Miracle on 34th Street (1947) | |
| Director(s) | George Seaton |
| Producer(s) | William Perlberg |
| Top Genres | Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Family, Comedy |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Holiday, Christmas, Romance (Drama), New York, Integrity, Children |
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Miracle on 34th Street Overview:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by George Seaton and produced by William Perlberg.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Valentine Davies published in 1947.
Miracle on 34th Street was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005.
Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Edmund Gwenn | Won |
| Best Writing | Valentine Davies | Won |
| Best Writing | George Seaton | Won |
| Best Picture | 20th Century-Fox | Nominated |
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Review: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 24, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsFrom its opening motif of a man nitpicking the arrangement of reindeer in a shop window, Miracle on 34th Street skates away on a delightful journey that evokes both fanciful whimsy and a liberal amount of holiday sentimentality. However, it also one of the finest examples and greatest purveyors of h... Read full article
25 Days of Christmas: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
on Dec 22, 2017 From Journeys in Classic FilmThis review originally ran on December 20th, 2011. My thoughts on the film itself haven’t changed, and have only grown. Natalie Wood continues to astound me, and the film has such love embedded in it. How can I say I’m a film fan, and actually write reviews for a living, if I’ve o... Read full article
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
on Dec 1, 2017 From Journeys in Classic FilmI gave my thoughts on 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street in a previous review which you can peruse here before reading my thoughts on the remake. I was rather harsh regarding this remake in my original review, if only because I’ve grown to accept this film’s faults and praise what it do... Read full article
25 Days of Christmas: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
on Dec 19, 2016 From Journeys in Classic FilmThis review originally ran on December 20th, 2011. My thoughts on the film itself haven’t changed, and have only grown. Natalie Wood continues to astound me, and the film has such love embedded in it. How can I say I’m a film fan, and actually write reviews for a living, if I’ve o... Read full article
Miracle on 34th Street; a Scrapbook of a Miraculous Film
By C. S. Williams on Dec 18, 2016 From Classic Film AficionadosSpecial does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way, so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle ... Read full article
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Susan Walker: You mean it's like, 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'
Doris Walker: Yes.
Susan Walker: I thought so.
Kris Kringle: You see, Mrs. Walker, this is quite an opportunity for me. For the past 50 years or so I've been getting more and more worried about Christmas. Seems we're all so busy trying to beat the other fellow in making things go faster and look shinier and cost less that Christmas and I are sort of getting lost in the shuffle.
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Maureen O'Hara was ultimately forced into her role against her will, as she had just returned to Ireland before being called back to America for the film. However, she immediately changed her sentiments upon reading the script.
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 23, 1949 with Edmund Gwenn reprising his film role.
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