# "A Christmas Carol" question (Sim, colorized) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-sim-colorized/739601 "2015-12-06T07:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-sim-colorized/739601/1 "2015-12-06T07:00:21Z")
I found this bit of trivia at IMDb: “When the film was colorized, an introduction was filmed by actor Patrick Macnee who extolled its virtues and claimed it as a favorite of his without ever mentioning that he appeared in it as the young Jacob Marley.” [A Christmas Carol (1951) - Trivia - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/trivia?item=tr2083889) I have the DVD, and I found this really hard to believe. But I re-checked the intro and closing segments and I was astounded to find this is absolutely correct! It was colorized in 1989, so it was first broadcast then or later, and I’m sure I watched this at the time. IIRC there were other Macnee segments used at commercial breaks, which naturally would not be included on a videocassette or the DVD. I’m pretty sure that in one of them he mentions he played the young Marley. In fact, I think that may have been the first time that I realized that. His name’s in the credits, of course, but without his role. Does anyone else remember this from the broadcast? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-sim-colorized/739601/2 "2015-12-06T15:05:12Z")
I’m not sure if I saw it that year, but I know I saw that 3 or 4 years–more or less–in a row right around that time and remember the Macnee “filler.” IIRC, that was the first time I realized this version was originally called “Scrooge.” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-sim-colorized/739601/3 "2015-12-11T04:23:41Z")
One bump.