Scrooge (1970)
Edith Evans: Ghost of Christmas Past
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Quotes
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Ebenezer Scrooge : Who are you?
Ghost of Christmas Past : I am the spirit whose coming was foretold to you.
Ebenezer Scrooge : You don't look like a ghost.
Ghost of Christmas Past : Thank you.
Ebenezer Scrooge : May I inquire more precisely who or what you are?
Ghost of Christmas Past : I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Ebenezer Scrooge : Long past?
Ghost of Christmas Past : No. Your past.
Ebenezer Scrooge : And what business brings you here?
Ghost of Christmas Past : Your welfare.
Ebenezer Scrooge : [scoffs] To be wakened by a ghost at one o'clock in the morning is hardly conducive to my welfare!
Ghost of Christmas Past : Your redemption, then.
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Ebenezer Scrooge : [watching Fezziwig's Christmas party] What a marvelous man...
Ghost of Christmas Past : What's so marvelous? He's merely spent a few pounds of your mortal money. Three or four, perhaps. What is that to be deserving of so much praise?
Ebenezer Scrooge : You don't understand. He had the power to make us happy or unhappy, to make our work a pleasure or a burden. It's nothing to do with money!