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

Quick FactsRelease year: 1947 (U.S. release: June 1947)Runtime: 96 minutes • Black-and-whiteStudio / Distributor: 20th Century-FoxDirector / Screenplay: George Seaton • Story: Valentine DaviesSetting: New York City, between Thanksgiving andChristmas

Key Credits Producer: William PerlbergCinematography: Charles G. Clarke and Lloyd AhernEditing: Robert L. SimpsonMusic: Cyril J. Mockridge

Principal Cast

Edmund Gwenn — Kris Kringle (the man who insistshe is Santa)

Maureen O’Hara — Doris Walker (Macy’s executiveand practical single mother)

John Payne — Fred Gailey (neighbor/attorney;advocate for Kris)

Natalie Wood — Susan Walker (skeptical childwhose worldview is at stake)

Gene Lockhart — Judge Henry X. Harper (the judgetasked 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).

Email: ThePodTalkNetwork@gmail.com

Website: ThePodTalk.Net