Scrooge

Scrooge was designed as a follow-up to 1968's {|Oliver!|}, the Oscar-winning musicalization of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The umpteenth musical version of Dickens' 1843 novelette A Christmas Carol, Scrooge features several sprightly {|Leslie Bricusse|} songs, including the bona fide hit "Thank You Very Much." Buried under mounds of latex, Albert Finney is Ebenezer Scrooge. The Three Ghosts who turn the miserly {|Scrooge|}'s life around on Christmas Eve are portrayed by {|Edith Evans|} (...