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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:36:20 | 4,56 Gb
Audio: #1 English, #2 French - each AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Spanish
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Classics, Family

Director: George Seaton
Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne

When Doris Walker frantically recruits a last minute replacement for a drunken Santa for Macy's Christmas parade, he seems just ideal for he job and perhaps for good reason - he says his name is Kris Kringle and that he's the real Santa Claus. She pays him no mind and at the department store, he's proving be popular as well. He seems to be able to speak many languages and knows just what kids would like to have and creates a bit of a sensation when he refers shoppers to other stores rather than Macy's. When Kris has a run-in with the Department store's psychological tester, the man tries to have him committed leading to a court case where Doris' lawyer neighbor Fred Gailey tries to prove in court that Kris is the real Santa Claus. More important to Kris throughout all of this is to get Doris and her daughter Susan to believe in him.

IMDB - Won 3 Oscars | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes

This is certainly a lovely warmhearted movie, but since other reviewers have described the plot in detail, I'll move on to other topics.

I love movies like this for the insight they provide into the customs of a lost era. Watch the clothing - everybody is so dressed up! - women in dresses, gloves, and hats, men in hats and suits. Notice that when O'Hara enters a room filled with Macy's executives, even though they are the bosses and she is lower management, they all stand up instantly.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

The social satire, most on display in the courtroom scenes, also is very 1940s. Apparently audiences of that era took a kind of genial corruption in the judicial system in stride. Business leaders, like "Mr. Macy" were expected to be sharp and profit-oriented, but also decent people like the rest of us. It's a much more nuanced view than the "businessman as criminal villain" so common in today's movies.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

The character played by Maureen O'Hara probably needs explanation for modern viewers. Late 1940s audiences knew that the social and economic situation of a divorced working woman with a child was much more precarious than it is now. Divorce was still somewhat shocking - this is brought out neatly in the movie when her would-be lover does a double take when he learns from her daughter about the divorce - he probably had assumed she was a war widow. Divorced moms were still rare in the middle classes. Society universally agreed that women should stay home to raise their children. Economically, women in management positions were still very rare, couldn't expect promotion, and were last hired, first fired. I think O'Hara's performance brings out these qualities in a way that the audience of the 1940s would have understood easily. The character's stiffness, fear of losing control, and anxiety about her job make a great deal of sense. It would have been nice to see a few scenes showing her loosening up, perhaps at dinner with her boyfriend; no doubt those got left on the cutting room floor.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

I really like the scene where Santa talks to the little Dutch orphan. First, this scene also must have resonated with the audience; in 1947 the western European countries had only started to recover from World War II, and probably many Americans were familiar with the idea of adopting a war orphan, just as many sent CARE packages. Second, by making Santa fluent in Dutch, the writer cleverly left the viewer thinking that hey, he might really be Santa Claus (isn't Santa Claus fluent in all languages)?

Some reviewers don't like the acting and think that modern actors are "better". I think the older actors aren't better or worse, just different. The audiences of the 1940s expected a certain style of acting, and the directors and actors gave that to them. Then as now, Hollywood paid top dollar and got very talented people, but like all of us they were shaped by their own time and place, more particularly the requirement to make movies that audiences would like. Move Maureen O'Hara to 2004, or Tom Cruise to 1947, and you'd see them acting in the style of that decade.
IMDB Reviewer
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

It’s rare that a film targeted toward the Christmas holiday can manage to not only capture the magic of the holiday spirit and its intent, but the beauty of the human spirit. George Seaton’s iconic “Miracle on 34th Street” isn’t just about Christmas and the spirit of the yearly event, but the kindness of the human soul and the remarkable things we’re capable of when our hearts are in the right place. It’s interesting to note that though “Miracle on 34th Street” lives on as a family film and a holiday movie, George Seaton’s picture stands on its own as a raucous comedy, and one that will draw laughs thanks to some great slapstick and hilarious one-liners that still manage to hit their marks.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

In many ways, “Miracle on 34th Street” is very much reminiscent of Jimmy Stewart’s “Harvey,” in where a seemingly eccentric and somewhat naive man operates out of the norm of society. But soon thanks to his incorrigible enthusiasm and ability to bring the best out of even the most misanthropic individuals, it never really matters of their delusion was valid. In the end, what matters is that they brought the best out of people Does it really matter of Kris Kringle is the actual Santa? In the end, the characters have gained a new outlook on their lives, and that’s really all that counts.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Very much ahead of its time, writers Valentine Davis and director George Seaton display a film about Christmas that pictures a society that is very much focused on consumerism and the mad rush of getting their money’s worth, rather than celebrating what the spirit of the holiday is supposed to mean for those celebrating it. Most of “Miracle on 34th Street” is set down on a populace that only cares about shopping and consuming and see very little magic left. These are still relevant themes and offer an entrance for Kris Kringle to change minds.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Edmund Gwenn presents shades of a complex character who only seeks to make people happy and restore some semblance of innocence in an increasingly cynical world. His journey from old nut to respectful savior of the year is one that really embodies what the film sets out to instill in the audience in the sense of holiday cheer. Whether or not he’s actually Santa Claus becomes incredibly unimportant by the very end of the film. Natalie Wood has a remarkable chemistry with Gwenn who poses a challenge to Kringle to transform her in to a child of innocence and optimism after being exposed to a world based on and around convenience and disturbing reality. Their moments of playfulness and Kringle’s insistence on providing her with simple instruments of childhood entertainment like imagination and optimism make for some of the most endearing moments, especially since Wood was a wonderful actress, even during her childhood.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

What “Miracle on 34th Street” manages to capture, beyond most holiday films, is the genuine desire for magic from literally everyone, and Kris brings it ten fold to literally everyone he meets. From store owners Macy and Gimbel, to the adopted Dutch Girl he makes feel like just another child by singing with her, director George Seaton captures numerous iconic and much imitated moments on film and creates an immortal Christmas film that’s survived the evolution of film, regardless of remakes or criticism alike. With excellent performances, laugh out loud comedy, and truly touching moments of child like enthusiasm, “Miracle on 34th Street” is one of the few perfect and genuinely emotional Christmas movies that will live on forever. This is the film that will cure any scrooge.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Cast Info

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