Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton, 1947
Every Christmas for more than 60 years, Hollywood has attempted to come up with a comic, lovable Santa Claus to exploit the yuletide dollar. None , including a couple of remakes, has equalled this one. The great British character actor Edmund Gwenn stars as twinkling Kris Kringle, who plays Father Christmas in Macy’s annual New York street parade. He brings belief to a mourning child (beguiling nine-year-old Natalie Wood) and is put on trial to establish whether Santa exists. Gwenn won an Oscar; the film has become a perennial
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