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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
96 minutes
Classics / Comedy / Drama / Family / Holiday / Romance
Directed by George Seaton
Cast:
Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker
John Payne as Fred Gailey
Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle
Gene Lockhart as Judge Henry X. Harper
Natalie Wood as Susan Walker
Porter Hall as Granville Sawyer
William Frawley as Charlie Halloran
Jerome Cowan as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mara
Philip Tonge as Julian Shellhammer
The film takes place at a Macy's Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade. The man playing Santa is found drunk by an old man. Doris Walker, the special events director, convinces the old man to play Santa. The old man does his job well as Santa and substantiates to be a phenomenon. The store immediately hires him to be Santa at the main Macy store. Although he does his job well, Ms. Walker finds out that he goes by the name of Kris Kringle and declares he is the real Santa. She has him checked by the doctor to see if he is insane and although the doctor says he is fine, she still has apprehensions. Especially since she does not believe in any sort of fantasy and has taught her daughter Susan the same as well. Everyone along with Susan find there is something special and different with Kris.
Miracle on 34th Street trailer
Directors:
Actors: Jerome Cowan, William Frawley, Edmund Gwenn, Porter Hall, Gene Lockhart, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood
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