This bloggers favorite version the classic, A Christmas Carol is
a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of
Charles  Dickens‘ famous 1843 novella of the same name. The
film was directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of
the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as the best
Ebenezer Scrooge. It was filmed on location in the historic
medieval county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, in the
English Midlands.
 
The movie remains among the most beloved of the several
adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Novelist and essayist
Louis Bayard, writing for Salon.com,  described it as "the
definitive version of a beloved literary classic", praising its
fidelity to Dickens’ original story, the strength of the films
supporting cast, and especially Scott’s performance as
Scrooge.

George Campbell Scott
(October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999)

Tombstone from the graveyard scene.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Yoda’s ears in Star Wars. Elvish ears in the
Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sci-fi and fantasy films over the years have
had their fair share of recognizable auricles.

The most famous of all of them will be on display in Washington,
D.C. next year: prosthetic ears made for Mr. Spock (above).

Adam and Julie Nimoy, children of Leonard Nimoy, who played
Spock in the Star Trek franchise for decades, donated the ears
to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Wednesday.

Leonard Nimoy as Spock on “Star Trek”.

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015)

Arlene Carol Dahl
(August 11, 1925 – November 29, 2021)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arlene Dahl, the actor whose charm
and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of
the 1950s as “Journey to the Center of the Earth" and
“Three Little Words,” has died.

Dahl’s son, actor Lorenzo Lamas, said in posts on Facebook
and Instagram that she died Monday morning in New York.
No cause of death was given.

Dahl was one of the last surviving stars from the Classical
Hollywood cinema era.

Linda Evans is a actress known primarily for her roles on
television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the
daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck)
in the Western ABC television series The Big Valley (1965–
1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington
in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she
played from 1981 to 1989.

MIKE GRACIA