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Fred presents Judge Harper with three of those letters from 21 full mailbags , addressed simply to "Santa Claus" and delivered to Kris, asserting the Post Office has acknowledged that he is the Santa Claus. Harper insists on seeing all of the letters, which, after some resistance, Fred dumps onto the bench and says that the Post Office recognizes Kris to be the one and only Santa Claus.

After clearing out a path from among all of the letters, Harper declares that, since the Post Office has recognized "this man" meaning Kris to be Santa Claus, that his court will not dispute that conclusion. Harper then dismisses the case. On Christmas morning, Susan is disappointed that Kris could not get her what she wanted. Kris gives Fred and Doris a route home that avoids traffic. Along the way, Susan sees her dream house with a "For Sale" sign in the front yard. Fred learns that Doris had encouraged Susan to have faith and suggests they get married and purchase the house.

He then boasts that he must be a great lawyer since he proved Kris was Santa. However, when they spot a cane inside that looks just like Kris's, he is not so sure. Although the film is set during the Christmas season, studio head Darryl F. Zanuck insisted that it be released in May, arguing that more people go to the movies in warmer weather.

The studio rushed to promote it while keeping its Christmas setting a secret. Fox's promotional trailer depicted a fictional producer roaming the studio backlot and encountering such stars as Rex Harrison , Anne Baxter , Peggy Ann Garner , and Dick Haymes extolling the virtues of the film. In addition, the movie posters prominently featured O'Hara and Payne, with Gwenn's character kept in the background.

O'Hara was initially reluctant to take the role, having recently moved back to Ireland. She immediately changed her mind after reading the script [7] and came back to the United States for the film.

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The Christmas window displays seen in the film were originally made by Steiff for Macy's. The house shown at the end of the film is a square foot single family home built in at 24 Derby Road, Port Washington, New York. The home looks practically the same as it did in , except that the roof line has been altered by the addition of a window.

Rowland Hussey Macy , called R. Macy in the film, died 70 years prior to the film in , [8] and the Macy family had sold its ownership of the company in In the book Reel Justice , the authors claim that Judge Harper could have dismissed the case early without the political repercussions he feared. In their theory, once the prosecutor rested his case immediately after Kris Kringle admitted in court simply that he believed he was Santa Claus, Judge Harper could have ruled that prosecution had forfeited its opportunity to prove that Kringle was dangerous the basic point of such hearings; Kringle's actual mental state itself being irrelevant , and ordered him immediately released.

However, this high standard for involuntary commitment was not instituted until with the U.

Supreme Court 's decision O'Connor v. When demonstrating that he has taken several mental examinations in the past, Kris Kringle answers his own question about who was the Vice President under John Quincy Adams as Daniel D. Tompkins actually served under James Monroe. Calhoun is the correct answer to Kringle's question. Tompkins was the sixth vice-president and Quincy Adams was the sixth president, leading to confusion in the script. Miracle on 34th Street received mostly positive reviews from critics.

As a matter of fact, let's go further: The Catholic Legion of Decency gave the movie a "B", "morally objectionable in part" rating. It was also nominated for Best Picture , losing to Gentleman's Agreement.

It was ranked ninth by the American Film Institute on Years In , Miracle on 34th Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". American Film Institute Lists. Miracle on 34th Street was first released on VHS and laserdisc in In , it became one of the first full-length black and white films to be colorized.

In November , it was re-released as a two-disc "Special Edition" DVD, with disc one containing an "all new colorized version" carried out by Legend Films. The second disc had the original black-and-white version and numerous extras, including The 20th Century Fox Hour ' s TV remake. Both discs also included a full-length audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara. Due to Macy's refusal to give permission to use its name, it was replaced by the fictitious "Cole's". Gimbels no longer existed by and was replaced with the fictional "Shopper's Express".

Alvin Greenman Alfred in the original version played a doorman. This version had a more serious tone than the original and a large portion was rewritten, although the majority of the plot and characters remained intact. The film also added a subtext concerning religious faith. Lux Radio Theater broadcast an adaptation in which starred the original cast including Natalie Wood. In it was done again on Lux, without Natalie Wood's participation, and it was adapted as a half-hour radio play on two broadcasts of Screen Director's Playhouse , all featuring Edmund Gwenn in his screen role.

Tompkins was the Vice-President.

It is a favorite in many community and regional theaters during the Christmas season. Production rights are held by Samuel French, Inc.

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This version did not show the drunken Santa at all. It was later re-run as "Meet Mr. Ed Wynn played Kris in a television adaptation of the movie. Also featured was Orson Bean. It was broadcast live and in color on NBC the day after Thanksgiving. NBC made a kinescope of the program, probably for broadcasting opening night on the West Coast.

The copy was in a large collection of kinescopes donated by NBC to the Library of Congress and recently unearthed by Richard Finegan, who reported his experiences in the December issue of Classic Images.

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Walker's first name is changed to Karen in this version. This would prove to be the final version in which the department store was actually Macy's. David Doyle, who played R. Macy in this version, had played Mr. Sawyer in the original Broadway cast of Here's Love 10 years earlier. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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