother played Scrooge...a good time was had by all! This is the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge life and how he changed in one night with the help of three spirits! "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens...1843 Dickens called it his "Little Christmas Book." It sold thousands of copies in no time in 1843He wrote this in a couple of weeks cause of some debt he had. It has become an old time Christmas classic! Hope you enjoy my families sometimes silly sometimes serious sometimes scary (not really) version of it.We did it last week Chritmas Eve. I took a few days to process it. So here it is! MAY I PRESENT TO YOU CHARLES DICKENS CLASSIC....CHRISTMAS STORY--" A Christmas Carol." ENJOY! MAMAMIA artwork by mamamialove Originally written music "God Bless Us All" and some background music by mamamialove all other Christmas Carols : Deck the Halls(John Parry Ddall, published in1784 and 1794; (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen(composer unknown +its an English Traditional Christmas Carol); Good King Wenceslaus- J.M. Neale lyrics; Joy to the World-lyrics-Isaac Watts(1719) and George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). Several bits of Silent Night Organ, Pachelbel / Dm and all sound affects compliments of Arc Soft/Showbiz program used with permission. And guitar and song by MamaMiaLove