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Miracle on 34th Street

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7.4/10 • 767

1947-06-041h 36m

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Capture the spirit of Christmas with this timeless classic!

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

Directors
George Seaton
Editors
Robert L. Simpson

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  1. Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen O'Hara

    Doris Walker

  2. John Payne

    John Payne

    Fred Gailey

  3. Edmund Gwenn

    Edmund Gwenn

    Kris Kringle

  4. Natalie Wood

    Natalie Wood

    Susan Walker

  5. Porter Hall

    Porter Hall

    Granville Sawyer

  6. Philip Tonge

    Philip Tonge

    Julian Shellhammer

  7. Alvin Greenman

    Alvin Greenman

    Alfred (uncredited)

  8. Harry Antrim

    Harry Antrim

    R.H. Macy (uncredited)

  9. James Seay

    James Seay

    Dr. Pierce (uncredited)

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Peter McGinn

Dec 26, 2021

9/10

This is one of the classic holiday pics I will watch every year if it is available to me (Oh no; he said “holiday” instead of Christmas. Blasphemy!) So I will neither pick it apart nor praise it to the heavens. The story writing is strong and the ensemble cast do a good job. The fact that it has been redone so many times speaks for itself. I won’t even try to compare it to the other versions. Instead, as I read in the Pearls Before Swine comic strip, “The floot-floot did a boom-boom on the jim-jam.” (Another way of saying “It is what it is.”)

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$630,000.00
Revenue
$2,700,000.00
Keywords
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