Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Cindy and Marty reflect on the holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Street - 1947, with trivia and actor information you haven't heard yet.

Quick Facts
Release year: 1947 (U.S. release: June 1947)
Runtime: 96 minutes • Black-and-white
Studio / Distributor: 20th Century-Fox
Director / Screenplay: George Seaton • Story: Valentine Davies
Setting: New York City, between Thanksgiving and Christmas

Key Credits       
Producer: William Perlberg
Cinematography: Charles G. Clarke and Lloyd Ahern
Editing: Robert L. Simpson
Music: Cyril J. Mockridge

Principal Cast
Edmund Gwenn — Kris Kringle (the man who insists he is Santa)
Maureen O’Hara — Doris Walker (Macy’s executive and practical single mother)
John Payne — Fred Gailey (neighbor/attorney; advocate for Kris)
Natalie Wood — Susan Walker (skeptical child whose worldview is at stake)
Gene Lockhart — Judge Henry X. Harper (the judge tasked with ruling on the “impossible”)

Awards and Legacy
Academy Awards: 3 wins (Supporting Actor for Edmund Gwenn; Original Story for Valentine Davies; Screenplay for George Seaton).
National Film Registry selection (Library of Congress) as culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
A template for later holiday films that test faith through “real-world” systems (courts, media, bureaucracy).

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