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Miracle on 34th Street

United States

1947

96 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
Dutch, English
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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DIR George Seaton

PROD William Perlberg

SCR Valentine Davies, George Seaton

DP Lloyd Ahern, Charles G. Clarke

CAST Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Thelma Ritter

ED Robert L. Simpson

PROD DES Richard Day, Richard Irvine

MUSIC Cyril J. Mockridge

Locarno: Best Screenplay, Adapted

Synopsis

At the Macy’s Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade, the actor playing Santa is discovered to be drunk by a whiskered old man. Doris Walker, the no nonsense special events director, persuades the old man to take his place. The old man proves to be a sensation and is quickly recruited to be the store Santa at the main Macy’s outlet. While he is successful, Ms. Walker learns that he calls himself Kris Kringle and he claims to be the actual Santa Claus. Despite reassurances by Kringle’s doctor that he is harmless, Doris still has misgivings, especially when she has cynically trained herself, and especially her daughter, Susan, to reject all notions of belief and fantasy. And yet, people, especially Susan, begin to notice there is something special about Kris and his determination to advance the true spirit of Christmas amidst the rampant commercialism around him and succeeding in improbable ways… —IMDb

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roger o. thornhill

30Dec11

gwenn was excellent....he really earned his oscar....

Charles Coleman

8Dec11

Great, great movie. Witty. Well-acted, well-directed. Intelligent story. Everything you want in a holiday film. Natalie Wood delivers one of the best child performances of all-time. You really believe she is as icy and cynical at first and you totally believe her disappointment and disbelief at the end. Just one of the best.

MarcH

10Nov11

Charming, sincere and very New York.

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Harry Rossi

25Dec10

Great Christmas movie! Lots of fun.

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