This is not one of the better adaptations of the novella for me. It is way too 1930s Hollywood hammy for my taste. The script takes too many liberties with the dialogue and changing the plot, one of the worst Americanizations of a foreign work for my taste. This movie was originally supposed to star Mr. Potter himself, Lionel Barrymore, but injury forced Reginald Owen to step in. I don't think Barrymore would've made this movie any better—the whole production is wrong for me. The only thing this movie has going for it is that it is not the 1935 version with Seymour Hicks. This movie also ties with the 1984 adaptation for worst Tiny Tim.
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