Very fine adaptation of the Dickens classic, and a great showcase for the Lockhart family: Gene, Kathleen and even little June (at age 12, but still going strong today at nearly age 92). Ann Rutherford is also my personal favorite film Ghost of Christmas Past. She is so kind and loving to Scrooge. When they are visiting his old school as a lad, he is astonished to see his old schoolmates, young again, and calls out to them. She gently reminds him that, "These are but shadows of things that have been. They have no consciousness of us." Heretofore emotionless, he begins to shed a tear, and she asks him, "What is that upon your cheek?" He claims it is just because of the cold, but she begins to soften him. It's a beautiful scene.