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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.
Miracle on 34th Street: Directed by George Seaton. With Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart. After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article.
- George Seaton
- 2 min
Miracle on 34th Street: Directed by Les Mayfield. With Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh. A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.
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- Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Les Mayfield
- 1994-11-18
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Miracle on 34th Street, American comedy film, released in 1947, that became a perennial family favourite at Christmastime.
Natalie Wood portrayed Susan Walker, a precocious little girl whose well-meaning mother (played by Maureen O’Hara) has raised her not to believe in Santa Claus. When their lives intersect with that of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn), an elderly man hired to play Santa at New York City’s famous Macy’s department store, Susan begins to suspect he may be the real St. Nick. After a jealous fellow employee frames him for an assault, Kringle is placed in a mental hospital. At the ensuing sanity hearing, Kringle and his attorney attempt to prove that he is indeed Santa Claus.
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•Studio: 20th Century Fox
•Director: George Seaton
•Writers: George Seaton and Valentine Davies
•Music: Cyril Mockridge
•Maureen O’Hara (Doris Walker)
•Natalie Wood (Susan Walker)
•John Payne (Fred Gailey)
•Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle)
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•Supporting actor* (Edmund Gwenn)
•Screenplay*
•Original story*
- Lee Pfeiffer
Miracle on 34th Street is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Les Mayfield and produced and co-written by John Hughes. The film stars Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J. T. Walsh, James Remar, Mara Wilson, and Robert Prosky.
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Fred Sersen. Visual Effects. George Seaton. Screenplay. Valentine Davies. Story. 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.
