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Charles Laughton

"I have the highest pleasure" [The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardle]

Charles Laughton

Stories For Christmas

7 MINUTES AND 11 SECONDS

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1
High above the city on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince…
01:59
2
Far away, far away in a little street there is a poor house…
02:24
3
When day broke, he flew down to the river and had a bath…
02:03
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In the square below there stands a little Match Girl…
01:52
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So the swallow flew over the great city…
00:30
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Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off…
00:30
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Then the snow came…
01:24
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Early the next morning, the Mayor was walking in the Square below…
00:50
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'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of his angels…
00:58
10
"God rest ye merry gentlemen" [Ebenezer Scrooge]
04:36
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"Quickly I made myself ready for bed" [Marley's Ghost]
03:07
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"There at my bedside" [First Spirit]
03:01
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"Wake up, man!" [Second Spirit]
06:06
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"And looking up, I beheld" [Third Spirit]
06:05
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"I have the highest pleasure" [The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardle]
07:11
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"But if they were cheerful and happy outside the house" [At the farm]
04:47
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"We're all ready, I believe" [The dance]
05:19
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The same winter sun that dances on the northern snow...
03:00
19
You see, Pablo, once upon a Christmas eve there was a small donkey…
02:55
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Well, it was early afternoon when the small boy and his small donkey went through the town gates…
02:45
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Well, the little boy and the little donkey left the marketplace, Pablo…
02:42
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And so, Pablo, The Small One passed through the town gates…
01:37
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Once upon a time of many, many years ago…
05:31
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But at length and at last, he slowly approached the doorway…
03:04
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And then in all those timeless days that followed…
01:11
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The angels, dark angels, the seraphim, the cherubim…
02:17
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A small, rough, unsightly box…
02:21
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The littlest angel wept hot, bitter tears…
00:48
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Then suddenly, the voice of God, like divine music, rose through Paradise..
02:29
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This story is as old as Christmas…
02:14
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Yes, Ay-You was without the gift of speech…
01:05
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But the most stupendous and overwhelming thing of all, he'd be able to sing…
01:47
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But morning after morning God disappointed him…
03:24
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And then without the slightest warning of all came the dreadful day…
03:59
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And so Ay-You tried to sing...
01:48
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After a while he fell asleep…
02:00
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Then Ay-You knew why he had been born never to speak until this moment…
02:56
Stories For Christmas
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"I have the highest pleasure" [The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardle]
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