Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Runtime: 96 Min
Year: 1947
Genres: Comedy - Drama - Family
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Philip Tonge
Directed By: George Seaton
PLOT
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.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English - Dutch
Writers: George Seaton (written for the screen by), Valentine Davies (story)
1948- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Actor in a Supporting Role Edmund Gwenn (WON)
-Best Writing, Original Story Valentine Davies (WON)
-Best Writing, Screenplay George Seaton (WON)
-Best Picture (20th Century Box). (NOMINATED)
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