Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Harry Antrim as Mr. R.H. Macy - IMDb.
The last line of the film is from defense attorney Fred Gailey, who sees Kris's cane in the Dream Home and says, on his winning the case for him, "Maybe I didn't do such a wonderful thing after all." Note that he does not use "amazing," but "wonderful." Hence, the line can be read in one of two ways: a) He realizes ...
age 8Born in San Francisco to Russian immigrant parents, Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age 8 in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
But with a well-rounded, memorable supporting cast, and a story that balances the fantastical with the mundane as well as being dramatically engaging, natural, and satisfying, the original 1947 Miracle on 34th Street deserves the title of the best version of the story. It's a Christmas classic for a reason.
Edmund Gwenn's beard was real, according to Maureen O'Hara on the DVD commentary.
Sinterklaas Kapoentje, put something in my little shoe, put something in my little boot, thank you Sinterklaasje.
Jack AlbertsonMiracle on 34th Street (1947) - Jack Albertson as Post Office Mail Sorter Next to Lou - IMDb.
Miracle on 34th Street was shot on location in New York City, with the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade sequences filmed live while the 1946 parade was happening.
December 3, 1981Natalie Wood / Date of burial
Unbeknownst to most parade-watchers, the Santa in the 1946 parade was actually played by Edmund Gwenn, the actor who plays Kris Kingle in the movie. The scenes at Macy's were shot on location at the real Macy's Department Store on 34th Street.
How many Miracle on 34th Street movies are there? There are two feature film versions of Miracle on 34th Street—the 1947 original and the 1994 remake. There are also three television versions, airing in 1955, 1959, and 1973.
He is based on St. Nicholas of Myra, who, according to Christian tradition, was a bishop in that small Roman town during the 4th century. Nicholas's reputation for generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy.
At the Macy's 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 him to take his place. He proves to be a sensation and is quickly recruited to be the store Santa at the main store.
In the untranslated dialogue with the Dutch girl, Kris asks her what she wants for Christmas. She says she wants nothing, telling him she got her gift by being adopted by her new mother.
Its very easy to see why this movie won the Oscar for Screenplay that year. Its very intelligent and has a lot to say about several topics - how to raise a child, how a person of questionable sanity gets treated, how greedy businessmen are, how politics play out in a courtroom..and what to do with all that damn mail addressed to Santa Claus!
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Pierce, the doctor at Kris's nursing home, assures Doris that Kris is harmless. To alleviate Doris's worries, Pierce suggests Kris stay with someone. Fred volunteers. Later, Kris makes a pact with Fred: he will work on Susan's cynicism while Fred does the same with Doris's.
However, Fred persuades Kris not to give up. At a hearing before Judge Henry X. Harper, District Attorney Thomas Mara gets Kris to assert that he is Santa Claus and rests his case. Fred argues that Kris actually is Santa. Mara requests Harper rule that Santa does not exist.
Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn.
While Fred searches frantically, Susan writes Kris a letter to cheer him up , which Doris also signs. When a New York Post Office mail sorter sees Susan's letter, which is addressed to Kris at the New York courthouse, he suggests delivering all of the letters addressed to Santa Claus, in the dead letter office, to Kris.
In 2005, Miracle on 34th Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". American Film Institute Lists. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – Nominated. AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Nominated.
Miracle on 34th Street was shot on location in New York City , with the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade sequences filmed live while the 1946 parade was happening. "It was a mad scramble to get all the shots we needed, and we got to do each scene only once," Maureen O'Hara recalled in her memoir.
Mara objects, on the grounds that three letters alone do not constitute sufficient proof, and Fred tells Harper that he hesitates to produce many more such letters that he says that he has. When Harper insists, Fred has all of the letters addressed to "Santa Claus", in all of the mailbags, dumped onto Harper's desk.