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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
7.9
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing. Director:George Seaton |
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| Maureen O'Hara | ... | ||
| John Payne | ... | ||
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | ||
| Gene Lockhart | ... | ||
| Natalie Wood | ... | ||
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Porter Hall | ... | |
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William Frawley | ... | |
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Jerome Cowan | ... | |
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Philip Tonge | ... | |
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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... Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@rogers.com>
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Capture the spirit of Christmas with this timeless classic!Parents Guide:
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Das Wunder von Manhattan See more »Box Office
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$2,650,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Fred Gailey: What about the one Jack killed?
Susan Walker: Jack? Jack who?
Fred Gailey: Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk".
Susan Walker: I never heard of that.
Fred Gailey: Sure you have. You must have forgotten. It's a fairy tale.
Susan Walker: Oh... one of those. I don't know any of those. My mother thinks they're silly.
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(uncredited)
From the French melody "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman" (published 1761)
Played when the boy is sitting on Kringle's lap See more »
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In 2011, Maureen O'Hara (Doris Walker) and Alvin Greenman (Alfred) are the last surviving major/semi major cast members. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The judge looks to the audience's right when looking at his advisor, but the advisor is sitting on the audience's left See more »Quotes
Susan Walker: There's no such thing as giants.Fred Gailey: What about the one Jack killed?
Susan Walker: Jack? Jack who?
Fred Gailey: Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk".
Susan Walker: I never heard of that.
Fred Gailey: Sure you have. You must have forgotten. It's a fairy tale.
Susan Walker: Oh... one of those. I don't know any of those. My mother thinks they're silly.
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Soundtracks
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"(uncredited)
From the French melody "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman" (published 1761)
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