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Carol for Another Christmas (1964) [N/A]

Featuring:
Percy Rodrigues, Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara

Written by:
Rod Serling
Charles Dickens

Directed by:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz


Release Date:
December 28, 1964

Original Title:
Carol for Another Christmas

Alternate Titles:
Carol for Another Christmas

Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | TV Movie

Production Companies:
ABC
Telsun Foundation Inc.
Xerox Corporation

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 84

Where the future meets the past... and our world collides.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.

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Overview from Open Movies

Presented without commercial interruptions, this "United Nations Special" was sponsored by the Xerox Corporation, the first of a series of Xerox specials promoting the UN. Director Joseph Mankiewicz's first work for television, the 90-minute ABC drama was publicized as having an all-star cast (which meant that names of some supporting cast members were not officially released). In Rod Serling's update of Charles Dickens, industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley, killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for any American involvement in international affairs. But then the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back through time to a World War I troopship. Grudge also is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future gives him a tour across a desolate landscape where he sees the ruins of a once-great civilization.

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Rankings and Honors

Carol for Another Christmas (1964) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10
Awards Won: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total

Performers

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Production

Assistant Art Director:
Lee Aronsohn

Assistant Director:
Dan Eriksen

Associate Producer:
C.O. Erickson

Costume Design:
Anna Hill Johnstone

Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director of Photography:
Arthur J. Ornitz

Editor:
Robert Lawrence
Nathan Greene

Executive Producer:
Edgar Rosenberg

Makeup Artist:
Irving Buchman

Music Editor:
Richard Carruth

Original Music Composer:
Henry Mancini

Producer:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Production Design:
Gene Callahan

Production Manager:
Jim Di Gangi

Production Supervisor:
C.O. Erickson

Property Master:
Thomas Wright

Script Supervisor:
Marguerite James

Set Decoration:
Jack Wright Jr.

Sound:
Jim Shields

Sound Effects Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg

Sound Recordist:
Dick Vorisek

Writer:
Rod Serling

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