Miracle on 34th Street

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Summary: The original and best version of this classic story.
Review: Miracle on 34th street is a genuine classic. Although there have been several remakes of this delightful story, this -- the original -- version is by far the best. Edmund Gwenn's superb performance as Kris Kringle won him a well-deserved Academy Award, and the rest of the cast are also quite good -- including the young Natalie Wood as the little girl who learns to believe in wondrous things, such as Santa Claus. This movie is well established as a holiday treat, but it is also a great movie without regard to genre.

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Summary: Rated G for GRRREEEEAAAAT!
Review: Another Christmas movie I watch every year is Miracle on 34th Street - the one with Maureen O'Hara and little Natalie Wood. Goodness that little girl was a great actress, even before she met and married Robert Wagner.

Miracle on 34th Street is the story of Santa Claus, the REAL Santa Claus. And you better believe he is real, or you might not get any presents at Christmas.

He was so convincing that his lawyer got him declared as the real Santa Claus.

Everybody from newborn to dead should see this movie. I know there are other versions, but this one is always at the top of my list at Christmas. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas with Miracle on 34th Street.

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Summary: One of the Best Christmas films EVER!
Review: This classic tells the story of Santa Clause coming to NYC working at MACY's and is put in a mental hospital due to lack of belief and superstition. It has everything from laughter to romance to supense to leaving you with a happy feeling. It is a great film to put you in the holiday spirit. This film looks better and sounds better than ever on DVD! This film was made before 1955 so no WIDESCREEN version will ever show up. This is the best way to own this old classic and any other classic for that matter!

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Summary: Yes, Mr. Macy, there IS a Santa Claus!
Review: A jolly old man is hired by Macy's Department Store to 'parade' as Santa Claus for the Holiday Season. When the old man insists that he, Kris Kringle, is indeed the one and only Santa Claus, competitors want to have him committed as insane. A little girl heads the campaign to clear Santa of all charges of fraud. -- This is the original "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) starring Natalie Wood as the little girl who was taught that there was no Santa Claus. Watch this movie (again) and you, too will believe! The DVD version has some extra perks, well worth another close look. Highly recommended!

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Summary: LITTLE MISS WOOD
Review: Probably the best-loved Christmas film classic for children ever made. As Santa himself, Edmund Gwenn gives his beautiful Oscar - winning portrayal while John Payne and Maureen O'Hara are fine in their roles......... The actual Kris Kringle is hired as Santa for the Macy's Thanksgiving parade but finds difficulty in proving himself to the cynical parade sponsor. When the boss's daughter also refuses to acknowledge Kringle, he goes to extraordinary lengths to convince her. A holiday classic equal in classic status to IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE with Gwenn and Wood especially engaging. On his deathbed, actor Gwenn was asked "is dying hard?" His reply? "No. dying is easy. Comedy is hard".

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Summary: Beloved Heart-Warming Classic
Review: Gwenn won an Oscar as THE man who spreads the true meaning of Christmas and embodies the spirit of Yuletide. Fox mogul Daryl F. Zanuck predicted a lukewarm public response when he viewed the film: he distributed it in the summer of 1947; it was still playing 6 months later when millions of children were posting letters to Santa! One of the great fantasy classics of all time, it contains particularly appealing performances from little Natalie Wood and, of course, the magical Edmund Gwenn.

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Summary: SANTA LIVES
Review: For anyone who ever experienced the joys of Christmas anywhere, specifically in the wonderment and magic of Santa Claus, and all that he represents, this movie delivers the goods in a major way. I love the way this movie has aged -- its black and white New York, with a Macy's that you can practically smell, paint a quaint, innocent time, and populate that time with characters that still have a contemporary freshness to them -- Maureen O'Hara, who is deliciously self-aware, tells her little girl there are no such things as fairy tales -- having a bitter heart from a man who has obviously abandoned her. It is her heart, and little Natalie Wood's (who is amazingly precocious and adorable) that Edmund Gwynn must melt by the time Christmas Eve rolls around. The simplest of plots, with a lovely cornball quality, tumbles forth with warmth and amusement. And it is again the things we do not see but imagine -- as when Kris tells Maureen outside of Macy's, the 34th Street sign hovering above them -- that he must be on his way; it is Christmas Eve after all -- that give it a special layer of Christmas fantasy. I dearly love this movie, and virtually every remake pales in comparison. Gwynn will make you believe -- he justifiably won the Oscar playing Kris Kringle.

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Summary: Best Christmas Movie of all Time
Review: I watch this movie every chance I get to see it during the holidays --- which isn't often enough. Yes, I love "It's a wonderful life," but why is that shown 20 times to every one time I see "Miracle on 34th Street?" Natalie Wood and Maureen O'Hara are great -- and both portray modern feminists for their time. But nothing can top the courtroom scene when mounds of letters prove, in a lawyer-like coup, that Santa is Santa after all.

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Summary: A great movie
Review: No other movie makes me feel more in the christmas spirit ( which is no easy task considering I'm atheist ) than this Holiday classic. Edmund Gwenn is perfect as Kris Kringle. Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, & John Payne are all splendid. A can't miss movie for any time of year.

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Summary: If ever there was a must-see Christmas movie, this is it!
Review: This is definitely worthy of the description "Christmas Classic." The storyline and wonderful performances by the tremendous cast create an enchanting tale. Although made in 1947, this film is in no way dated. It shows the commercial aspect that surrounds the holiday season while still managing to demonstrate the magical feeling that Christmas brings. I love its theme and its message: No matter what age you are, you must always be willing to have faith in others and yourself.