Ebenezer Scrooge
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.
Tom Hockaby
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
Salvation Army Leader
A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
Matthieu
British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
Ben
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Old Bill
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
Ebenezer Scrooge
The miserly Scrooge changes his ways after being haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Writer
The miserly Scrooge changes his ways after being haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
The Miser
Actor Bransby Williams appears as the miser in an excerpt of Dickens' novel Bleak House.
Sgt. Buzfuz
A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
Adam Bede
'1850. Squire's grandson saves farmer's niece from charge of murdering illegitimate baby.' (British Film Catalogue)
