..allow me to offer you, dear Reader, a holiday/ Christmas gift from the nominally-at-least Catholic Lionel Barrymore and me--a version of his A Christmas Carol and one of A Visit from St. Nick. Both are well worth a listen. Mr. B did his Scrooge on radio from 1934-1953 with only one (possibly 2 depending on the source, but he definitely missed 1936, when brother John took over for him) miss.
Mr. B loved this role and took great pleasure in doing it. He was supposed to be cast as Scrooge in the film version that starred Alistair Sim, but was unable to due to pain/injury. He did recommend Sim to the producers, but for almost 2 decades, the voice of Christmas was the voice of Lionel Barrymore. Give 'em a listen!
Click below for the 1939 version of the Campbell Playhouse December show:
A Christmas Carol, Mr. B & Orson Welles as narrator
Click below for:
A Visit from St. Nick and a part from the gospel of Matthew, "No Room at the Inn"
Mr. B loved this role and took great pleasure in doing it. He was supposed to be cast as Scrooge in the film version that starred Alistair Sim, but was unable to due to pain/injury. He did recommend Sim to the producers, but for almost 2 decades, the voice of Christmas was the voice of Lionel Barrymore. Give 'em a listen!
A Christmas Carol, Mr. B & Orson Welles as narrator
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| He always dressed for the part--this is post-1938 LB |
A Visit from St. Nick and a part from the gospel of Matthew, "No Room at the Inn"
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| Happy Holidays of your choice, y'all! :) |
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